Revolutions Per Minute - Radio from the New York City Democratic Socialists of America

Manufacturing a "Border Crisis": Electoral Politics In America Under Capitalism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:14:08 +0000

On tonight’s episode of RPM, we’ll talk about how the “border crisis” is manufactured under capitalism and break down some of the dangerous presidential election year framing we see from both Republicans and Democrats.

You’ll hear from Yvette Borja, abolitionist and Laura E. Gomez Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law. Yvette lived and organized in Tucson for 6 years and will tell us what it’s really like on the ground in Southern Arizona along the border and why there are no single issue voters. We’ll also hear from Luisa and Tristan, members of the DSA IC International Migration Working Group, about that working group’s new webinar series, revitalizing migration organizing efforts during a presidential election year and so much more.

To listen to Radio Chachimbona: https://www.radiocachimbona.com/

And you can follow Yvette on Instagram @RadioChachimbona

You can read DSA statement on Migration and International Solidarity Between Working People here: https://www.dsausa.org/statements/statement-on-migration-and-international-solidarity-between-working-people/

And visit dsaic.org/MigrantRights to register for upcoming webinars.

Defeating fascism in the UK and Europe

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Bernard Goyder, Alex Randazzo) — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:41:47 +0000

Tonight on Revolutions Per Minute, we travel to the United Kingdom, where far-right riots have swept the country. We ask Alex Roberts, a UK-based organizer and host of the anti-fascist podcast 12 Rules for WHAT, how communities can fight back. We also speak to Paolo Gerbaudo, a senior research fellow at Complutense University in Madrid, on the role of social media in contemporary politics.

Promise and Defeats: New York Election Night Special

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Jack Devine, Alex Randazzo, Chris Carr) — Wed, 3 Jul 2024 16:26:43 +0000

Last Tuesday was election night across New York State. The night highlighted both the enduring challenges and promise of the rising Socialist movement. In the most widely covered race of the night, Reactionary forces across the Right and Center, including AIPAC, funneled tens of millions of dollars into the 16th Congressional District to secure the defeat of DSA-endorsed incumbent, Congressman Jamaal Bowman by George Latimer. While at the state-level, all eight DSA incumbents in the State Senate and Assembly won their reelection bids, and they will be joined by DSA-endorsed candidate, Claire Valdez, who won her insurgent campaign to represent the 37th Assembly District in Queens. Tonight, we will hear from David Vibert, a steering committee member of DSA’s National Electoral Commission, to give his perspective on last week’s elections and their ramifications for the socialist movement in New York state and beyond. We will also hear from RPM’s own Jack Devine and Alex Randazzo on their breakdown of Bowman’s defeat, and what his loss tells us about the evolution of the 16th district since he first won the seat in 2020 and what we can learn in his loss 4 years later.

The RPM Difference: Stories Through the Years

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Chris Carr) — Wed, 29 May 2024 23:28:43 +0000

For over five and half years and 220+ episodes, we here at Revolutions Per Minute have brought the voices of activists and organizers fighting for a better world to the listeners of WBAI. Tonight, we dig into the show’s archives to hear some of those interviews through the years. Each of the interviews you will hear tonight, in their own ways, exemplify the different dimensions of our show, the members of our collective, and showcase the perspectives that you won’t hear anywhere else. Ultimately, this is a show about the RPM difference.

Segments Used from Past Episodes:

1- PSC and New Deal for CUNY

2- Build Public Renewables Act

3- Kansas DSA and Protecting Abortion Rights

4- The Bronx Fires

5- Palestinian Solidarity in the UAW

Arizona’s Fight for Abortion Rights

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:29:46 +0000

1864. That’s the year Arizona’s abortion ban was passed. The archaic law has remained dormant since 1976, when Roe v. Wade made abortion legal nationwide, but a little over a month ago, on April 6, the Arizona Supreme Court resurrected the law, banning abortion in almost all cases.

The Arizona State Legislature has since passed another law to repeal the 1864 ban, which would default the state to a still strict, 15-week ban on abortion because of a law that was passed and signed by former Republican Governor, Doug Ducey, in 2022.

Meanwhile a coalition called, Arizona for Abortion Access has been gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would create a “fundamental right” to receive abortion care up until fetal viability.

Tonight, we’ll bring you a dispatch from the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights here in Arizona and talk to socialist organizers about how they’re trying to change the dynamic so reproductive rights can no longer be tossed around like a football during election years.

For more info on Arizona abortion ballot measure visit: https://www.arizonaforabortionaccess.org/

Disclose & Divest: The Student Movement Against Genocide

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Chris Carr) — Wed, 1 May 2024 16:40:36 +0000

Students here in New York and across the country are staging protests and encampments on university campuses in solidarity with Palestinians under siege in Gaza for over 200 days. The student movements are united by a common call for their institutions to divest and boycott the state of Israel, companies, and institutions complicit in Israel’s occupation and ongoing genocide in Gaza. In response to this vast mobilization of students, the university administrations at Columbia, NYU, CUNY and elsewhere have handed out mass suspensions & even threats of expulsion to students involved in the encampments, in addition to unleashing NYPD to arrest students protesting peacefully on their campuses. Tonight, we will hear from the students themselves. We will hear from Britt, a student organizer at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at CUNY City College, about the ‘Five Demands’ of the students to the CUNY administration. We will also be joined in-studio by Erin, a student at NYU and a member of the National Coordinating Committee of YDSA, to hear the latest from the NYU encampment and what YDSA is doing to meet the national moment.

*This episode was recorded at 7pm Tuesday night before the NYPD sweep and mass arrests of students at Columbia and CUNY. Go out and provide jail support for the arrested students & comrades opposing genocide at One Police Plaza

Link to CUNY Gaza Solidarity Statement: https://twitter.com/cunygse/status/1785677626431934751/photo/1

Socialism in the Bronx with Jonathan Soto

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Jonathan Soto, Bernard Goyder) — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 02:51:04 +0000

In this episode we meet Jonathan Soto, the DSA endorsed candidate running for New York State Assembly in the North East Bronx. Jonathan is a public school parent, an inter-faith organizer and a democratic socialist, campaigning to unseat longtime incumbent Michael Benedetto in Assembly District 82.

Partners Coffee Union

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:15:24 +0000

If you’re interested in democratizing the economy then you’re going to need to build a social base capable of such a dramatic transformation of our way of life. The only way to shift the balance of power toward the working class is to build the labor movement. Organized labor remains weak in the United States with about 10 percent of all workers organized into unions. This number has dropped nearly 25 percent since the peak of the AFL-CIO during the 1950s following the incredible surge in organization in the mass production industries during the New Deal and World War II. What is to be done to demonstrate our strength in organized numbers? Today we continue our series with labor organizers here in New York City fighting to build unions in the service sector. We’ve already spoken with workers at Starbucks, Trader Joes, Barboncino’s, and Nitehawk. Now we’re joined by organizers from Partners Coffee Union who are attempting to form a collective organization that can improve their material interests.

Fighting for Brooklyn Working Class Families with Eon Tyrell Huntley

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:20:06 +0000

Tonight, we continue our series of interviews with NYC- DSA’s 2024 slate of endorsed candidates and will be talking with Eon Tyrell Huntley, a retail worker, father and tenant running for Assembly District 56 in Bed Stuy and Crown Heights.

We’ll talk to Eon about the beauty of Bed Stuy, fighting for affordable rent, standing in solidarity with Palestine despite facing AIPAC money and so much more.

To learn more about Eon: www.eonforassembly.com

Homes of Our Own: The Campaign to Build Green Social Housing Across New York State

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:38:44 +0000

Today in Albany, New York tenants numbering in the thousands descended onto our State’s Capitol Building in a Day of Mobilization, urging the New York Legislature to pass key legislation, such as Good Cause protections for tenants and greater rent support for low-income families facing eviction. Amidst the calls made by tenants and housing justice organizers for greater protections against the worst injustices of the current housing system, there also exists a new transformative vision of what housing could look like in our state. A new bill co-written by DSA-endorsed State Assembly member Emilly Gallagher representing North Brooklyn, would establish the New York Social Housing Development Authority and empower the state to build & maintain substantial new housing developments across the State that will be publicly funded, environmentally sustainable, permanently affordable by law, and democratically-controlled by tenants. If passed, the social housing authority would work to shift the balance of power over our whole housing system towards tenants and the state government and away from wealthy private developers that have no interest in building affordable housing, and the landlords that get rich from its scarcity. Tonight, we will hear from Renette, a DSA member and tenant organizer with HOPE Tenant Union, and Genevieve, a housing justice organizer with Ithaca DSA, on the importance of this new bill and the campaign to build beautiful, abundant, & affordable social housing for the whole working class of New York.

Uncommitted: Organizing the Vote to End Genocide in Palestine

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:41:48 +0000

Today is day 158 of Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian people in Gaza and also primary day for voters in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington.

Over the last several weeks, hundreds of thousands of people across the country have voted "uncommitted" in the presidential primaries, to send a message to President Biden calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Tonight we’re joined by Ali and Tzara to talk about DSA’s role in the Vote Uncommitted campaign and what comes next to achieve a lasting ceasefire and the liberation of Palestine.

To become a member of the Democratic Socialist America: https://www.dsausa.org/join

To follow Ali & Detroit DSA: @alihallalmi and @detroitdsa

Fragile Juggernaut: The Story of the CIO

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 6 Mar 2024 19:48:20 +0000

In the early twentieth century the vast majority of mass production industries were unorganized in the United States. Efforts to replicate the success of the United Mine Workers, brewery workers, and the garment trades were largely unsuccessful until the 1930s when the Congress of Industrial Organizations changed everything. Fragile Juggernaut tells this story with a narrative that spans from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1950s. Andrew Elrod joins us to discuss why this history is important and what organizers can learn from it today.

Becoming More Powerful than the Boss with Claire Valdez

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Tonight, we’re talking to Claire Valdez, a NYC-DSA endorsed candidate for Assembly District 37 in Queens about what being endorsed by NYC-DSA and UAW Region 9A means to her, how she plans to bring her union organizing experience of becoming ‘more powerful than the boss’ to the halls of power in Albany and much more.

There are currently 8 socialists endorsed by NYC-DSA serving in Albany in the Senate and Assembly. If electoral organizers get their way- that number could be 11 next year - the largest socialist block ever elected in New York.

NYC-DSA has voted to endorse three new-insurgent candidates this year- Claire in Queens, Eon Huntley in Brooklyn and Jonathan Soto in the Bronx.

As we do every year, we will talk to all of the new-dsa endorsed candidates here on Revolutions Per Minute and tonight is the first in that series of interviews with the NYC-DSA’s 2024 slate. So stick around to hear from Claire, a union organizer running for Assembly District 37 in Queens - stretching from Long Island City, Sunnyside and Maspeth to Ridgewood.

To learn more visit https://claireforqueens.com/ and to sign up for a canvassing shift https://claireforqueens.com/events/

Nitehawk Workers Union

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:46:16 +0000

The unionization rate in the United States remains at around 10% after decades of deindustrialization in the Northeast and Midwest as well as anti-worker policies from corporations and the state, but labor organizers are fighting back. Across the country the UAW is attempting to organize non-union auto plants while here in New York service workers are building collective power. Last year we spoke with organizers from Barboncino’s who successfully organized a union at the pizza restaurant where they work. Today we’re joined by members of Nitehawk Workers Union Organizing Committee as they prepare for an National Labor Relations Board Election.

DSA's National Campaign for Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Chris Carr) — Wed, 7 Feb 2024 23:11:52 +0000

This past weekend, DSA held their inaugural kickoff for their new nationwide campaign for Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy. Spearheaded by the Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy Campaign Commission, DSA will mobilize the organization’s tens of thousands of members across 150+ chapters across the country, not only to combat the advances of the far-right and their systematic attempt at every level of government to remove trans people from public life & restrict access to abortion, but also to advance a positive vision of queer liberation that protects queer spaces, our rights as workers, students & educators, and as human beings. Tonight, we will hear from Genevieve, joining us from Ithaca, NY and one of the leaders of this organization-wide project, to break down all the pieces of this ambitious campaign, how DSA will rise to fight the far-right, and why the struggle for trans rights & bodily autonomy is a struggle for the whole working class.

