Issue 275
The Indypendent
Issue 275
Nov 18, 2022
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Sunset Park-Based Group Runs Outdoor Market and Political Education
Mexicanos Unidos operates a weekly unpermitted open-air market in Sunset Park. It also runs a radical political education program for its working-class immigrant members.
Kingston Rent Guidelines Board Cuts Rents by 15%!
Landlords are outraged by the first-ever rollback.
History’s first fascist regime violently seized power in Italy in 1922. It continues to inspire the far right a century later.
A Charles Dickens Classic Recast in 21st Century Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver reimagines David Copperfield set in modern-day Appalachia wracked by the opioid crisis.
Unlike many of his peers in academia, his truckdriver-turned-Marxist professor never lost sight of the importance of class struggle.
Amazon Labor Union’s Small Army of Volunteer Law Students
Around 100 are helping in the battle against the country’s second-largest employer.
The good reverend says the most important thing you can do to celebrate the holiday season is…
Mourning the Love of One’s Life
Playwright Karen Malpede lost her husband George Bartinieff, co-founder of Theatre for a New City, in July.
Students Still Want to Read Books but NYC’s Public School Libraries Are Being Forgotten
Students still want all the magic you can find in a library, yet 60% of NYC schools don’t have one that’s functioning.
International Updates: Cuba, Haiti and Brazil
Cuba passes new family code, Haiti opposes international intervention (again) and Lula soon to return as president of Brazil.