Deciding Puerto Rico's Future

On this week's show, Lupita and Mel host, Khadija and Danny bring us a special edition of our weekly headlines, given Trump's diagnosis of Covid19, Lupita and Mel break down some of Puerto Rico's most recent events. Finally, Julian speaks with Paul Figueroa, a San Juan City Council candidate and member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, about the upcoming vote on statehood in November. We'll be discussing colonialism, democracy, the no vote campaign, and what vision the Independence Party has for Puerto Rico's future.

Brianda GuzmanOctober 5, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, New York City, Protests, Mel Gonzalez, Lupita Romero, Julian Guerrero, Danny Katch, Teacher, Reopening, Trina Davis, Marilena Marchetti

We Won't Die for the D.O.E.

On this week's show - school is back in session and the city’s failure to address health and safety concerns has already propelled the spread of Covid infections in school buildings. Bill de Blasio has insisted that schools will reopen without giving them funding for ventilation or enough teachers. This week Khadija and Mel host the show and break down school safety before and during the pandemic, Lupita and Julian give us some headlines and Danny speaks with therapist Marilena Marchetti and Paraprofessional Trina Davis about how they and other educators are fighting to keep students safe from their own mayor.

Brianda GuzmanSeptember 28, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, New York City, Protests, Mel Gonzalez, Lupita Romero, Julian Guerrero, Danny Katch, Teacher, Reopening, Trina Davis, Marilena Marchetti

Rezoning Battles in NYC

On this week's show, we focus on the anti-displacement work against the large scale developments of Industry City in Sunset Park and the waterfront in Flushing. Khadija and Lupita host and address NYC's richest residents, Yanny and Danny lay out some of the latest headlines, and Mel spoke with organizers Kimberly Morales and Seonae Byeon on their efforts to push back against these development plans, the upcoming city council votes to approve rezoning requests, and what’s at stake for communities in these neighborhoods.

Brianda GuzmanSeptember 21, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, New York City, Protests, Mel Gonzalez, Lupita Romero, Julian Guerrero, Rezoning, Sunset Park, Flushing, Kimberly Morales, Seonae Byeon

Tenants Fight Back: Confronting the Slumlord

On this week's show, Lupita and Mel report on struggles tenants are waging against abusive landlords and courts trying to restart the eviction mill in New York City. Julian speaks with tenant and activist Ginger Ging-Dwan Boyd who dealt first hand with a landlord who broke into her home and tried to illegally lock her out of her apartment. Ginger tells us how she's confronted her landlord and organized her fellow tenant neighbors into a tenants association.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanSeptember 7, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Afrosocialist, Black Lives Matter, New York City, Protests, Yanny Guzman, Mel Gonzalez, Lupita Romero, Julian Guerrero, Legal Workers, Resisting The reopening

Stopping the Second Wave: Legal Workers Unite Against Office Reopenings

Lupita and Mel host our regular radio show while Julian introduces an ongoing investigation on the reopening of New York City Courts. Julian and Yanny speak to legal workers about their resistance to reopening the court systems in the middle of a pandemic while laying out the important players behind the push to reopen.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanAugust 31, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Afrosocialist, Black Lives Matter, New York City, Protests, Yanny Guzman, Mel Gonzalez, Lupita Romero, Julian Guerrero, Legal Workers, Resisting The reopening

Resisting the Reopening of Court

Lupita and Mel host our regular radio show while Julian introduces an ongoing investigation on the reopening of New York City Courts. Julian and Yanny speak to legal workers about their resistance to reopening the court systems in the middle of a pandemic while laying out the important players behind the push to reopen.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanAugust 10, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Afrosocialist, Black Lives Matter, New York City, Protests, Yanny Guzman, Mel Gonzalez, Lupita Romero, Julian Guerrero, Legal Workers, Resisting The reopening

Fighting For Public Education Not Cops

Lupita and Danny speak with Ronnie Almonte, a member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators, a social justice caucus inside the United Federation of Teachers. Ronnie will talk to us what this current moment can mean for the long fight against racism in New York City's public education system.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanJuly 6, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Afrosocialist, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, New York City, Protests, Uprising, Organized Labor, Union, Teacher, UFT, Lupita Romero, Danny Katch, Ronnie Almonte

Who is Looting in the Bronx?

Carlos and Mel speak with Josie, an organizer with Take Back the Bronx, an organization of Bronxites who are organizing for community control, to discuss the looting that unfolded in the Bronx and Queens, the tensions it created in the movement and try to answer who is really looting in the Bronx?

Season 2Brianda GuzmanJune 11, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Julian Guerrero, Lupita Romero, Bianca Cunningham, Afrosocialist, Democratic Socialists of America, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, New York City, Protests, Riots, Looting, Uprising

We Can't Breathe

Lupita and Julian speak with Bianca Cunningham, participant of some of the initial protests in the nationwide uprising for Black Lives and a member of the AfroSocialist and Socialist of Color Caucus of the Democratic Socialist of America, about what New York City protests have looked like, why they feel different from the protests of 2014 and what she thinks of the way its all being handled by the police and the people in power.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanJune 5, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Working Class Heroes, WBAI, Julian Guerrero, Lupita Romero, Bianca Cunningham, Afrosocialist, Democratic Socialists of America, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, New York City, Protests, Riots, Looting, Uprising

Medics, Makers and Mutual Aid

Lupita speaks with Isabelle Barter, a member of Medics and Makers, about her organization's efforts to fill the supply gap of Personal Protective Equipment with their 3D printers and why major corporations aren't putting their factories to mass produce PPE.

Season 2Brianda GuzmanApril 30, 2020Season2, coronavirus and class war, Medics, Mutual Aid, Makers, 3D Printer, Lupita Romero, Working Class Heroes, WBAI

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