Join DSA's Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy Campaign Commission: https://airtable.com/appxkhakxWCUXVVqO/pag9jCfy3jpsn74do/form

Support Tech Guild Workers organizing for trans rights at The New York Times:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/nyt-respect-trans-workers

Remembering the Young Lords: The Legacy of Pablo Yoruba Guzman

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Desiree Joy Frias) — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 23:15:47 +0000

This episode of Revolutions Per Minute explores the life and legacy of Pablo Yoruba Guzman, who co-founded the New York chapter of the Young Lords, and later became a prominent television reporter on local news channels in the city. We are joined by Mickey Melendez, a fellow Young Lord, to discuss the group's occupations of the First People’s Church in Harlem and Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. We will also hear from New York City Council Member Charles Baron, the organizer Denise Oliver-Velez and CUNY scholar Johanna Fernandez on the legacy of the group.

Breaking Barriers: Advocating for Abortion Access in NY State with NYCLU and NYAAF

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:45:25 +0000

With the battle over abortion rights raging in the United States at local, state, and national levels, we here in New York state cannot become complacent that access to abortion will always be guaranteed here. Economic, social, and logistical barriers prevent many people from accessing the care they need, and without decisive action to change that, working-class New York residents as well as people living in the surrounding area will continue to be at risk. Tonight we're joined live by Chelsea Williams-Diggs of New York Abortion Access Fund and Allie Bohm of New York Civil Liberties Union to discuss the state of abortion access in New York state and their advocacy for the statewide Reproductive Freedom and Equity Fund.

Tell your legislators that you support increasing access to abortion in New York state: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-abortion-access-new-york

Follow and support the New York Abortion Access Fund at nyaaf.org.

The Struggle for Public Power: Lessons from Maine DSA

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

2023 was the hottest year on record and for many people across the country being able to afford their utility bills to cool or heat their homes during the more extreme temperatures caused by climate change is becoming a possibly deadly challenge. Last year, Maine DSA was part of a statewide coalition called Pine Tree Power that attempted to take over the two largest corporate utilities in the state through a ballot measure in November. They didn’t win. But here on Revolutions Per Minute we are just as interested in talking about losses as we are victories. Tonight, we’ll go to Maine and talk with Aarron and Dwight about the struggles of organizing in a rural state and the lessons they learned from their Public Power campaign.

We’ll also check in with Chen from the New York City EcoSocialist Working Group for an update on the state of renewable energy development in New York (spoiler alert: the private market is in shambles) and what comes next for implementing the Build Public Renewables Act.

Follow Maine DSA and our guests at @DSA_Maine, @bioleera, and @dwobbsy.

Follow New York City EcoSocialist Working Group at @NYCDSA_Ecosoc

We Are Not Cogs in the Machine: Amazon Workers Organizing for Rights and Dignity

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:05:19 +0000

The holiday season is in full swing, and as some people head toward time off and relaxation, workers in many industries are facing their busiest time of year. We are joined live by Connor Spence, a worker-organizer at Amazon’s first union distribution facility, JFK8 on Staten Island. Connor discusses his work as a co-founder of both the Amazon Labor Union and the ALU Democratic Reform Caucus, and how Amazon workers organized and won new leadership elections in their union. Now they'll be upping the pressure on this mega corporation to bargain a first contract with workers at JFK8. We also talk about Amazon Labor Union’s recent organizing around Palestine solidarity and the movement to stop the US-Israeli war machine from the bottom up.

Connor was recently illegally terminated by Amazon for his organizing activity. Read more and donate to the solidarity fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/connor-spenceillegally-fired-alucaucus-organizer

Learn more about Amazon Labor Union: https://sol.alu.network/

Follow the ALU Democratic Reform Caucus at @ReformALU.

Just Transitions: Palestinian Solidarity in the UAW

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:24:08 +0000

On the 1st of December, the United Auto Workers International Executive Board, alongside other labor unions & allies, announced the UAW’s support for a permanent ceasefire in Israel & Palestine. The announcement also called for the formation of a Divestment and Just Transition Working Group to study the UAW’s ties to the ongoing violence & terror of the Israeli occupation, and to explore future scenarios for a Just Transition of US workers from the war economy. The endorsement represents an important step forward for international solidarity between US labor unions and Palestine, and is the product of a long, often neglected, history of Palestinian solidarity by rank & file workers organizing within the UAW to pressure its leaders into action and divest its ties to the Israeli state. Tonight, we hear from Mary, a labor historian, filmmaker, and a graduate worker in UAW Local 2865, on the history of Palestinian solidarity by UAW rank & file workers, and how those lessons from our collective past can inspire working people today. We will also hear from Gordon, a labor organizer in UAW Local 7902, on organizing for Palestine in his local and at New York University, and the struggle that lies ahead for the UAW in the new year.

The Hope of the World: 2023 Labor Year in Review

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 22:11:40 +0000

2023 has been a major year for workers so far, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing down as we head into 2024. While major strikes by UAW at the Big Three in the auto industry and by WGA and SAG-AFTRA in the entertainment world are making headlines, thousands of workers across the country are taking action in ways big and small that you may not always hear about. On this show, we're joined live by Jenny Brown, assistant editor at Labor Notes and author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women’s Work, to discuss the labor year so far and what organizers can learn going into 2024.

We also hear from Evan, vice chair of the Graduate Center Chapter of the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY, on how union organizers are protecting the free speech of Palestinian solidarity activists on campus.

Election Day Deep Dive

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:48:05 +0000

Earlier this month, voters nationwide went to the polls. In Ohio, The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety, listed on the ballot as Issue 1, passed with 57% of Ohioians voting to codify a right to an abortion, contraception, and other reproductive rights into the state Constitution, in a clear rebuke to the near total-ban on abortion pushed through by the far-right Republican Ohio Legislature in the wake of the Supreme Court Dobbs Decision. While here in New York, voters elected their City Council members, and DSA-endorsed incumbents, Tiffany Caban of District 22 in Queens and Alexa Aviles of District 38 in Sunset Park, won resounding bids for reelection in their districts. Tonight, we will hear from Julie from Cleveland DSA, about the statewide effort across several Ohio DSA chapters to mobilize voters to the polls in support of reproductive rights. We will also be joined in-studio with Stef from NYC-DSA Electoral Working Group and Anna from the Aviles campaign to discuss the City Council races and what’s in store for DSA electoral politics in 2024.

You can become a DSA member at https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/

To get more involved in the NYC DSA Electoral Working Group go to https://socialists.nyc/ or email at electoral@socialists.nyc

To join a phonebank to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, visit https://www.dsausa.org/no-money-for-massacres-phonebanks/

Ceasefire Now! Socialists Organizing to End the Occupation and Free Palestine

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 1 Nov 2023 16:31:24 +0000

Regular listeners of Revolutions per Minute will be familiar with our coverage of Palestine solidarity work within the Democratic Socialists of America. We recognize that the struggle for Palestinian liberation and the violence of settler colonial displacement are both ongoing. Tonight, our coverage continues with a live conversation with Sumaya and Daphna, two NYC-DSA members and organizers with deep experience in Palestine solidarity work.

We discuss this month’s outbreak of violence in Palestine and Israel, which has led to the genocidal and illegal bombardment of Gaza happening as we speak. Socialists in New York and across the country have joined forces with the multi-cultural, international movement for Palestine solidarity, with hundreds of thousands flooding the streets of major cities, conducting civil disobedience, and calling on the country’s leadership to end United States support for Israel and a ceasefire now. Join us to learn more about why Palestine liberation is a priority for socialists.

Visit https://socialists.nyc/no-money-for-massacres/ to find an upcoming NYC-DSA-endorsed solidarity phone bank or action. Visit gazaispalestine.com to find or post an upcoming protest in your city anywhere in the United States.

Working Together to Repeal 'Right to Work' Law in Arizona

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:24:03 +0000

Tonight, we’re traveling to Arizona to learn from socialist organizers who are fighting on their home turf to make forming and maintaining strong unions easier for workers. We’re joined live by Bobby and Kaland of Arizona Works Together and Phoenix DSA to hear about their campaign to repeal so-called “Right to Work” laws in their state and what it means for union organizers in Arizona and nationwide. Plus, it’s ladies’ night once again here on RPM with Amy and Lee as hosts, so we’ll spend some time discussing why unions are great for women and feminists.

More info at: https://www.azworkstogether.com/

and in Spanish at https://aztrabajajuntos.com/

Border country: migrant solidarity in New York City

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Bernard Goyder, Desiree Joy Frias) — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:01:50 +0000

Revolutions Per Minute explores migrant solidarity efforts in Brooklyn, exploring the broader context of the global migration crisis as Israel continues its military offensive against Gaza. RPM interviews people who have recently arrived in New York from Mauritania, and we meet Jaz Walker from Assemblymember Emily Gallagher's office.

Back to School: Working Class Struggle at CUNY

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:32:49 +0000

The City University of New York improves the lives of millions. Founded in 1847 with the purpose of providing higher education to working class New Yorkers, CUNY today has 25 colleges spread across New York City’s five boroughs, serving 243,000 degree-seeking students of all ages and awarding 55,000 degrees each year. Like many other institutions built to serve the public good, CUNY faces multiple intersecting crises. The university system could not function without its 30,000 strong unionized labor force. Many professors, graduate student workers, and staffers are underpaid and overworked. The Professional Staff Congress, of which I am a member, is currently in negotiations to improve the material conditions of workers across the board. CUNY has also suffered from decades of underfunding by New York state and city elected officials. This has not only forced thousands of educators into precarious employment, but led to decaying infrastructure. As funding has gone down, tuition has been increased at the once free public university system. We’ll discuss how PSC union organizers and their allies are fighting back to build the People’s University that this city deserves. Later in the show we’ll hear from Amy Wilson and her interview with Wren, a healthcare worker struggling to materialize reproductive rights in a capitalist society.

Stand Up with the UAW: Big 3 Strike and New York Postdocs

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Chris Carr) — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:19:15 +0000

After Friday’s midnight deadline, the United Auto Workers went on strike against the Big 3 automakers of Ford, GM, and Stellantis, marking the first time in history the UAW has gone on strike against all three auto companies. As of this recording, 12,700 auto workers have walked off the job at three plants: a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, a GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri, and a Stellantis plant in Toledo, Ohio, and there are potentially many more plants to follow. While here in New York City, postdoctoral workers with the UAW at Columbia University and Mt. Sinai Hospital are fighting to transform the working conditions for postdocs in Higher Ed. Tonight, we are joined in-studio with Brandon Mancilla, Director of UAW Region 9A, and Chris Voila, an auto worker and UAW member, to hear the latest about this historic auto strike. We will also hear from PJ and Andrea, postdocs with the Columbia Postdoctoral Workers Union and Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee, on their respective contract fights and how postdoc workers are ready, if necessary, to strike.

Follow SPOC-UAW at @spocuaw (Twitter) and https://sinaipostdocunion.org/

And CPW-UAW at @CPWUAW (Twitter), cpw_uaw (IG), and https://columbiapostdocunion.org/

200th Episode Celebration: The Future of DSA

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:26:26 +0000

Join us as we celebrate our 200th episode! We’ve been broadcasting on WBAI and online for almost five years and in that time, have featured the stories of hundreds of workers, tenants, and organizers fighting for socialism in New York City, in the United States, and around the globe. It’s a true honor and privilege to bring these stories to you, and we’re looking forward to what the future has in store!

For this week's show, we’re joined live by Honda Wang of DSA Labor. As a New York City delegate to the recent national DSA convention in Chicago, Honda will be sharing his analysis of the present and future of DSA and what’s next in the struggle for socialism. We also hear from Mac, Smitha, and Adam, three NYC-DSA members who were inspired by their work in DSA to start organizing for tenants’ rights in their own buildings and neighborhoods.

