Player FM - Internet Radio Done Right
16 subscribers
Checked 3+ y ago
Agregado hace siete años
Contenido proporcionado por Working Class Heroes Radio and Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente Working Class Heroes Radio and Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.
Player FM : aplicación de podcast
¡Desconecta con la aplicación Player FM !
¡Desconecta con la aplicación Player FM !
Podcasts que vale la pena escuchar
PATROCINADO
We answer listener questions about the making of Season 5: Hark and of Threshold more broadly in this special AMA episode with host Amy Martin, managing editor Erika Janik, and producer Sam Moore. Thanks to Kraftkabel for the use of his music. You can find the whole track here . Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced. You can support Threshold by donating today . To stay connected, sign up for our newsletter .…
Legal Workers Unite Against Office Reopenings
Manage episode 270834637 series 2388413
Contenido proporcionado por Working Class Heroes Radio and Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente Working Class Heroes Radio and Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.
After a short break, we're back with a new show and few lined up for the next couple of weeks. On this week's show, Khadija and Danny give us a summary of recent headlines, Lupita and Mel talk about excluded workers and their fight for pandemic relief and recognition of their rights, Julian and Yanny work on part two of the fight by legal workers to keep the communities from being exposed to the second wave of Covid19 infections - this time, the fight comes to their own workplaces as managers at legal aid organizations push to get legal workers back into their offices.
…
continue reading
40 episodios
Manage episode 270834637 series 2388413
Contenido proporcionado por Working Class Heroes Radio and Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente Working Class Heroes Radio and Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.
After a short break, we're back with a new show and few lined up for the next couple of weeks. On this week's show, Khadija and Danny give us a summary of recent headlines, Lupita and Mel talk about excluded workers and their fight for pandemic relief and recognition of their rights, Julian and Yanny work on part two of the fight by legal workers to keep the communities from being exposed to the second wave of Covid19 infections - this time, the fight comes to their own workplaces as managers at legal aid organizations push to get legal workers back into their offices.
…
continue reading
40 episodios
Alla avsnitt
×Another mini-episode focused on the struggles of New York Taxi Drivers. Julian Guerrero speaks with Seydou Ouattara, an Uber driver since 2016 who moved to New York from the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)to pursue a career as an accountant in the US but who became active around the struggles of New York City Taxi Drivers. Seydou speaks to Julian about his working conditions, how he became active with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, and what taxi drivers are demanding from the city and state of New York. Musical credit: J. Cole - H u n g e r o n H i l l s i d e Souls of Mischief - Cab Fare…
When UPS fired 10 part-time workers at a warehouse in Laurelton, Queens, it sparked a wave of protests from Teamsters Local 804 and union activists across New York City.
We're back for a May 1st Special episode to commemorate International Worker's Day! Happy May Day! For our May Day special, we're looking at the struggles of Delivery Workers in New York City - we speak with Katya and Juan Carlos, two delivery workers affiliated with Los Deliveristas Unidos, an up-and-coming Delivery worker organization. Katya is a Spanish-only speaker so Lupita Romero helped interpret this segment with us. Lea Ramirez and Julian Guerrero take on the debate around worker misclassification by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and other App-based companies explaining how this issue is creating a second-class status for working people across the globe. Outro song - La Cumbia de la Bicicleta by David Aguilar…

1 A Year of Working Class Heroes: Reflections on Building Independent Media 1:04:13
1:04:13
Reproducir más Tarde
Reproducir más Tarde
Listas
Me gusta
Me gusta1:04:13
April 23rd 2021 marks one year of our series, Coronavirus and Class Struggle, on famed Lefty community radio station, NYC's WBAI 99.5 FM. A few members of the Working Class Heroes Collective, Khadija Mehter, Lea Ramirez, and Julian Guerrero, reflect on one year of producing 32 episodes of interviews, reporting, and discussions on working-class struggles based in New York City. They discuss what they learned, how important support for independent media is needed to report on ongoing struggles, and what lies ahead for the Working Class Heroes Collective. Musical credit: Busta Rhymes - Slow Flow Sault - Wildfires Anderson .Paak - Yada Yada Fashawn - Born in Amerikkka Run The Jewels Feat Santa Fe Klan - Ooh La La Vic Mensa. Chance the Rapper, Wyclef Jean - Shelter…

