Five Anti-Capitalist Films to Watch While in Isolation
The pandemic we find ourselves in has made one thing unbearably clear: Our society is structured to lift the…
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With Tenants Planning Strikes, Calls for a Rent Break Grow Louder
Today, April 1, rent comes due for most of New York State’s more than 3.3 million tenant households —…
Amazon Workers Organize for Health & Safety Before COVID-19 Spreads Further
Where exactly is the richest man on Earth right now? Perhaps he is at the Beverly Hills mansion he…
A View From Inside Rikers Island, Where Coronavirus is Spreading Behind Bars
The Indypendent spoke with an inmate at the Rikers Island on multiple occasions over the weekend. A participant in…
After a week of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, I scheduled a visit this past Thursday to a drive-through coronavirus testing…
Solidarity In Action: Coronavirus Mutual Aid Networks Spring Up Across NYC
A table on Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy offers free vegetable seedlings. Someone on Facebook announces they want to be…
We Need Medicare for All and Bernie Sanders More Than Ever
Our world has changed completely and Joe Biden’s tepid incrementalism won’t work.
Op-Ed: Don’t Let Coronavirus Further Cuomo and de Blasio’s War on Our Communities
COVID-19 is devastating our city like an invisible and deadly tornado. Small businesses are shutting down, while many workers…
Inmates on Rikers Island are Fighting for Soap: How to Show Solidarity and Prevent Corona’s Spread
You can’t practice social distancing in jail.
Coronavirus is Not Gender Neutral
BERLIN, Germany — Angela Merkel sat at a desk facing the nation last week. That’s something that never usually…