Take the DSA Labor Strike Ready pledge to support workers at the UAW Big 3: dsausa.us/UAWPledge

Donate to the DSA Labor Solidarity Fund: donate.laborsolidarity.com.

Stop Cop City with Atlanta DSA

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:54:56 +0000

Earlier this month the national Democratic Socialist of America joined the Atlanta chapter of DSA in publicly endorsing a campaign to put a referendum on the November ballot that would stop “Cop City”, a massive police training facility that has been proposed to be built in the Weelaunee Forest - public forest land and one the largest remaining green spaces in Atlanta - surrounded by predominantly Black working class neighborhoods.

Tonight we’ll hear from Atlanta DSA member Gabriel Sanchez about the chapter's effort to stop Cop City through a ballot referendum, the terrifying tactics police, the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia have used to in order to crush opposition and what motivates them to keep fighting despite few clear victories for the Defund the Police and abolition movements in recent years.

To learn more and to get involved you can visit copcityvote.com and atldsa.org/stopcopcity

A Slice of Union Pizza with Barboncino Workers United

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 9 Aug 2023 15:04:58 +0000

The workers of Barboncino Pizza in Crown Heights, Brooklyn made New York history on July 26th, as they voted unanimously to form a union with Workers United. Barboncino Workers United became New York’s first unionized pizzeria, an incredible show of strength for the cause of Labor in the deeply unorganized food service industry. Tonight, we hear from Alex and Mike, two workers involved in the organizing effort, about their successful campaign at Barboncino, and the fight that’s yet to come not only in their own workplace but across the restaurant industry.

Cuba under siege: behind the Biden blockade

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Bernard Goyder) — Thu, 3 Aug 2023 00:13:00 +0000

Our focus this week is on Cuba, where a 62 year blockade is being continued by President Biden. We’ll be hearing from the DSA. International Committee activists campaigning to end the blockade on a recent political win, and a from Desirée Michelle Molina, a recent Columbia University graduate who has just spent four months living in the country. Our episode starts with an update from Jeremy Cohan, co-chair of New York City DSA, about what to expect from the DSA’s National Convention in Chicago this weekend.

Organizing for Change at Amazon's JFK8 with ALU Democratic Reform Caucus

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:38:24 +0000

When workers at the JFK8 facility in Staten Island won the first union at an Amazon distribution facility on April 1, 2022, by voting to form the independent Amazon Labor Union, their stunning victory was a surprise and an inspiration. Now, a little over a year later, workers at that same facility are organizing for reform to the Amazon Labor Union, which they say has adopted a top-down structure that stifles shop floor democracy. Regular listeners of Revolutions per Minute will certainly be familiar with union reform efforts in more established unions like UAW, the Teamsters, and UFCW, but the Reform ALU movement brings a new twist to this common story by organizing within an independent union that has yet to reach a first contract for its workers. To understand this moment and what led up to it, we speak live with David-Desyrée, a worker-organizer at the JFK8 facility and a member of the Amazon Labor Union Democratic Reform Caucus.

Follow the reform efforts inside Amazon Labor Union on Twitter @ReformALU or Instagram @reform_alu.

The Fight to Reform UFCW with Essential Workers for Democracy

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:05:00 +0000

Representing around 1.1 million workers in the US and Canada in the fields of retail, grocery, healthcare, cannabis, and more, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) is a major union with the potential to win big gains for workers. But some of its own members say the union is too top-down, lacks worker engagement and democracy, and isn't investing enough in organizing new workers in a time of increasing economic inequality and pressure on the working class. Tonight we're joined live by Enrique and Iris, two grocery worker-organizers and members of Essential Workers for Democracy, to discuss their efforts to reform their international union and "raise the floor" for workers everywhere.

Learn more about EW4D and get involved here: https://ew4d.org/

WGA Strike

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:08:23 +0000

At 12:01am May 2nd, the Writers’ Guild of America launched their first nationwide strike since 2007, grinding production to a halt across the entertainment industry. The WGA represents over 11,500 writers in TV, film, radio, and online media production, and for 56 days and counting, its members have held the picket line from coast to coast, demanding fair compensation for their time and labor, greater job security, as well as firm protections against studio efforts to replace their profession with artificial intelligence. Tonight, we hear from Jono Matt, a screenwriter based in Los Angeles and a strike captain for the WGA, on their fight for a fair contract and why this public display of labor power by the writers is so critical in this incendiary moment for the working class of this country.

No TERFs Allowed: Deconstructing Transphobia in the Establishment

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:43:46 +0000

Although New York just became the 13th state to pass a bill designating this a sanctuary state for trans and nonbinary people and protecting gender-affirming care patients and providers, the attacks on trans youth and adults are only escalating nationwide. Media establishments like the New York Times are covering "debates" around access to gender-affirming care using bad science and faulty logic and without respecting the direct experience and analysis of trans people themselves. What are the social and political forces that are seeking to legitimize transphobia in the public sphere and restrict access to healthcare for gender non-conforming people? Join us for a panel discussion with Alex, a researcher and journalist, Quinnehtukqut, a social psychologist, and Jess, a therapist, on gender-affirming care and how Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) have partnered with the far-right to advance bigotry and restrict trans people's human rights.

Facts on the Ground: Justice for Palestine

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Amy Wilson) — Wed, 7 Jun 2023 22:45:00 +0000

In our latest episode, we are talking about what we can do to stand up against apartheid in Palestine. A new bill sponsored by New York State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani aims to stop nonprofits funding illegal settlements benefiting from charitable status. Zohran joins the show, along with the Adalah Justice Project's Sumaya Awad.

You can find more information about the The Not on Our Dime bill here.

You can also read the legislation here.

Winning Green Power for the People

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 25 May 2023 02:07:30 +0000

Tonight we are going to talk about winning. Earlier this month the Build Public Renewables Act passed through the New York State budget - a monumental victory for the Public Power NY Coalition that has been organizing for four years to pass the bill.

No outlet has covered the fight for Public Power in New York more than Revolutions Per Minute. Since day one in 2019, we’ve had lead organizers of the campaign on the show to speak about why we need Public Power and how we were going to win it.

Tonight on this special Best of BAI fund drive show - we’ll revisit some of those interviews and hear from the organizers who won socialist climate legislation here in New York. We’ll also hear past interviews with Assemblymembers Zohran Mamdani and Sarahana Shrestha

If you’ve been listening along with us since day one, go to WBAI.org right now and make a donation to keep us on the air.

You can follow the Public Power NY Coalition on twitter @PublicPowerNY

To learn more about how the Public Power NY Coalition won the Build Public Renewables Act watch BPRA: A Win in the Fight for a Green New Deal

Justice for Jordan Neely

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 17 May 2023 16:42:11 +0000

Two weeks ago, millions of New Yorkers were devastated and horrified to learn of the murder of Jordan Neely on the New York City subway. Neely, a young Black person and street artist experiencing homelessness, was held in a chokehold on the F train by a white man who remained unidentified for several days after the incident. In the weeks since Neely’s killing by the man identified as Long Island native Daniel Penny, the impact of this story has continued to unfold with reactions pouring in from across the city and country. While NYPD brutalized protestors and press at vigils and actions demanding justice for Jordan, Daniel Penny was allowed to turn himself in on a charge of second-degree manslaughter. On tonight's show we're live with Andrew, an organizer with NYC-DSA's Racial Justice Working Group, on how they have reacted to Jordan Neely’s murder and the socialist demands that we believe will make New York a truly safer place. We also hear from the WBAI listening audience with perspectives from the public on this story.

RSVP for NYC-DSA's Socialist Approach to Mental Health and Public Safety town hall event TONIGHT, 5/17, at bit.ly/nycdsa-townhall.

RSVP for NYC-DSA's Racial Justice Working Group Vigil and Teach-in for Jordan Neely on Saturday, May 27: https://actionnetwork.org/events/jordan-neely-deserved-better-a-vigil-teach-in

Follow the Racial Justice Working Group on Instagram or Twitter @nycdsarjwg.

Unite All Workers for Democracy in the UAW

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 3 May 2023 20:45:40 +0000

The United Auto Workers emerged as a powerful force during the 1930s. Sit-down strikers challenged the capitalists of the Big Three car companies. Their willingness to take militant action unleashed a wave of unionization in the industry that could not be contained and spread to other sections of the working class. The UAW formed the bedrock of the Congress of Industrial Organizations which shifted the balance of power between capital and labor. A decade later leadership negotiated the Treaty of Detroit. An agreement that established wage increases, pensions, and health insurance. It became the foundation of labor relations in the United States. The union fought for more than bread and butter as it developed into a key backer of the civil rights movement. Various factors began to undermine the power of the UAW. Many of its most effective organizers were purged amidst the Red Scare. The Midwest experienced deindustrialization as factories were moved down South or out of the country. The Administrative Caucus led throughout this process and became increasingly corrupt. A movement for workers’ democracy in the union sprouted forth and demanded competitive elections. After securing One Member, One Vote in a referendum, Unite All Workers for Democracy successfully elected new leadership. What does this mean for the UAW and the broader movement for working class empowerment? UAW member Chris joins us to discuss this and much more.

New Jersey Workers and Tenants Fighting Back

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:40:01 +0000

We're crossing the Hudson River once again to speak to our socialist comrades fighting for workers’ and tenants’ rights in New Jersey. We’ll hear live from Isaac and Julia of the Right to Counsel campaign in Jersey City, now the priciest city in the nation, on their organizing to guarantee representation from an attorney for all tenants facing evictions and other housing issues. We also speak to Deepti, an undergraduate student at Rutgers University, and Sarah, a member of the grad union’s bargaining committee, on their recent and historic strike and what’s next for workers at the largest university in New Jersey.

To learn more and get involved with the Right to Counsel campaign in Jersey City, visit righttocounseljc.org.

Follow Rutgers AAUP-AFT at @ruaaup and Rutgers One Coalition at @r1coalition.

Organizing in the belly of the beast with New York State Legislative Workers United

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 18:06:07 +0000

The New York State budget is now 18 days late and while the media focuses on the horse trading going on between Governor Hochul and Senate and Assembly leadership behind closed doors in Albany, there are of course, as there always are, workers keeping everything running behind the scenes.

Tonight we’re joined live by two of those legislative staffers, Astrid and John. We’ll talk to them about New York State Legislative Workers United - an effort to unionize and improve working conditions for legislative staffers across the state.

You can follow New York State Legislative Workers United on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NYSLWU

Fight Back Against the Neoliberal State!: French Protests and the NY Health Act

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Amy Wilson, Chris Carr) — Wed, 5 Apr 2023 17:49:04 +0000

Tonight, RPM goes global. Strikes and protests have rocked the country of France in response to President Macron’s reform of the social pension system, lifting the country’s retirement age and robbing millions of their retirement. We will hear from Emre, an activist based in Paris with La France Insoumise, about these strikes & protests, and what the Left can do to fight Macron and the far-Right. Plus, we speak to Maia and Erl from NYC-DSA’s Healthcare Working Group on the ongoing organizing to bring universal healthcare to the United States - starting right here in New York. Learn more and RSVP for the April 15 bike ride and rally for the New York Health Act: https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/552943/.

Behind the Hibiscus Curtain with Trader Joe's Worker-Organizers

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:53:16 +0000

Last Wednesday, March 22, workers at two Trader Joe’s locations announced they have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board to join the independent union Trader Joe’s United. One, the College Avenue store in Oakland, California, would be the first unionized Trader Joe’s in the company’s home state. The other is located in our own backyard in the historic labor hotspot of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We are tremendously excited for the over 300 workers who are facing this important step in their organizing and are sending all of our support and solidarity to Trader Joe’s workers in Oakland and at the Essex St store.

While Trader Joe’s is beloved by many shoppers across the country for its colorful atmosphere, wide array of special snacks, and of course its famously low prices, workers at the national retail chain know very well the difficulties that lie behind Trader Joe’s hibiscus curtain. Tonight on Revolutions per Minute we're live with Kelly and Chris, who have each worked and organized at a Trader Joe’s location in New York City. We’ll talk about the realities of life at TJ’s and why it's critical to support retail, grocery, and service industry workers in the ongoing struggle for fair conditions, living wages, and dignity at work. We also hear an update from Lee Ziesche on the likely passage of the Build Public Renewables Act.

