Issue 256
The Indypendent
Issue 256
Jul 1, 2020
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Primary Primer: A Voter’s Guide to Some of the Most Hotly Contested Races on the NY Ballot
New York is a one-party city where elections are almost always determined in the Democratic primary. Until 2018 these…
Domino Effect: Can Millennial Leftists Topple More Machine Incumbents in NY’s June 23 Primaries?
A crowd of purple-clad supporters had gathered around an overhead television set at one end of a bar in…
When Caregivers Join Black Lives Matter Protests
Hi Rev Billy, I’ve been to a few protests in my time but I don’t think I’ve ever seen…
No Justice, No Rent: Tenants Go On Strike in Brooklyn
With their incomes decimated by coronavirus-forced layoffs, tenants from about 15 buildings in Brooklyn and the Bronx have gone…
Open Streets for All: NYC’s Transit Future is Up for Grabs
The bike shop is the new club,” tweeted Danny Harris, executive director of Transportation Alternatives and now a member…
Police Defunding Battle Heats Up at City Hall
Budget season is underway at City Hall and a bloody season of discontent rages in the streets. Months under…
Queens Student Activist Gets NYC Pols to Return Cop Union Funds
Elected officials accept thousands of dollars each year from police. Aaron Fernando is calling them out.
The NYPD Has Its Own Scandinavian Welfare State
The ruling class rewards its cops with pay and benefits that are inconceivable for most 21st century working stiffs.
COVID & George Floyd Killing Reveal a Failed State That Only Knows How to Police
The failure of our governments — local, state, national — to address COVID-19 with any real rigor is the…
State Senate Win Within Reach For Brooklyn Socialist Jabari Brisport
“We have to keep dreaming big,” says the DSA-backed public school teacher who would be the first out LGBTQ person of color elected to NY State Senate.
Anti-Social-Distancing Rallies: Corona Protests Are Mainstreaming Far-Right Ideologies
Amid a sea of yellow vests, Guy Fawkes masks, and German flags, two signs caught the camera’s eye at…
Frances Was Golden: Legendary Activist and Literary Agent Leaves an Inspiring Legacy
Frances Goldin, a legendary Lower East Side activist, trailblazing leftist literary agent and good friend to The Indypendent died…
‘The Book of Old Ladies’ Gives Them Their Due
“Older women are almost never the ones whose story matters,” Ruth O. Saxton writes in the Introduction to The…
Joe Allen’s ‘Package King’ Delivers a Modern History of the Essential Worker
On May 1, workers at Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx protested for better health and safety…
Five Anti-Capitalist Films to Watch While in Isolation
Also see “Three Anti-Capitalist Documentaries to Stream During the Shutdown” by Liz Vogt The pandemic we find ourselves in…