Issue 304
The Indypendent
Issue 304
Jun 11, 2026
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Next Step, Congress: Claire Valdez Rides a Movement Moment
After propelling Zohran Mamdani into the mayor’s seat last year, New York City DSA is trying to put two…
NY 2026 Democratic Primaries: Left vs. Establishment Divide Deepens
A voter’s guide to some of the most hotly contested races in NY’s June 23 Democratic primary
How Revolutionary Politics Make Art and Spirituality, Better
What if I told you, there’s a dynamic combination of art, politics and spirituality? One that fits our needs. One that fits this moment. It is Mass Line politics and American Romanticism.
When the Victim Becomes the Survivor
Sexual violence so extreme it confounds imagination is the subject of two of the best-selling books on the planet. Women are hungry for such stories, perhaps, because there is hardly a woman alive who does not think: “That could have been me.” Or, “That might have been my daughter.”
Overseers Everywhere—Still We Rise
In his new book, “The Overseer Class” Steven Thrasher lays out his theory of the “phenomenon in which people from marginalized populations amass power not by uplifting people from the communities they come from, but by collectively cracking the skulls of their own.”
Remembering When New York City Was Under Military Occupation for Seven Years
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York retells the story of how the British occupied New York City from 1776-1783