*Please note that while we are in solidarity with Trader Joe's United, we are not members or representatives of the union.*

Off the tracks, Ohio and the environment

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:00:41 +0000

A toxic train derailment turned the focus of the world to the tiny town of East Palestine, Ohio. Tonight we'll talk to Timothea Deeter, an East Palestine resident and Mahoning Valley DSA member about how mutual aid can transcend political boundaries and what her community needs moving forward. We'll also zoom out and look at the larger environmental degradation of Ohio and neighboring states. We're joined live tonight by Andrew Woomer, the advocacy Coordinator for the Southwestern Pennsylvania office of the Clean Air Council. Andrew is from Pittsburgh and was in East Palestine earlier today dropping off air purifiers. We'll talk to him about that and his work to monitor and organize around petrochemical and oil and gas issues across Pennsylvania. We'll also hear from documentary filmmaker David Ruck about his film The Erie Situation on toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie.

Follow Mahoning Valley DSA on Twitter and Facebook

Watch the trailer for "The Erie Situation" and follow filmmaker David Ruck on Twitter

Follow Clean Air Council on Twitter and you can donate to their mutual aid efforts in East Palestine here

The People's University: PSC CUNY Contract Fight

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 8 Mar 2023 21:11:32 +0000

The contract covering over 30,000 workers through the Professional Staff Congress of CUNY expired late last month, and members of the union are joining with CUNY students, alumni, and the NYC community to fight for a new contract that will not only improve working conditions for CUNY’s faculty and staff but also move toward a more equitable, just, and vibrant public university system in the largest city in the country. On tonight’s show, we speak with rank and file organizers Zoe and Evan on how PSC members are organizing for raises, justice, and community in a contract that reflects The People’s CUNY.

View upcoming actions and ways to support PSC-CUNY in their contract struggle at https://linktr.ee/psc.cuny.

Medication Abortions on Campus and Nationwide

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 1 Mar 2023 20:09:37 +0000

Abortion providers across the country are bracing this week for a decision expected soon out of a Texas federal court which will immediately block access nationwide to one of the two medications commonly used for medication abortions. As the anti-abortion lobby and their allies in the United States government attempt to deal yet another blow to this fundamental human right, organizers here in New York state are continuing the struggle to ensure abortions remain safe and accessible for all. On tonight’s show, we are live with Nix from Reproductive Justice Collective and Marian from NYC-DSA’s Socialist Feminist working group to discuss the upcoming decision and what it means for abortion providers and patients. We’ll also hear about their efforts to ensure abortion access in NY state and how you can get involved with this crucial struggle.

Visit https://reprojusticecolumbia.org/abortion-pills to learn more about the campaign to ensure access to abortion on college campuses, then text NYCREPRO to 50409 to ask your elected officials to sign on the New York state legislation. Follow @NYCSocFem on Twitter for updates on NYC-DSA's Socialist Feminist Working Group.

Public Power is Gaining Ground in New York + Mutual Aid for Migrant Justice

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:33:13 +0000

It’s budget season again here in New York! We caught up with freshman Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha to talk about a major development in the fight for Public Power here in New York State and what her budget priorities are in her first year in office.

And in City budget news, Eric Adams is using the influx of migrants to justify an austerity budget this year. His preliminary budget proposes deep cuts to public education, libraries and other essential social services- while it appears he is leaving the New York Police Department budget untouched. Desiree and Caitlin have been doing mutual aid work with migrants and are joining us live tonight to give us an update on what happened to the migrants who camped outside the Watson Hotel and to comment on the Mayor’s austerity budget.

To call your rep and urge them to Tax the Rich and include Build Public Renewables in the budget, visit https://taxtherichny.com/contact-your-reps/

To connect with Desiree and Caitlin you can show up to the Red Hook Mutual Aid Store at 147 Pioneer Street in Brooklyn and follow South Bronx Mutual Aid on twitter @SBXMutualAid and on Instagram @southbronxmutualaid

Organizing Amazon, from New York to the UK

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Bernard Goyder, Chris Carr) — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:15:00 +0000

Revolutions Per Minute spans the Atlantic Ocean this week, exploring the parallels between Labor movements in the UK and the US, with special guest Jordan Flowers, a co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union. We speak to Stuart Richards, a senior organizer with the GMB in the UK’s West Midlands focused on Amazon workers, and James Meadway, a Council Member at the Progressive Economy Forum and a former advisor to the shadow chancellor John McDonnell MP.

The Beauty and Power of Drag with Drag Story Hour NYC

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:30:01 +0000

Drag is an art with deep roots in New York City’s queer communities of color that has much to offer to all people who are interested in liberating themselves from traditional and patriarchal ideas of gender. That’s part of why it’s become a target of the organized far-right both here in NYC and nationally, with public libraries and other community venues facing protests over their regularly offered drag performances and story hours. Local politicians have also experienced far-right threats for merely expressing support for drag. On tonight’s edition of Revolutions per Minute, we’re live with Drag Story Hour NYC storyteller Oliver and organizer and parent Desiree to discuss the many aspects of drag, and how New Yorkers have come together to reject the far-right threat and show the beauty and power of queer community.

To learn more about Drag Story Hour NYC, visit dshnyc.org.

New York Labor on the Move with HarperCollins Union

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:28:34 +0000

Workers at America’s only major unionized publishing house, HarperCollins, went on strike in early November of last year after their contract expired in April. As their strike approaches day 50 with little response from management, workers are standing strong on the picket line and fighting for higher wages, real racial equity on the job, and a union security agreement or “agency shop”. Tonight, we hear from bargaining committee member Carly Katz on how workers are standing up to a company owned by right-wing media conglomerate NewsCorp and how their union is sustaining the longest strike in their shop’s history.

In other New York labor news, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings started Wednesday January 18 for Governor Hochul’s nominee for the next chief judge of the state’s top court. In the weeks since Hochul announced her nomination of Hector LaSalle to the Court of Appeals, labor unions have joined with the abortion rights movement, socialists in office, and Senate progressives to oppose a judge with an alarming record on labor and abortion rights. Last week, TWU International president John Samuelsen broke with NY Labor and refused to denounce LaSalle. We’ll hear from transit worker John Ferretti on why he won’t be following his union leadership and what the LaSalle story can tell us about the power of organized labor in our city.

Find ways to support and follow HarperCollins Union here: https://linktr.ee/hcpunion

2023: Time to Fight Back Against ConEd & Tax the Rich

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:01:42 +0000

New York State Assembly Members and Senators headed back to Albany last week for the start of the 2023 legislative session. We caught up with Queens Assembly Member and socialist Zohran Mamdani the night before the session began to learn how he’s feeling about this year's prospects to pass legislation that will help the working class and the addition of two new socialist legislators. We also talked to him about why his office joined as an intervening party to stop Con Edison from raising gas and electric bills and his platform of legislation to fix the MTA. We’re also joined live tonight by Lizzy Oh and Brandon West to talk about one of New York City DSA’s priority campaigns this year - taxing the rich.

To submit a public comment against ConEd's proposed rate hike visit: bit.ly/NoConEdRateHike

For more information on the Fix the MTA platform, visit: www.fixthemta.org

For more information on the Tax the Rich campaign, visit: www.taxtherichny.com

On Strike at The New School with Annie Levin and Brian Allen

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 03:59:03 +0000

The strikewave within higher education came ashore in New York last month, as more than 1600 part-time faculty members at The New School, represented by ACT-UAW Local 7902, went on strike, hitting the picket line for higher pay, benefits, and greater security for their work. After a 25-day long strike in what some have called the longest strike by adjuncts in US history and a brutal battle with New School management, the university and the union reached a tentative agreement on December 10th, which included a number of key wins for the striking faculty. Tonight, we will hear from Annie Levin, an ACT-UAW staff organizer and political writer, and Brian Allen, also an organizer for ACT-UAW and formerly a member of Teamster Local 528, to tell us more about this historic strike at the New School, and how adjunct faculty won their new contract. We will also cut to a brief interview with Bucky, a student at the New School, and hear how they and their fellow classmates occupied a university building in support of their striking faculty and their thoughts on what can be done to build a better & democratic academy.

Puerto Rico in crisis

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:28:11 +0000

In this episode of Revolutions Per Minute, we will taking you first to Brooklyn and then to Puerto Rico, to explore how neoliberal austerity is wreaking havoc on the lives of ordinary people. I’ll be talking to New York City Council Member Alexa Aviles, of District 38 her first year in office.

Alexa is a proud DSA member and was endorsed by the movement prior to her election. She doesnt take real estate donations and has a track record of opposing the prison industrial complex, having worked to empower marginalized communities before her election as program director of the Scherman Foundation.

The second half of the show takes us to an interview with Ruth Santiago, a trustee of the non-profit Earthjustice who lives on Puerto Rico’s southern coast. As an attorney, Ruth has represented those fighting against environmental injustice in all its forms.

Debunking the Crime Narrative with a Socialist Vision of Public Safety

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:05:45 +0000

While a “Red Wave” of victories did not materialize for Republicans earlier this month on election day in most parts of the country, conservatives won big here in New York gaining congressional seats as well as seats in the New York State Assembly and Senate. Republican Lee Zeldin centered his gubernatorial campaign around a false and racist narrative on crime, that dominated media coverage, and it was almost enough to defeat Governor Kathy Hochul, who ran a lackluster campaign despite a large fundraising haul.

The New York Times reported earlier this week that Republican ad blitzes focused on crime, motivated voters to head to the polls in suburban Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley, despite many of those voters living in some of the safest places in the country, where crime rates have flattened and that many of them had exaggerated views about crime rates in New York City, which are still well below where they were for decades.

Today we’re joined live by Nomi and DJ to break down some of the misinformation that blanketed the airways before the election. Nomi is the Constituent Services and Organizing Manager for Council Member Tiffany Caban and worked with DJ and other volunteers from the district to create a Public Safety Resource poster along with Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s office. We’ll talk to Nomi and DJ about how socialist are not only battling right-wing propaganda stoking fear of crime, but organizing for real public safety in our communities and dignity for all.

We’ll also talk to Michaelangelo with Mid-Hudson Valley DSA about what Neoliberal Democrats are getting wrong in their post-election analysis and how centering socialist messaging led Sarahana Shrestha to victory in her Assembly race in the Hudson Valley.

To join a Public Safety Canvass in Western Queens on Saturday, December 3, visit: Bit.ly/safetycanvass

Organizing for workers, trans lives and our unhoused neighbors

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:35:44 +0000

Strikes are erupting across the country, from railroads to the New School and your local Starbucks. Reminder from your comrades at RPM - never cross a picket line, just grab a sign and walk alongside them. Workers

Today we will hear from rank and file organizers about the Labor Notes troublemakers school, speak to Shep Whanon of Gays Against Guns on Trans Day of Remembrance and close out the show with Caitlin of the GYM on the brutal sweeps Eric Adams is unleashing upon our most vulnerable unhoused neighbors.

Get Out to Vote!: Union Elections with Brandon Mancilla and Amy Wilson

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Chris Carr, Bernard Goyder) — Thu, 3 Nov 2022 16:06:09 +0000

It’s election season again! That means that citizens will soon exercise their right to vote for their political leaders, but for workers in a union, or for those trying to organize one themselves, democracy does not end on election day. It is in the everyday struggle for a democracy worthy of the name not only in our politics, but in our workplaces and our unions. Tonight, we hear from Brandon Mancilla, a candidate for Regional Director of the UAW’s Region 9A, about what’s at stake in the UAW leadership elections this November and about how he and the other endorsed candidates of the UAW United Members United slate will transform the near century-old union. We also hear from our own Amy Wilson, host and producer here at RPM and a worker-organizer at the Trader Joe’s in Williamsburg, on organizing an independent union with Trader Joe’s United and what it means to lose an election.

