Confronting Racism in Inwood

Lea and Carlos take up the incident on Dyckman Street in Inwood, North Manhattan when a group of mostly Dominican men patrolled the neighborhood looking for scare away looters and chased out Black youth protesters while using racial slurs. The incident raised debates about anti-Blackness in the Latino community and solidarity. To go deeper into these topics, Lea spoke with Madel Hidalgo and Kleaver Cruz, two Dominican activists, about the incident, the roots of Dominican anti-Blackness, and its intersections with Queer identity.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanAugust 3, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Afrosocialist, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, New York City, Protests, Uprising, Yanny Guzman, Mel Gonzalez, Abolition Park, City Hall Park, Occupation

Inside the Occupation at City Hall Park

Yanny and Mel speak with community activist, Tatiana Hill, and Khalil Sulker, a member of the Afro-Socialist Caucus of the DSA, about the lessons, challenges, and successes of the City Hall occupation and about the next steps in the fight to defund the NYPD. Occupy City Hall is entering its third week as it transitions into Abolition Park. In this transitional moment questions about the future of Abolition Park are being debated now that the budget negotiations are over.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanJuly 13, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Afrosocialist, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, New York City, Protests, Uprising, Yanny Guzman, Mel Gonzalez, Abolition Park, City Hall Park, Occupation

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