1 Guantanamo: Don't Forget Us Here 1:03:17
1:03:17
Reproducir más Tarde
Reproducir más Tarde
Listas
Me gusta
Me gusta1:03:17
On this week's show, we speak with two people dedicated to shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and all detention centers that hold prisoners of the US empire. Khadija Mehter speaks with former Guantanamo detainee, Mansoor Adayfi, who was incarcerated for over 14 years without a trial or a charge, as well as Maha Hilal, co-director of Justice for Muslims Collective, an organizer with Witness Against Torture, and a council member of School of the Americas Watch. This is our last show for our Coronavirus & Class Struggle series on WBAI. We'll be taking a break from producing radio shows on WBAI for a few months as we figure out how to move forward in this tough media landscape. You can reach out to us through our social media platforms and check back here on Soundcloud for any future content we release. We'll see y'all soon and as always, in solidarity, The Working Class Heroes Collective…
On this week's episode of Working Class Heroes Radio, we speak with Jasmine and Kali of Southern Solidarity, an organization dedicated to liberation, mutual aid, and the cause of unhoused people, mainly in New Orleans and now, right here in New York City. They spoke to Lupita about their efforts, what role they see mutual aid can play in the struggle for liberation, and how people can take up the cause of unhoused people. Khadija Mehter and Mel Gonzalez host the show and also break down the rising number of undocumented immigrants who are unhoused and at risk of evictions in the wake of the pandemic. Outro song - MIS featuring Toots Hilbert - Rebel…
On this week's show of Working Class Heroes Radio, Julian Guerrero speaks with restaurant workers, Natalia Tylim and Gary Inman, both members of the Democratic Socialists of America and organizers with the Restaurant Organizing Project. They'll be speaking with us about the struggles of the Restaurant Industry, especially with regard to the ongoing pandemic and their efforts to organize better work conditions through the Restaurant Organizing Project. Lupita Romero and Danny Katch host the show and speak with Stella Becerril, the organizer of the Street Vendors Project about the recent victories as well as the continued struggles of street vendors as essential workers who have been continuing to serve the public. Outro track by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs…
On this week's show of Working Class Heroes radio, we speak with Prakash Churaman, the young Guyanese immigrant from Queens who spent 6 years incarcerated without a fair trial. Now that Prakash is out on bail, Julian Guerrero asks him about his experience with the criminal justice system, how he's coping with being back home and what his struggle for freedom from the Queens District Attorney's grip might entail. Lupita Romero and Mel Gonzalez host the show, lay out our latest headlines, and break down the issue of pre-trial detainment in New York City's criminal justice system with the help of Carl Hamad-Lipscombe, director of advocacy and policy at the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund. Outro song - Sorrow, Tears and Blood - Ari Lennox GoldLink *Minor Correction* - the Prisoner's Rights activist, David Rothenberg's last name, was mispronounced.…
On this week's show of Working Class Heroes Radio, we speak with Aaron Petcoff, a software engineer, member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and a volunteer with the Tech Workers Coalition. Lea Ramirez speaks with Aaron about the current role of the tech industry in the U.S., Tech workers' efforts to unionize, as well as the potential for the Tech Labor movement under the new Biden administration. Khadija Mehter and Mel Gonzalez host the show and discuss Covid19 and New York State's response to it, including disparities in vaccination distribution and the problems with vaccine registration technology today. Outro song - Poderoso by Navy Blue…
From budget cuts to Trump's attempts to the sabotage mail-in voting system, Postal workers are fighting to save the US Postal Service. On this week's show of Working Class Heroes Radio, Julian Guerrero speaks with city letter carrier, Frank Couget, about the struggles that Postal workers have been fighting throughout the Trump administration. Khadija Mehter and Mel Gonzalez host the show, give us our latest headlines and talk about President Biden's first 100 days in office and what kind of president he will be to working-class people. Dariela Maradiaga calls in to speak about her brother's pending deportation, (Javier Castillo Maradiaga), and how ICE is ignoring Biden's moratorium on deportations. Outro song - William Moore - Phil Ochs…