Brandon Mancilla on Twitter: @Brandonfor9A

Building the Red City: NYC DSA Convention 2022

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Desiree Joy Frias, Bernard Goyder) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:45:00 +0000

The yearly NYC DSA convention is back, with about 100 delegates from every corner of the city gathering to discuss the path forward for our organizing community. After taking some serious losses in electoral organizing and membership enrollment, socialists in the city seek to find their place in the movement, to re-engage in the work and to bring our neighbors into our vision of a socialist future for our beloved city of new york.

The Fight for Women, Life and Freedom in Iran

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

For over a month, protests and strikes have rocked the country of Iran in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year-old Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested while visiting Tehran by the Guidance Patrol for violating Iran’s mandatory hijab law. Despite fierce crackdowns from the Iranian state, these protests, led by women, students, and workers, have made clear the demands for women’s rights and autonomy, shouting chants of “Women, life, freedom” and “Death to the Dictator”. Tonight, we hear from Dr. Naghmeh Sohrabi, a professor and scholar of Iranian history and politics, about these protests and their connection to the Iranian people’s long history fighting for justice and freedom. We’re also joined live tonight by Oriana and Tara from Movement Chaplain Collective in New York City. We’ll talk to them about the importance of providing spiritual and emotional care to movements through actions, advocacy, direct care to organizers, and as mutual aid.

On the climate change frontlines

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (Bernard Goyder) — Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:00:00 +0000

RPM takes you to Brazil and Florida, two places on the frontlines of climate chaos. We are joined by Benjamin Fogel from Jacobin and Richie Floyd from St Petersburg City Council. We will be talking about the elections in Brazil and the impact of Hurricane Ian on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

Solidarity on and off the Rail

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 22:44:37 +0000

In the early hours of the morning on the 15th of September, the Biden Administration announced that a tentative agreement had been reached by the railroad companies and the railroad unions, delaying a potential nationwide strike. Now, the decision to accept this tentative agreement, or reject it and potentially go on strike rests with the railroad workers themselves. Tonight, we talked to Ross, a locomotive engineer and member of Railroad Workers United, to hear more about what railroad workers really think of this agreement and what may happen next. We also hear from Honda from DSA Labor to learn more about the launch of DSA’s national labor solidarity fund, and how this fund can help aid working class struggle from coast-to-coast. Connect with Railroad Workers United: https://www.railroadworkersunited.org/ DSA National Labor Solidarity Fund: https://laborsolidarity.com/

Inside the Producers' Studio with Jack and Amy

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:50:17 +0000

Let's go inside the RPM producers' studio. In this episode, Jack and Amy discuss the founding of Revolutions per Minute, our approach to making socialist radio, and what we think other DSA chapters or political groups could learn from our four years of experience in broadcasting. We pay tribute to our comrade Lee Ziesche who is leaving NYC after many years of living and organizing in our community. Listen to Lee's very first appearance on our show and hear us discuss from a producers' angle what she has contributed to our work.

Pitch an idea to Revolutions per Minute: bit.ly/pitch2RPM

Join the RPM collective: bit.ly/RPMJoinForm

Teamsters Struggle for a Fair Contract at UPS

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 8 Sep 2022 14:45:14 +0000

In 1997 nearly 200,000 Teamsters went on strike against UPS. They fought for a better contract and they won. Will the American Labor Movement experience another massive strike at UPS led by the Teamsters in 2023? Matt, a member of the Teamsters, joins us to discuss that and much more.

New York Is Ours: Election Day recap with Brandon West

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 1 Sep 2022 18:03:57 +0000

Last Tuesday New York State held its second primary of the summer and New York City voters are sending another socialist senator to Albany. DSA endorsed candidate Kristen Gonzalez trounced Elizabeth Crowley winning the democratic primary in the newly formed Senate District 59, which includes portions of Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. We were at Kristen’s victory party in Long Island City and will share some sounds from the ground. And we are joined live tonight by former New York City Council candidate and NewsGuild of New York organizer, Brandon West. We’ll talk about the significance of Kristen’s win and the results of two other Brooklyn Senate races - Jabari Brisport’s run for re-election and David Alexis' challenge of Senator Kevin Parker in Flatbush.

Jack Devine also speaks with Nic, a fellow PSC union member, about the year ahead for thousands of teachers organizing for a more just CUNY.

Abortion is Freedom: Vote No Kansas and Right-wing Courts

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:06:23 +0000

Earlier this month, voters in the state of Kansas roundly rejected the so-called “Value them Both” measure, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have laid the groundwork for a complete abortion ban in the future. This measure, pushed by extremist anti-abortion lobbies, was defeated in a 59-41% result by the voters of Kansas. Tonight, we’re speaking to Melinda, an organizer with Lawrence DSA and chair of the PAC Vote No Kansas, and Dr. Russell Fox, professor of political science at Friends University in Wichita, on the organizing that successfully defeated this ballot measure. We will also hear from Alyssa, an organizer with Reproductive Justice Collective here in NYC, on the right-wing rise in the courts and the impact of groups like the Federalist Society.

Learn more about Lawrence DSA's successful campaign Vote No Kansas on Monday, August 29: https://actionnetwork.org/events/how-we-beat-kansas-anti-abortion-ballot-measure-a-campaign-debrief-w-lawrence-dsa

Follow Reproductive Justice Collective on Instagram at @reprojusticecollective.

Back to School

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:54:43 +0000

Tonight we’re joined LIVE by Jia Lee, an educator and organizer here in New York City.

Get on Board the Union Train!: Worker-led Momentum Organizing

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 4 Aug 2022 02:28:25 +0000

Tonight we're joined live by the NewsGuild of New York's Chris Brooks and Stephanie Basile, two labor organizers on the front lines of some of today’s most exciting worker-led campaigns. We’ll be discussing trends in labor organizing, as seen in groundbreaking victories from workers at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple Stores, Trader Joe’s, and many more. What in labor history can help us understand this current moment, and how do we keep up the momentum?

Want to learn more about worker-led momentum organizing? Read Chris Brooks in In These Times: https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-starbucks-workers-organizing-unions-momentum-movement-moment

National Electoral Committee

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:12:32 +0000

From New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between socialists have been winning in local, state, and federal elections. Daniel and Mike from the National Electoral Committee join us to discuss recent victories, upcoming campaigns, and the challenges faced by the ascendent socialist movement in the years to come.

A Theory of Change from New York Socialists

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:06:03 +0000

Tonight we’re joined live by Michaelangelo Pomarico, an organizer with Mid Hudson Valley DSA and the Public Power New York Coalition who has devoted a lot of time over the last several months organizing to elect Sarahana Shrestha, a DSA endorsed candidate for the New York Assembly. Michaelaneglo will share how Sarahana’s insurgent campaign in the Hudson Valley succeeded to unseat longtime incumbent Kevin Cahill last month in the Democratic primary and what comes next for their DSA chapter.

We also talk with Socialist Councilmembers Alexa Aviles and Tiffany Caban about their first six months on the New York City Council and we’ll hear in their own words why they, along with four other council members, were the only members to vote NO on the City Budget that was pushed through in a late night vote by the Council Speaker and later signed by Mayor Adams earlier this month.

To learn more about Mid-Hudson Valley DSA follow them on twitter @MHVDSA and visit www.mhvdsa.org

To learn more about Sarahana Shrestha follow her on twitter @sarahana and www.sarahanaforassembly.com/

Radical Queer Self-Defense & Socialism Spreads Upstate

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:20:22 +0000

We’re coming to the end of Pride Month amidst an environment of escalating attacks from the right on queer and trans people.

Tonight, we speak to two grassroots organizers working on self-defense programs for queer, trans, and people of color in NYC and the Bay Area. We hear from Kenji of Soar Over Hate and DJ Guerrilla Pump of We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For on how they are protecting their communities by organizing educational programs, creating art and healing practices, distributing tools and resources, and uniting community care with self-defense.

We’re also joined live tonight by Aaron Fernando, a member of the Queens DSA Electoral Organizing Committee, to discuss yesterday’s primary election results. Because of the redistricting debacle, New York is holding two primaries this summer with voters weighing in on Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Assembly races yesterday.

DSA For the Many endorsed four socialist Assembly Members for re-election and five new candidates for the Assembly. All the incumbent DSA members won their primaries, some by a very large margin,but of the five new candidates only Sarahana Shrestha, running in the Hudson Valley won her race outright, toppling 13-term incumbent Kevin Cahill who has held the seat since 1999. Samy Nemir Olivares’ race against Erik Dilan in Bushwick and Cypress Hills is still too close to call with Samy trailing by about 200 votes.

To learn more about queer self-defense programs and how you can get involved and support, visit soaroverhate.org and wevebeenwaitingforus.org.

To learn more about getting involved in upcoming races to elect DSA endorsed candidates for senate visit fortheturnout.nyc

Petro in Colombia and Refund NYC

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:09:10 +0000

For the first time in the nation’s history, the Colombian people have elected a leftist to the presidency. Gustavo Petro defeated far-right populist, Rodolfo Hernández. The former guerilla has pledged to challenge economic inequality and fight climate change by transforming the country’s energy system. What does this victory mean for socialism in Latin America? DSA National Political Committee Member Marvin Gonzalez joins us to discuss that and much more. Here in New York City, the city council and Mayor Adams passed a new budget last week that funnels money to private creditors and the cops while cutting funds for education and other social services. We’ll hear from Kay Gabriel on why this budget is an attack on the working class and how NYC-DSA plans to build a movement to fight back.

Legislative Let-Down: Fighting for Good Cause and Public Renewables

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:29:35 +0000

The elected officials of New York State ended their legislative session in Albany on June 2nd. They are headed home for the summer after failing to secure the rights of tenants or meeting New York state’s climate goals, refusing to pass Good Cause Eviction and the Build Public Renewables Act. What happened? To try and answer this and more, we bring on socialist organizers to break down what happened in Albany and how New York lawmakers left tenants and the climate out to dry. Tonight, we are joined by Avi, a tenant organizer fighting for the Right to Remain, and RPM’s co-host and ecosocialist specialist, Lee Ziesche. We will assess the situation in Albany and the movement necessary, both inside and outside the halls of the State Capitol, to defeat the corporate opposition and make Good Cause and BPRA a reality in the Empire State.

Visit right2remain.com to learn more about the ongoing campaign to pass Good Cause Eviction legislation in New York state.

On this show, Lee references the Sane Energy Project (saneenergy.org) and No NBK Pipeline Coalition (nonbkpipeline.org) as well as the NYC-DSA Ecosocialist Working Group (https://ecosocialists.nyc/).

Abortion Is Ours: Self-Managed Abortion and Organizing For Abortion Now

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 2 Jun 2022 15:11:51 +0000

This week marks both the 13th anniversary of the assassination of beloved abortion provider and patients’ rights advocate Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion extremist, and the second anniversary of the peoples’ uprising against NYPD sparked by the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many many more.

Although the official Supreme Court decision that will overturn Roe v. Wade has yet to be released, the reality on the ground in many places in the so-called United States is that abortion has been made illegal. Here in New York City, organizers are preparing for shifts in the nature of abortion care, attempting to protect providers in the face of the potential criminalization of abortion, and navigating a street landscape that lays bare the reality that organized white nationalists and fascists have thrown their lot in with the anti-abortion movement.

On this show, we're joined by NYC for Abortion Rights organizer Nix to discuss self-managed abortion and the landscape of abortion access now. We take live calls from the WBAI audience about abortion.

Continue the discussion by following NYC for Abortion Rights: abortionrights.nyc

A Green New York with Vanessa Agudelo

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 26 May 2022 16:04:47 +0000

On June 2, the legislative session will end in New York State and elected officials will head home for the summer. And in typical Albany fashion, the fight to pass the most transformational bills is coming down to the wire. Tonight, we continue our series of interviews with the DSA for the Many slate of candidates with Vanessa Agudelo, who is joining us live on RPM from Peekskill, New York. Vanessa is running for Assembly District 95 in the Lower Hudson Valley. We'll talk to her about why Peekskill and the other communities she’s running to represent need a Green New Deal, the status of the Build Public Renewables Act with one week left to pass the bill, and much more.

