Issue 255.5
The Indypendent
Issue 255.5
May 1, 2020
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A Mutual Aid Network Blooms in Bay Ridge
In organizational theory, mutual aid means the exchange of services or resources in which both parties benefit. Mutual aid…
America’s Unfinished Revolution: Where Do the George Floyd Protests Go From Here?
It takes but a few minutes for the ruling elite to recast collective calls for an end to state…
NY Lawmakers of Color Join Justice for George Floyd Protests
Hundreds of people marched to Queens Borough Hall to rally for policing reforms on Thursday. The “Let Us Breathe”…
Frank Sinatra, Woody Guthrie, Arthur Miller & the Reds on the Brooklyn Waterfront
An excerpt from “Bernie’s Brooklyn: How Growing Up In The New Deal City Shaped Bernie Sanders’ Politics” by Theodore Hamm.
Now is the Time to Pass the New York Health Act
“Now is not the time.” Leaders and opinion writers utter this sentence so often after mass shootings in the…
Video: New Yorkers Join Nationwide Demonstrations Demanding Justice for George Floyd
More protests are scheduled for today in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Rogue Brooklyn Prosecutor Could Soon Face a Day of Reckoning
Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi never lost a homicide case. But evidence is mounting that the star prosecutor won some of her cases by concealing evidence and other unethical practices.
Reopening The Economy Will Unleash Predatory Capital
And so we begin our erotic dance across the six feet that has come between us. Doing a strip-tease…
Environmental Violence is the Modern War Against Indigenous People
As Indian nations are battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are simultaneously battling ecological brutality brought about by governments…
Stay-Home Events Calendar: May 23 to May 29
The coronavirus is forcing us to avoid venturing outside, but there are still plenty of concerts, film screenings, performances,…
Losing Our Public Postal Service Is No Laughing Matter
On April 24, Donald Trump called the Postal Service a “joke.” But what Trump has planned for the millions…
It’s On: How To File an Absentee Ballot Now That There’ll Be a Prez Primary in New York
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling reinstating the presidential primaries in New York after Gov.…
Williams NESE Pipeline Defeated, Again
DEC denies water quality permit for the third time.
Social Isolation: 6 Classic Songs of Love and Struggle (and Rage) to Rediscover
Life under quarantine can be dreary. But great music can lift us up, help us feel better connected to…
Front Line Appreciation Group is Keeping Restaurants in Business & Feeding Hospital Workers
But how long can relief efforts last?
Pandemic & Protest: Former NYCLU Head Calls On De Blasio To End Free Speech Crackdown
‘Freedom of speech is a bedrock principle’ that cannot be cast aside during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Norman Siegel
Remembering Donald Paneth, Maverick Journalist
You may also enjoy reading “Donald Paneth’s Voice Was Like Opera Poured Through Gravel.” Donald Paneth’s long, winding odyssey…
Open Letter Calls for Bold Steps to Address Climate Change & COVID Devastation
Given the dire threat global warming presents to our city and its communities, in addition to the threat posed by coronavirus, we are publishing this letter to New York’s leaders, signed by 132 organizations, in full here.
Good Riddance to Samaritan’s Purse, the Hateful Virus that Infected Central Park
On April 5, I took part in a peaceful protest. The New York police tackled me and forced my…
Day Laborers Are Being Left Behind
Undocumented day laborers in Princeton, NJ are organizing relief efforts and pressuring Gov. Phil Murphy to take action. Across…
My Ankle Monitor Won’t Let Me Take Out The Garbage
While we live under “house arrest” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a good time to revisit what the real thing is like.
Their Ancestors Greeted the Pilgrims, Now the Mashpee Wampanoag Fight for their Land Amid a Pandemic
Cape Cod land dispute followed closely by other tribes who could be targeted by feds.
Com’on People, Pick Up Your PPE Trash
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States. and everyone now being encouraged (if not ordered) to cover…
Should We Be Ridin’ With Biden? A Progressive Debate
The left finds itself in a familiar position following the demise of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign: embrace the presumptive…
Capitalism: Isolated, Sick and Down
The post-Great Recession expansion, the longest bull market in U.S. history, has met the matador. For the second time…
In Pandemic-Hit Service Industry, Union Staff at Ellen’s Stardust Diner Show a Way Forward
As the pandemic spread and New York City became the global epicenter of the coronavirus, the restaurant industry was…
The Final Act: How We Can Learn To Face Our Deaths With Clarity And Compassion
Those of us who have lived seven decades or more can set an example by approaching death openly, with curiosity, even with hope.
COVID-19 Hits NYC’s Black and Brown Working Class the Hardest
In the month since Gov. Andrew Cuomo instituted a stay-at-home order, New York City has taken on a different…
CUNY Professor: Distance Learning Could Mean the End of Higher Ed As We Know It
When most of my City University of New York colleagues and I found out that teaching as we knew…
We Can’t Allow Trump to Use COVID-19 to Destroy the Postal Service
Donald Trump is an enemy of public mail service. He made it clear that he would not approve the…
Failure To Act: NY Could Help Move Most Childbirths Out Of Hospitals But Won’t
85 percent of women could safely give birth at auxiliary maternity units and free up hospital resources for COVID-19 patients. But first our leaders have to care.
New York Tenants Plan a ‘Massive Wave of Rent Strikes’ Starting May 1
To read this article in Spanish, click here. Para leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí. With hundreds…
Inquilinos de Nueva York Planean una “ola Masiva de Huelgas de Renta” a Partir del 1 de Mayo
Con cientos de miles de nuevayorquinos incapaces de pagar la renta después de que la epidemia del coronavirus los…
Notes from Quarantine New York: Seven O’Clock, Easter Sunday and Mama Pajama
At seven o’clock, in some NYC neighborhoods, we applaud outside our windows to salute the essential workers on the…