On this week’s show of Working Class Heroes Radio, we speak with Chris Smalls, a former Amazon worker who was fired after organizing a walkout to protest the violation of COVID-19 safety standards in the warehouse by Amazon management. Lea Ramirez and Danny Katch talk with Chris about his experience, what conditions were like for Amazon workers, and what led him to help found the Congress of Essential Workers. Lupita and Julian also break down the new Tax the Rich campaign in New York by a coalition of progressive organizations. This episode is a collaboration with Law at the Margins, which uses social media as a platform that aims to "highlight the ways that our laws and legal institutions expand or limits the rights and social justice aspirations of people and communities.” You can check out their work at LawAtTheMargins.com Outro song - Manu Chao - ALGUNDIAVACAER…
On this week's episode of Working Class Heroes Radio, we discussed the ongoing hunger strike of over 140 people across immigrant detention centers in New Jersey, who are fighting for their lives, demanding immediate release from indefinite detention as Covid19 cases rise in prisons. Lupita Romero spoke with Marcial Morales, who was formerly detained at Bergen County Detention Center in New Jersey, as well as, Mary A., whose fiance is still detained at the Hudson County Detention Center. They speak about the terrible conditions inside the detention centers and how people are striking for their freedom.…
On this week's episode of Working Class Heroes Radio, we speak with organizers from the Frack Outta Brooklyn Coalition and the No North Brooklyn Pipeline campaign about their efforts to stop the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline under Brooklyn by National Grid, a London based energy company that is asking New York State to help pay for its completion. Khadija and Danny give us this week's headlines and take a special on the ground report from Lupita and Mel on the ongoing struggle in New Jersey to shut down the Bergen County Detention Center. Julian speaks with Monique Roberts, a tenant organizer at Housing Organizers for People Empowerment (HOPE), Pati Ankalli, a member of Mi Casa Resiste and the Frack Outta Brooklyn Coalition, which is a Black, Indigenous and people of color-led coalition fighting the pipeline and Fabian Rogers, also a tenant organizer with HOPE as well as with the Brownsville Resident Green Committee. Outro song is Big Big Trouble by Nicole Bus…
On this week's show, we speak with members of the revolutionary indigenous organization, The Red Nation as well as a member of the Shinnecock Nation about the struggles of indigenous people in New York, focusing specifically on the struggle waged by the Shinnecock Nation against the settler state of New York. Mel and Julian discuss the plan by a fracking company to build a pipeline through North Brooklyn. The pre-recorded clips are from a Frack Outta Brooklyn rally. Frack Outta Brooklyn is a coalition led by BIPOC grassroots organization fighting alongside the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition to resist the National Grid pipeline. The first pre-recorded clip is of Anna Tsomo, of the Brownsville Residents Green Committee, and the No North Brooklyn Pipeline coalition. The land acknowledgment clip is by Pati Ankalli of Mi Casa Resiste, a Bushwick anti-capitalist collective, part of the Frack Outta Brooklyn coalition. Khadija talks with Lou Cornum, the chairperson of the East Coast Freedom Council of The Red Nation, and Savannah, also a member of the Red Nation, as well as Tela Troge, a member of the Shinnecock Nation.…
On this week's show, Mel Gonzalez speaks with NYC delivery worker, Miguel, about their job conditions, treatment from the employer and the recent hit and run deaths of delivery workers. Lupita Romero and Julian Guerrero also discuss another segment of the informal labor force, the NYC Street Vendors, and their struggle to address police harassment and the City Council's inaction on street vending reform. Lastly, Khadija Mehter and Danny Katch give us some of the latest headlines from around the world and country.…
In this week's episode, Danny Katch speaks with Victor Pate, a formally incarcerated organizer with the campaign for alternatives to isolated confinement about the fight to end the horrific practice of solitary confinement inside New York prisons. Mel Gonzalez and Julian Guerrero discuss some of the election results and bring you some local headlines while Lupita Romero and Khadija Mehter talk about the two communities who don't get participate in elections.…

1 "Can't Be A Victim to the System" - The Prakash Churaman Story Part 2 1:02:22
1:02:22
Reproducir más Tarde
Reproducir más Tarde
Listas
Me gusta
Me gusta1:02:22
On this week’s show of Working Class Heroes Radio, we continue our story of Prakash Churaman, a young man locked up for six years without a fair trial or a guilty verdict, who’s fighting to prove his innocence from within the Rikers Island Jail Complex. In part two, Julian talks about how Prakash has built his support group, his issues with the judge on his trial, and how six years behind bars have affected Prakash. To help Prakash Churaman: Sign his petition here: https://bit.ly/3dFenVP Donate to his fundraiser here: https://bit.ly/3o8xwEr Closing song - I Shall Be Released by Nina Simone…