For more info on Vanessa follow @VanessaBAgudelo on twitter and visit her website www.vanessaforny.com

Organizing at Amazon and Beyond

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 19 May 2022 12:20:26 +0000

Amazon Labor Union scored a big victory for the labor movement last month when organized workers overwhelmingly won an NLRB election at a Staten Island Amazon facility. Yet most of Amazon and the private sector in general remains unorganized. Despite a valiant effort, ALU’s next attempt at a different Amazon facility failed. What is to be done? Brian, a former Amazon worker and member of DSA Labor’s logistics committee, joins us to discuss organizing at Amazon and the state of the labor movement.

For the Many with Kristen Gonzalez

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 5 May 2022 02:19:44 +0000

Tonight we’re continuing our series of interviews with the DSA For the Many Slate and are joined live by Kristen Gonzalez, a tech worker and community organizer running for State Senate District 17. District 17 might be a new district spanning from Woodside, Queens to Greenpoint, Brooklyn - but that depends on the courts. We’ll talk to Kristen about the Senate redistricting debacle and much more. We’ll also be opening up the phone lines later in the show and want to hear from you!

Fight Like Hell For The Living: Workers' Day Special 2022

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:34:58 +0000

International Workers’ Day is right around the corner on May 1, and this year it comes among a huge upswell of worker-run unionism and labor militancy. From Delta Airlines to Amazon and Starbucks to local shops like Film Forum here in NYC, workers are coming together and fighting for their rights on the job.

Here at Revolutions per Minute, we are organizers, and organizers know that all labor stories start with workers talking to each other – on the job, at home, and in the streets. For our 2022 Workers Day Special, members of the RPM collective have each interviewed a worker in our own lives about their work, their struggles, and their joys. We’re speaking to the people we love, respect, and work with, in hopes that you’ll do the same this Workers’ Day and every day!

Lee Ziesche interviews her life partner Miles Bartlett on his 20 years' experience as a back of house kitchen worker.

Chris Carr interviews his UAW brother and worker at the same university, Zach Valdez. Zach is an administrative assistant and UAW Local 2110 steward. Learn more about this local's contract fight at @2110for1M1V and sign their petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/fair-contract-now-support-local-2110-staff.

Desiree Joy Frias interviews her best friend and godmother of her son, Jamese Lamb, on her experience as a graduate student medical worker.

Amy Wilson interviews her labor movement comrade and friend, Kayleigh Truman. Kayleigh is a second-generation stagehand working Broadway, off-Broadway, and Madison Square Garden, and running for leadership in IATSE Local One to change the culture of their union.

Trains, Budget Pains and Chigozie Onyema

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:36:47 +0000

Tonight we are joined live from New Jersey by Chigozie Onyema, a North New Jersey DSA endorsed candidate for City Council in Newark. We will also be speaking to Rebecca Martinez and Julian Mesri from the Radical Theatre collective about their production of Songs About Trains.

We also caught up with State Senator Julia Salazar to talk to her about the New York State budget, why she voted against it and what socialist in Albany are fighting for with just six weeks left in the legislative session.

For more info on Chigozie Onyema visit: www.chigozieonyema.com

Taking on Fossil Fuel Giants with David Alexis

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 7 Apr 2022 15:49:17 +0000

Tonight we’ll continue our series of interviews with the DSA For The Many Slate with David Alexis, a rideshare driver, working class father and climate organizer who is running to represent Senate District 21 in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Many began 2022 with some hope that with Andrew Cuomo out of office, New York might finally be able to pass a state budget that meets the needs of working class people. The budget was due April 1st and is now five days late. Much of the hold up is because of last minute additions from Governor Kathy Hochul to roll back bail reform within the budget and fund a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, owned by billionaire fracker Terry Pegula. And it's not just Governor Hochul doing the bidding of fossil fuel capital in Albany. We talk to David Alexis about his campaign to unseat Senator Kevin Parker who has stalled climate legislation in Albany earning him the nickname the “Joe Manchin of New York.” We’ll hear why David is fighting for Public Power for his neighbors in Flatbush, how being a dad impacted his run for office and his vision for public safety and housing.

Follow @David4BK or visit https://www.davidforbk.com/ for more info on David.

Building a Movement at Starbucks with Starbucks Workers United

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:05:07 +0000

We spoke with a Starbucks worker-organizer from Buffalo, NY back in January here on RPM, and since that time the fight has only gotten hotter. As of today, over 170 Starbucks locations in 27 states have filed for elections with the National Labor Relations Board – including several right here in New York City! With union victories in Buffalo, Arizona, Tennessee, at the heart of the Starbucks mythology in its hometown of Seattle, Washington, and more coming in every day, Starbucks corporate is upping the pressure on organizing workers and resorting to classic union-busting techniques. This month, DSA’s national labor commission launched a nation-wide campaign to engage DSA members and allies in support of coffee workers unionizing locally. On tonight’s show, we’re live in the studio with Aimes, a Starbucks worker-organizer from the Starbucks Roastery in Chelsea, Manhattan, and Honda, from the national DSA Labor steering committee. We’ll be discussing Starbucks union campaigns in New York City, and what you can do to support local workers no matter where you’re tuning in from.

Follow @DSA_Labor and @SBWorkersUnited for updates on this campaign. Join Astoria Boulevard Starbucks worker-organizers for a rally on Friday, April 1 at 6pm outside their store at 3018 Astoria Boulevard, and follow them at @astoriablvdsbx. Solidarity to the worker-organizers of the Chelsea Reserve Roastery on their election on 4/1, and to all retail and service workers organizing today.

The Drug War is A Class War

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:41:22 +0000

Tonight we’re joined live in the studio by Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard and Jacob Clary, organizers from NYC-DSA’s Socialist Drug Politics Organizing Committee. We discuss the class politics of drug use, overdose prevention centers AKA safe injection sites, and much more. Learn how the transformative perspective of socialist drug politics offers different ways of understanding drug use and the social forces that shape users' experience.

We also return to the South Bronx, where survivors of January’s devastating Twin Parks fire and their supporters are fighting for what they are owed from the city and landlord, in the face of corruption that may go all the way to the top of New York’s political structure. We speak to Ariadna Phillips from South Bronx Mutual Aid and Misra Walker from Take Back the Bronx on building real tenant power.

Follow the Socialist Drug Politics Organizing Committee on Twitter @socialistdrugs.

Join VOCAL-NY's Users Union for a Statewide Day of Action on April 7. The NYC event is a rally on the steps of City Hall at 11am. Sign up to receive more details here: https://vocal-ny.org/event/04-07-22-users-union-statewide-day-of-action/

Freedom for Ukraine and Prakash

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 04:00:00 +0000

After three long weeks, Putin’s war with Ukraine has devastated the region with mass shellings of Ukrainian towns and villages, and bombings that have included hospitals and kindergartens. All of this has been under the banal guise of a [quote] “special military operation”, words which ring hollow to any Leftist familiar with the lies of Imperial Powers. This assault has taken thousands of Ukrainian lives and made tens of thousands more into refugees. With lines of Russian tanks that stretch for miles, marching onward to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, it can be easy to forget that this war carries the weight of history. To explore some of the deeper, historical complexities that led to this war, covering past, present, and future, we talked with Volodymyr Ishchenko, a Ukrainian sociologist and scholar of Eastern European history. Meanwhile back here in New York City, tens of thousands suffer under the regime of mass incarceration. Starting at the age of 15, Prakash Churaman lost six years of his life in pretrial detention after being forced into a false confession by the NYPD. Authorities claim he murdered his best friend, but there is no physical or forensic evidence linking him to the crime. Only the words of a scared, young kid locked in a room. Prakash proclaims his innocence and refuses to take any plea deal. Despite limited access to the outside world, Prakash organized to gather bail money for his release. Last week we spoke with Prakash and his lawyer Jose Nieves about his story and the Free Prakash Alliance.

New York is Ours with Illapa Sairitupac

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:14:32 +0000

Tonight on RPM we continue our series of conversations with DSA’s 2022 For The Many candidate slate with Illapa Sairitupac. Illapa is social worker and climate organizer who has been endorsed by NYC-DSA for Assembly District 65, a Lower East Side district once held by the notorious Sheldon Silver. We’ll talk to Illapa about running a campaign for working class New Yorkers in a district that also includes the capital of capitalism: Wall Street.

We’ll also hear from members of the NYC-DSA Housing Working Group who were out canvassing in lower Manhattan with Illapa this weekend for the Right to Remain campaign - to pass the Good Cause Eviction bill.

Plus a breaking news update on the REI Soho Union vote with Amy Wilson.

For more info on Illapa: https://illapa.nyc/

To learn more about Right to Remain and the NYC-DSA Housing Working Group: https://linktr.ee/nycdsa_housing

Genocide in Yemen

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:09:30 +0000

The specter and reality of war haunts humanity. The imperialist expansion of NATO and right-wing Russian nationalism continue to escalate tensions in the Ukraine, where CIA backed fascist paramilitaries roam the streets. While Russian invasion would prove devastating for the workers of the world, further US intervention would only make things worse. War is only rational for the profiteers in the military industrial complex. Deescalation and peace are the only sensible pathways for those who value human life. A devastating war in the Middle East rages on with deafening silence from the corporate media. Saudi jets drop American made bombs on Yemeni civillians. Bombardment has not only reduced cities to rubble, but has shaken the economy to its core. Dylan and Kawthar join us to discuss the horrifying US backed Saudi led genocide in Yemen and the efforts by antiimperialists in the United States to organize to end it. Join the rally in front of Meeks’ Jamaica office on March 1st 12pm, 153-01 Jamaica Ave Call 1-833-STOP-WAR Ask them to oppose an FTO designation as well (this is more recent) every75seconds.org Yemeni Alliance Committee Is continuing to lobby around this, Adam Schiff’s office NYC-DSA Anti-War Working Group Email us, antiwar@socialists.nyc Follow us, @nycDSAantiwar

War is A Racket: Defund and De-Escalate

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:15:59 +0000

Considered on its own, the New York Police Department is in the top ten largest armies in the world. Why? As working-class New Yorkers struggle to stay fed and safely housed, the NYPD enjoys nearly unlimited resources and sees no issue with using those resources to oppress and surveil the city’s population. On tonight's show, we speak to Khalil from NYC-DSA’s Defund NYPD campaign on why socialists’ commitment to REAL public safety remains strong. We also take calls live from the WBAI audience.

In international news, capitalists and war-mongers are pushing for further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine dispute. We’ll hear from Gerard of the Democratic Socialists International Committee on their recent statement opposing US militarization and interventionism in Ukraine and Eastern Europe and calling for an end to NATO expansionism.

Join NYC-DSA's campaign to Defund NYPD: https://www.defundnypd.com/get-involved

Read the International Committee's statement in English, Russian, or Ukrainian: https://international.dsausa.org/statements/no-war-with-russia/

On this episode, Lee Ziesche shares a brief public service announcement about this month's sky-high ConEd bills. We will be covering this issue more in depth on future episodes, but visit bit.ly/conedbill to learn more about how this situation was created by New York politicians' climate inaction and how DSA is fighting back.

The Future is a Public Good with Sarahana

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 3 Feb 2022 14:33:47 +0000

Yesterday two very different visions for the future of New York’s energy system were presented at a marathon 12+ hour long budget hearing on environmental conservation. On one hand, New York’s regulators argued to stay the course and continue to let the market and capital be the primary drivers of building renewable energy, despite the state having missed it’s renewable energy goals year after year and currently only 6% of New York’s energy comes from wind and solar. Community advocates and DSA-electeds had a different view - one where the future is a public good- and renewables are being built at the scale the climate crisis demands and are publicly-owned.

Tonight we’ll continue our series of interviews with NYC-DSA’s 2022 slate and are joined live by Sarahana Shrestha a candidate for Assembly District 103 in the Mid-Hudson Valley and member of the NY Public Power Coalition who is running under the slogan - the future is a public good.