1 "Can't Be A Victim to the System" - The Prakash Churaman Story Part 1 1:00:05
1:00:05
Reproducir más Tarde
Reproducir más Tarde
Listas
Me gusta
Me gusta1:00:05
On this week’s show of Working Class Heroes Radio, we report on the story of Prakash Churaman, a young man locked up for six years without a fair trial or a guilty verdict, who’s fighting to prove his innocence from within the Rikers Island Jail Complex. Locked up since he was 15 years old, Churaman has spent six years growing up behind bars. Julian talks about what he’s been through, the charges against him and why he’s not had a fair trial in what will be a two part story. Part two of Can't be a Victim to the System: The Prakash Churaman Story will air on NYC's WBAI 99.5 fm on October 31st at 6pm and released on our podcast platforms on November 2nd. To help Prakash Churaman: Sign his petition here: https://bit.ly/3dFenVP Donate to his fundraiser here: https://bit.ly/3o8xwEr…

1 Deciding Puerto Rico's Future 1:00:51
1:00:51
Reproducir más Tarde
Reproducir más Tarde
Listas
Me gusta
Me gusta1:00:51
On this week's show, Lupita and Mel host, Khadija and Danny bring us a special edition of our weekly headlines, given Trump's diagnosis of Covid19, Lupita and Mel break down some of Puerto Rico's most recent events. Finally, Julian speaks with Paul Figueroa, a San Juan City Council candidate and member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, about the upcoming vote on statehood in November. We'll be discussing colonialism, democracy, the no vote campaign, and what vision the Independence Party has for Puerto Rico's future.…
On this week's show - school is back in session and the city’s failure to address health and safety concerns has already propelled the spread of Covid infections in school buildings. Bill de Blasio has insisted that schools will reopen without giving them funding for ventilation or enough teachers. This week Khadija and Mel host the show and break down school safety before and during the pandemic, Lupita and Julian give us some headlines and Danny speaks with therapist Marilena Marchetti and Paraprofessional Trina Davis about how they and other educators are fighting to keep students safe from their own mayor. Important note: In our live show, we misgendered the student leader but we edited the segment to address our error for the podcast release of the show.…
On this week's show, we focus on the anti-displacement work against the large scale developments of Industry City in Sunset Park and the waterfront in Flushing. Khadija and Lupita host and address NYC's richest residents, Yanny and Danny lay out some of the latest headlines and Mel spoke with organizers Kimberly Morales and Seonae Byeon on their efforts to push back against these development plans, the upcoming city council votes to approve rezoning requests, and what’s at stake for communities in these neighborhoods.…
On this week's show, Lupita and Mel report on struggles tenants are waging against abusive landlords and courts trying to restart the eviction mill in New York City. Julian speaks with tenant and activist Ginger Ging-Dwan Boyd who dealt first hand with a landlord who broke into her home and tried to illegally lock her out of her apartment. Ginger tells us how she's confronted her landlord and organized her fellow tenant neighbors into a tenants association.…
After a short break, we're back with a new show and few lined up for the next couple of weeks. On this week's show, Khadija and Danny give us a summary of recent headlines, Lupita and Mel talk about excluded workers and their fight for pandemic relief and recognition of their rights, Julian and Yanny work on part two of the fight by legal workers to keep the communities from being exposed to the second wave of Covid19 infections - this time, the fight comes to their own workplaces as managers at legal aid organizations push to get legal workers back into their offices.…
For this week's episode, we're changing things up a bit. Lupita and Mel host our regular radio show while Julian introduces an ongoing investigation on the reopening of New York City Courts. Julian and Yanny speak to legal workers about their resistance to reopening the court systems in the middle of a pandemic while laying out the important players behind the push to reopen. Musical credit for the correspondent section: 9th Wonder…
We're back after a two-week break. We've been working on a few stories for a while and are happy to have it ready for everyone now. Lea and Carlos take up the incident on Dyckman Street in Inwood, North Manhattan when a group of mostly Dominican men patrolled the neighborhood looking for scare away looters and chased out Black youth protesters while using racial slurs. The incident raised debates about anti-Blackness in the Latino community and solidarity. To go deeper into these topics, Lea spoke with Madel Hidalgo and Kleaver Cruz, two Dominican activists, about the incident, the roots of Dominican anti-Blackness, and its intersections with Queer identity. Musical credit: Intro: “Hero” Michael Kiwanuka Headline: “Somos Sur” Ana Tijoux/Shadia Mansour “Tounen Nan Vim” Bachata Haiti “Me gritaron Negra” Victoria Santa Cruz “Yana Baca” Susanna Baca Outro Song: “Pa Qué” Ana Tijoux feat. PJ Sin Suela…
Occupy City Hall encampment has brought hundreds of people demanding to defund and abolish the NYPD to take over a plaza next to city hall. The encampment began on June 23rd, growing to its peak on the eve of the NYC City Council budget vote, and continuing until now. For this show, Yanny and Mel spoke with community activist Tatiana Hill and Khalil Sulker, a member of the Afro-Socialist Caucus of the DSA, about the lessons, challenges, and successes of the occupation and about the next steps in the fight to defund the NYPD. Occupy City Hall is entering its third week as it transitions into Abolition Park. In this transitional moment questions about the future of Abolition Park are being debated now that the budget negotiations are over. Join us as we take a journey inside the occupation at City Hall Park.…
Protests against police violence have coalesced in recent weeks into a movement to defund the NYPD and transfer needed resources to education and other vital services. While activists are disappointed with the budget passed this past week by the City Council, the struggle continues. This week Lupita and Danny speak with Ronnie Almonte, a member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators, a social justice caucus inside the United Federation of Teachers. Ronnie will talk to us what this current moment can mean for the long fight against racism in New York City's public education system. Lupita and Danny also run down some headlines from the past week - including the physical attack by a stranger on our last guest, Robert Cuffy, while at the Defund the NYPD & Abolisht he Police march on June 29th. If you'd like to help Robert with any medical costs or want to donate in solidarity, you can send him funds via Cash App at $rhaphiikii.…
Working Class Heroes Radio is back after a week off! Well, it's more like we moved from a half-hour show on Thursdays to a full hour radio program live on WBAI 99.5fm on Saturday nights at 6 pm. On this week's show, Julian and Carlos speak with Robert Cuffy, founder of the Socialist Workers Alliance of Guyana, a DC37 Union member and a member of the Afrosocialist and Socialist of Color Caucus of the DSA. Robert speaks with us about the role organized labor can play in the Black Lives Matter uprising across the U.S., the demand to expel police unions out of the labor movement, and how the Black freedom struggle can generate broader social movements in the United States. We also get a brief live report of the Occupy City Hall encampment from our correspondent, Lea Ramirez. Make sure to download and subscribe to our weekly show. You can also check out WCHRadio.org to view photos and listen to our past episodes.…
Last week's show is a little late due to technical issues on the live show. The remote work set up is taking us a bit longer to adjust to but we're going to keep working at it until we get it right. Carlos and Mel speak with Josie, an organizer with Take Back the Bronx, an organization of Bronxites who are organizing for community control, to discuss the looting that unfolded in the Bronx and Queens, the tensions it created in the movement and try to answer the question, who is really looting in the Bronx? Music Credit: Michael Kiwanuka - Hero Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx Pig Feet - Kamasi Washington, Denzel Curry, G Perico, Daylyt Kimberly Jones - David Jones Media…
America is burning and it smells like justice. In the short time since we aired our last episode, protests in Minneapolis over the police murder of George Floyd have spread across the country and a new chapter in the struggle against anti-Black racism has begun. This week's show Working Class Heroes Radio, Lupita and Julian will kick off a new series about police oppression with an interview with Bianca Cunningham, a participant in last weekend's protests in Brooklyn and a member of the AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus in the Democratic Socialists of America. We had time for one caller over WBAI's live radio format at the end. Musical credit: Michael Kiwanuka - Hero J Dilla - F**k the Police The Coup - Guillotine Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder - In every Ghetto…
Bienvenido a Player FM!
Player FM está escaneando la web en busca de podcasts de alta calidad para que los disfrutes en este momento. Es la mejor aplicación de podcast y funciona en Android, iPhone y la web. Regístrate para sincronizar suscripciones a través de dispositivos.