More info about Sarahana: www.sarahanaforassembly.com

More info about Public Power: www.publicpowerny.org

Abortions and Coffee

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:38:39 +0000

Starting late last year in Buffalo, NY, a union wave has spread all over the country as workers at an ever-increasing number of Starbucks coffee shops are getting organized and making demands on their boss and on the multi-national corporation that employs them. This movement is gaining speed every day - and to help us understand what’s going on from a worker perspective, we’re joined live in the studio by James, a worker-organizer with Starbucks Workers United in Buffalo.

Another national movement is mobilizing to defend access to abortion as the right-wing assault on this fundamental right continues to escalate. With landmark legislation Roe V. Wade on the verge of being rolled back, socialists are continuing to organize for grassroots solutions to this national crisis that center anti-racism, abolition, and a no-holds-barred approach to guaranteeing access to safe abortion. We’ll hear from Ali of Chicago DSA and Chicago for Abortion on this crucial struggle.

On this show, Jack makes a brief announcement about the New Deal for CUNY. Learn more and get involved at bit.ly/action-nd4c.

Find a local abortion fund to support if you can: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/

Follow along with James and the Starbucks partners at @SBWorkersUnited. Current Starbucks partners can email sbworkersunited@gmail.com to get connected to an organizer.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of our NYC-DSA comrade, Alex Z.

The Bronx Is Still Burning: Tenants Fighting Back

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:35:32 +0000

Tonight on our show we will be talking about our host Desiree Joy Frias' home of the South Bronx where capitalist interests and government failures are continuing to cost lives.

In the middle of brutal winter weather and yet another Covid spike, tenants are once again mobilizing to defend against evictions and build working-class power with all of New York City’s residents, including the 1 in 12 New Yorkers who live in public or section 8 housing. Last week’s tragic and preventable Twin Parks fire on 181st street in the Bronx and yesterday’s Con Edison explosion on Fox Street less than two miles away are just the latest examples of the ongoing violence of landlord neglect and failures by the federal and local government to provide adequate public housing and public infrastructure. Con Edison is responsible for yesterday’s explosion that killed one, injured seven and leveled an entire row home in the South Bronx. This exploitative monopoly spends millions in lobbying fees to fight green projects and remain the sole provider of power to over 12 million customers.

To discuss these preventable tragedy and how socialists are organizing for tenant power, we're live in the studio with RPM comrade and fellow Bronx/Upper Manhattan DSA member Bernard Goyder and an organizer from NYC-DSA’s Brooklyn Housing Working Group, Isaac. Tonight you’ll learn about NYC-DSA’s Right to Remain campaign to pass Good Cause Eviction, transformative legislation that will protect millions of tenants just like us. Keeping with the uptown theme, we’ll also hear an update on the successful strike by the Student Workers of Columbia.

Get organized, get involved, help your neighbor, call your legislator: https://linktr.ee/nycdsa_housing

Read more on South Bronx Mutual Aid and others' efforts to support tenants in the Bronx: https://twitter.com/booksandrose/status/1483854067457826822?s=20

End the Embargo

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 6 Jan 2022 14:15:22 +0000

In an effort to exert its power over the Americas, the United States has enforced an embargo on Cuba ever since its revolutionary struggle for independence from American imperialism. The blockade is an effort to force regime change against the will of Cuban people who want to improve their society without foreign interference. Despite the immense suffering caused by the embargo to this very day, socialists in Cuba have made remarkable achievements in education and healthcare. DSA members Rolando, Tom, and Patrick as well as Daniel Montero, a journalist from Cuba, join us to discuss the movement to end the embargo and the fight to preserve Cuban self-determination.

One Member, One Vote

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:07:49 +0000

The formation of the United Auto Workers in the 1930s represented the upsurge in organized working class militancy that pushed forward a New Deal. Since that time the UAW has been a base of support for its members that collectively provides workers with a better life. Yet the UAW has weakened as its corrupt leadership has chosen compromise with the bosses over a robust internal democracy. That’s all about to change. The successful One Member, One Vote referendum has forced open the democratic process and created space for new leadership to rise up. We’ll discuss that and much more with UAW members Kay and Chris. The UAW is much more than just autoworkers. After threatening to strike, the 17,000 member Student Researchers Union of the University of California system won recognition and officially became the newest UAW local. How did these academic workers build a new organization? We hear directly from Kat and Laura of the SRU on how they made it happen.

The Gift of a Union: RPM Holiday Special!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:22:23 +0000

It’s never been easy to be a front-line retail or customer service worker at the holidays, and with a dramatic surge in COVID cases affecting New York City, this year is even harder. For our Revolutions per Minute holiday special, we’re joined live by Eric Dirnbach of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, DSA’s national project in partnership with the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, as well as Aria, a retail worker who participated in a successful strike last year at the Good Vibrations sex shop in Massachusetts with support from EWOC.

Plus, a special correspondent, Shen, visits the picket line in Chinatown to speak with Liang, a restaurant worker at the historic dim sum restaurant Jing Fong.

We are fundraising for the WBAI end of year Tower Fund with some help from our NYC-DSA chorus, Sing in Solidarity. Give to the Tower Fund at towerfund.wbai.org and follow our chorus on Twitter @nycdsachoir.

Sign the petition to support Jing Fong workers and stop displacement in Chinatown at bit.ly/stopdisplacement.

Are you a retail or service worker looking for support organizing your worksite? You are not alone. Support and help is available. Visit https://workerorganizing.org/support/.

Hold the Line: Campaigns for Justice in 2022

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:38:40 +0000

2021 has been another incredibly tough year, with the pandemic and climate crisis exacerbating income inequality and dire living situations for working class people across the globe.

Tonight we’ll catch up with a few DSA working groups to talk about the organizing they’ve done to build working class power and solidarity this year and what’s coming up for 2022. Our guests tonight are Joel from the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group on the Boycott Puma campaign and the power of a consumer boycott, Emma Claire from the Healthcare Working Group on universal healthcare and labor rights for home health care workers, and Josh and Robert from Eco-Socialists on the Green New Deal for Public Schools and the New York Public Power campaign.

To learn more or get involved with NYC-DSA's eco-socialist organizing, visit https://ecosocialists.nyc/join-us/.

Find NYC-DSA's Healthcare Working Group on Twitter or Facebook @NYCDSAHealth or email the organizers at healthcare@socialists.nyc.

Curious about the BDS movement and DSA's Palestine solidarity work? View the primer and FAQ: https://palestine.dsausa.org/palestine-and-bds-faq/.

Throughout this episode and all our remaining 2021 episodes, we are fundraising for WBAI's rent on the transmitter at 4 Times Square. We encourage all who are able to donate what they can, even a small amount, toward this important community institution. Visit towerfund.wbai.org to give.

For the Love of Bushwick with Samy Nemir Olivares

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 2 Dec 2021 15:08:25 +0000

*and Cypress Hills, and Ocean Hill!

Believe it or not, 2022 is right around the corner and will bring with it a new electoral cycle and a new slate of DSA-endorsed socialist candidates for office. On tonight’s show, we kick off our series of interviews with NYC-DSA’s 2022 slate as we speak LIVE with Samy Nemir Olivares, candidate for Assembly District 54 in Bushwick, Cypress Hills, and Ocean Hill. Hear from Samy on their experience as a community organizer in North Brooklyn, the radical legacy of queer and trans people of color, the next steps for socialists in Albany, and smashing gender binaries right alongside capitalism.

We also speak to Gabriel Hernandez of NYC-DSA’s Queer Caucus on building queer community and mentorship for socialists. Finally, we hear a brief update on the struggle for free, equitable higher education for all from the New Deal for CUNY coalition.

To learn more about Samy Nemir-Olivares and support his run for Assembly, visit: https://www.samyfornewyork.com/

To learn more about NYC-DSA’s Queer Caucus, sign up for their mailing list here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/queer-caucus-interest-form

For more on the December 11 action for a New Deal for CUNY, visit: https://psc-cuny.org/SatDec11

Taxi Driver Power

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:11:03 +0000

Working class struggle continues to spread across New York City and the rest of the country. Wirecutter workers at the New York Times have launched their strike, joining the 3,000 Columbia academic workers on the picket line. 14,000 Kroger workers in Houston have authorized a strike while 24,000 academic workers at the University of California have done the same. Rank-n-file reform slate Teamsters United won a sea-changing victory in leadership elections. New leadership has promised more labor militancy and committed the 1.3 million member union to organizing Amazon facilities and drivers across the country. Earlier this month the New York Taxi Workers Alliance declared victory after a hunger strike forced the city government to acquiesce to their demand to cancel millions in debt and restructure their loan. We’re joined by Jaslin Kaur and Augustine to hear about this fight and what it means for working class New Yorkers. Last week a Wisconsin court allowed Kyle Rittenhouse to walk free despite the fact that he shot, wounded, and killed protesters in Kenosha. We’ll play you sounds from the streets as protesters reacted to this injustice here in Brooklyn.

Organizing Within and Outside the Halls of Power

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:29:42 +0000

Today we’re talking with Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest and her district manager Justin Freeman about how they are bringing their socialist office directly to the community they represent and are building power not just to win elections, but pass legislation that meaningful changes the lives of the working class in Brooklyn like the Less is More bill, which was signed into law this year, and Public Power and ‘Good Cause Eviction’ bill which are top priorities for DSA electeds this upcoming legislative session.

And it’s not just the power in the halls of government that is being challenged by organizers in New York City right now. Workers are taking on one of the most powerful and influential Ivy League universities and newspapers in the country at the same time. We’ll hear from RPM’s own Chris Carr who is one of many union members of the Student Workers of Columbia currently on strike and from one of the New York Times’ Wirecutter union members who plan to strike on Black Friday.

Follow Phara and Justin on twitter @phara4assembly and @JustinR_Freeman

and get involved with Phara's office at bit.ly/pharaoffice

ACAB, Especially Eric Adams

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 4 Nov 2021 17:54:38 +0000

Election day was Tuesday and DSA’s 30+ nationally-endorsed campaigns were put to voters. With a nearly 70% win rate for DSA's campaigns nationally, there's much to discuss about organizing for socialism at the ballot box and the rising tensions between the left and the existing Democratic establishment. On tonight’s show, we'll share provisional election results and an interview with a DSA-endorsed candidate for Somerville, Massachusetts City Council, Tessa Bridge.

Here in NYC, Eric Adams has -- unfortunately -- swept to victory as mayor. Adams has publicly distanced himself from the left and socialism, so to extend the courtesy, let us just say that *all* cops are bastards. How are we going to beat Adams and the bourgeois, capitalist interests he represents? We discuss that question live with our comrade Robert Cuffy, a union city worker and police abolitionist who organizes with NYC-DSA's Labor Branch and Afrosocialist Caucus.

We also hear a report from RPM's antifascist correspondent Amy Wilson on the rise of far-right organizing in New York City around the wedge issue of mandates for COVID-19 vaccine.

Keep up with the results of DSA's nationally-endorsed races as they develop, thanks to our comrades at Metro DC DSA: https://washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.org/station-z/dsa-races-2021

Solidarity Has To Be Experienced To Be Believed

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute live from the new WBAI studios, a socialist radio show and podcast from members of New York City Democratic Socialists of America. The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with 95,000 members nationwide and NYC-DSA is its biggest chapter. We are run by our 9,000+ members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs. A UAW worker on strike at a John Deere facility in Iowa was killed on the picket lines early this morning. We send our love and solidarity to his loved ones and his ten thousand union brothers and sisters still out there fighting for a dignified life. His sacrifice will not be forgotten. Unionization efforts and the strike wave continue to spread. Amazon workers in Staten Island announced an NLRB petition earlier this week. Thousands of academic workers unionized at the University of Pittsburgh while thousands more at Harvard today launched a three day work stoppage. Columbia academic workers walked out today are prepared to hit the picket lines next week here in New York. 45,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente have authorized a strike. NYC-DSA members this past weekend stood in solidarity with 2,000 healthcare workers on strike at Catholic Mercy Hospital in Buffalo. We’ll hear from Charlie Baker on this struggle and the rally for DSA endorsed Mayoral candidate India Walton. Dozens of DSA candidates are running in races across the country from Massachusetts to New York to Florida. Jorge from Joel Brooks campaign in Jersey City joins to discuss their city council campaign in its final week. We’ll also hear a special report from Lee on the victorious struggle led by NYC-DSA Ecosocialist Working Group to prevent a fracked gas power plant from being built in Astoria.

Strategic Escalation with Zohran Mamdani

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:09:43 +0000

As regular listeners of Revolutions per Minute know, we are living in a time of many overlapping campaigns for justice for the working-class. Sometimes, organizing campaigns result in victory and opportunities for celebration while looking toward the next goal. Other times, campaigns require strategic escalation. On tonight’s show, we’ll speak to New York for Abortion Rights about a key victory in the struggle to protect access to abortion for all. We’ll hear from NYC-DSA member and Assemblymember from District 36 in Astoria Zohran Mamdani on the New York Taxi Workers Alliance sit-in at City Hall and why he’s going on hunger strike alongside taxi workers to demand debt forgiveness.

Finally, we travel to Little Rock, Arkansas, with Malik, a former NYC-DSA organizer, who is using lessons learned from NYC to build socialism in his hometown.

Follow New York for Abortion Rights at abortionrights.nyc.

Follow Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani at @ZohranKMamdani and learn more about the New York Taxi Workers Alliance sit-in at @NYTWA.

Follow Central Arkansas DSA at @CentralARKDSA.

Vote Red Wave By October 15th [Podcast Exclusive!]

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:44:19 +0000

If you're a listener member, in order to maximize the power of our small collective, we're asking you to vote in this order: 1. Nicodemus Nicoludis 2. Dylan Saba For the rest of your ballot, we recommend looking into these candidates who are not members of Red Wave but are aligned with our goals: Eleanor Elizabeth Forman Bruce Greif (DSA Member) Philip DePaolo (DSA Member) If you're a staff member, we recommend ranking board incumbents R. Paul Martin, Max Schmid, and Shawn Rhodes in any order. Thanks as ever for your support for Red Wave’s project to build a powerful working class radio station in service of our shared socialist movement. All power to the transmitter, the Red Wave Collective

A New Deal for CUNY: A Collective Demonstration of Union Power

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 7 Oct 2021 05:49:12 +0000

A strike wave is spreading across the United States. Thousands of nurses, carpenters, miners, factory workers, teachers and other workers are taking a stand against the big shots who steal the fruits of our labor. Unionization drives of academic, healthcare, and media workers have brought tens of thousands of new brothers and sisters into the organized labor movement. 60,000 IATSE film workers have authorized a sector strike in the entertainment industry as the hundreds of thousands of members in entertainment unions like SAG, WGA, and the DGA alongside the Democratic Socialists of America have committed to standing in solidarity. Has labor begun to turn the tide against capital in the United States? While Red for Ed and higher education unions across the country have launched major strikes of hundreds of thousands of workers united with their students over the past three years, the public sector stasis has yet to be broken in the heart of American social democracy. DSA members and other socialist labor organizers are preparing to bring the education strike wave to New York City. A huge coalition is building for the New Deal for CUNY. PSC, NYC-DSA, and YDSA organizers at CUNY campuses are uniting for a plan that will pay academic workers a living wage and make CUNY tuition free. As a historian and union worker and organizers at CUNY this fight is personal to me. NYC-DSA Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest spoke with us at NYC-DSA convention about the New Deal for CUNY and a potential political strike to make that happen. We’ll also talk with my comrades in PSC and hear from YDSA organizers.

Fighting the Good Fight for Housing Justice with Alexa Avilés

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:05:54 +0000

On Friday rent will be due for millions of New Yorkers. For tenants struggling to pay rent, this summer has been a roller coaster of ups and downs as hard fought for eviction moratoriums at the state and federal level have been won, overturned and finally reinstated here in New York, providing crucial protections until Jan 15, 2022. Today we will talk with NYC-DSA endorsed candidate and democratic nominee for City Council District 38 Alexa Avilés about why she was arrested earlier this summer fighting for housing justice, what caused New York City's housing crisis in the first place, and what her housing priorities are once she becomes a member of city council next year.

For more info follow the Housing Justice for All campaign @housing4allNY on Twitter and Alexa Avilés @alexaforcouncil

"Pro Life"? That's a Lie!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:40:27 +0000

"Because of my access to birth control and abortion, I was able to have my first child last year when my husband and I were financially stable enough, emotionally ready and could be the best parents we could be for him. Family planning is a human right for all birthing bodies and after experiencing childbirth I am an even stronger advocate for everyone’s right to an abortion, on demand for any reason they decide to," writes tonight's host Desiree Joy Frias.

For too long, anti-abortion forces have claimed the label of “pro-life” while passing laws and encouraging actions that cause direct harm to people’s lives and bodies. As the right-wing assault on abortion access in the United States continues to escalate, organizers in New York City are fighting back and standing up for politics that center bodily autonomy, human rights, and reproductive freedom. Hear from New York City for Abortion Rights on the local struggle to protect abortion clinics and ensure access to abortion by any means necessary.

Plus, we visit the New York Taxi Workers Alliance sit-in at City Hall to discuss another life-or-death issue: medallion debt forgiveness. Taxi workers are demanding that New York City provide adequate debt relief for drivers as soon as possible.

Follow NYC4AR on their website abortionrights.nyc or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nycforabortionrights/. Visit https://linktr.ee/nycforabortion to sign the petition to stop clinic harassment in Cobble Hill or donate to an abortion fund in Texas. The next Cobble Hill counter-protest will be held on October 9.

The NYC-DSA Debt & Finance Working Group is calling on DSA members and allies to show up in solidarity with New York taxi workers this Friday, September 24. Learn more and RSVP at bit.ly/DSAforNYTWA.

The Terror of Empire

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:01:26 +0000

The world is on fire and the organizations of the international working class are the only force capable of putting it out. Union organizer and campaign worker Marvin Gonzalez, a member of National DSA’s International Committee, joins us to discuss his recent trip to the conference of the International in Venezuela. After that we hear from Zenab Ahmed on Afghanistan. Later in the show, we will speak to Halema Wali, a community organizer and the co-founder of the Afghans for a Better Tomorrow. We also speak to DSA International Committee member Sepehr Makaremi as well as Don Rhodes from the NYC-DSA Anti-War working group. The trio will discuss how the socialist movement has been at the forefront of organizing efforts to assist Afghan Refugees and how we can all work to challenge the power of American capitalist imperialism.

Stronger Together: RPM Crew Social and Fundraiser!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:57:22 +0000

It’s a Revolutions per Minute social and fundraising extravaganza! Tonight we’re taking a break from our usual format to share a peek behind the scenes of the Revolutions per Minute collective: who we are, why we organize community radio for NYC-DSA, and why we support WBAI 99.5FM. Hear from our RPM hosts, producers, and behind the scenes comrades during this relaxed, casual show that emphasizes the importance of movement-based community media.

Please consider giving to WBAI in the name of Revolutions per Minute. Monthly donations of any amount are appreciated, and giving $25 in a calendar year makes you a voting member of the station! To donate, visit give2wbai.org. We have more cool rewards coming, so keep listening and check back!

To pitch a story for coverage on Revolutions per Minute, visit bit.ly/pitch2RPM.

If you’re a member of NYC-DSA looking to learn more or get involved with making RPM, please visit bit.ly/RPMJoinForm.

This episode was recorded remotely during a night of heavy rain and catastrophic flooding in New York City. We urge you to join NYC-DSA's Ecosocialist Working Group or another local formation and get involved with the struggle to protect workers and tenants against climate catastrophe.

Green New Deal for Public Schools

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:02:45 +0000

This summer the IPCC released another devastating report on the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel capital, as like most of the country, we saw the impacts of climate change right here in NYC with heat waves and record rain. Tonight we’ll talk with Ecosocialist comrades Brittany Allen and Gustavo Gordillo about how DSA is taking the climate fight to one of the most essential yet resource deprived institutions across the country - our schools- with the Green New Deal for Public Schools campaign.

To join the national campaign for a Green New Deal for Public Schools: https://greennewschools.com/join

To join NYC-DSA Ecoscialists: https://ecosocialists.nyc/join-us/

Follow NYC-DSA EcoSocialist Working Group on Twitter: @NYCDSA_Ecosoc

The Right to Stay Home with Jabari Brisport

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:39:18 +0000

Even with Cuomo out of office, our state still faces a housing crisis. This week, The Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction against the "Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act," also known as the New York State's Eviction moratorium. This immediately suspends the eviction protections for tenants included in that law. Up to 40 million Americans could face eviction due to the ending of the eviction moratorium. For some, it's fifteen months worth of back rent- and in more expensive cities like NYC or Portland where rents have skyrocketed after the 2008 mortgage crisis, that can mean up to $31,500 - due immediately.

As the Delta variant surges with 619,000 deaths in the last 30 days and hospitals filled to breaking point from Florida to Texas (including 90,000 hospitalized children in the last week alone), the pandemic is certainly not over. And with only 71% of adults vaccinated and children under 12 ineligible for a vaccine, it won’t be ending any time soon either.

Tonight, we hear from State Senator and NYC-DSA member Jabari Brisport about the plans from the DSA Socialists in Office in New York State's legislature to fight for housing as a human right - and the right for all of us to stay at home during COVID 19.

Here are resources via the Met Council on Housing on what to do if you are facing eviction:

DO NOT SELF-EVICT! DO NOT MOVE OUT! It is extremely important to remember that evictions proceedings are long and there are other anti-eviction laws in place.

How can you protect yourself now?

1) Apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP): If you apply for this program, your landlord cannot move forward with your eviction. This is the strongest protection we have to keep people in their homes.

2) Sign up for the federal CDC moratorium: The federal government has extended its moratorium to October 1st. It is not as strong as the NY State Eviction Moratorium but if you sign the CDC declaration of hardship, it will provide you with a defense in court if your landlord tries to evict you

3) Join your building’s tenant union, or reach out to CASA, Crown Heights Tenant Union or Met Council on Housing for housing help, resources to start your own tenant union or you can also call 311 for available city resources.

We here at RPM stand in solidarity with tenants across the country.

Sand in the Gears with Julia Salazar

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:37:05 +0000

Senator Julia Salazar of NY-18 was elected in 2018 after winning an insurgent, grassroots campaign powered by NYC-DSA as well as many movement allies. Three years later, she’s serving her second term in Albany as the chair of the Women’s Issues Committee and the chair of the Crime Victims, Crime, and Corrections Committee.

On tonight’s show, we speak with Senator Salazar as well as her Organizing Director and fellow NYC-DSA member, Ramon Pebenito. Dismantling the carceral system requires all of us to exercise our power to slow, stop, or mitigate the harms of police and prisons, or to throw “sand in the gears” of the machine of bureaucratic state violence wherever we are. In this episode, we hear from Senator Salazar on her surprise visits to NY State correctional facilities and from Ramon on over-policing in New York’s district 18.

You can find Senator Salazar on Twitter @SalazarSenate or visit her official website:

https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/julia-salazar.

One Struggle with Joel Brooks and North New Jersey DSA

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:07:46 +0000

We may be across a “state” line from each other, but organizers in New York and New Jersey know what unites us is much more than what divides us. On tonight’s show, we’re joined live by our comrades from North New Jersey DSA to discuss their chapter’s organizing to abolish ICE and close immigrant detention facilities, conduct mutual aid and harm reduction work with their communities, and elect socialist and union leader Joel Brooks to City Council in Jersey City.

To learn more about Joel Brooks’ campaign for City Council, visit https://www.joelbrooksforjerseycity.com/ or follow @VoteJoelBrooks.

You can reach out the North New Jersey Mutual Aid Working Group at: nnjmutualaidwg@gmail.com or contribute to their fundraiser for the Ramapough Lunaape Turtle Clan’s Munsee Three Sisters Medicine Farm in Newton, NJ: https://www.gofundme.com/f/RLsolidarity

Click here to learn more about the North New Jersey Immigrant Justice Working Group: https://linktr.ee/ImmigrationNNJ

To learn more about North New Jersey DSA, visit https://north.dsanj.org/ or follow @NorthNJDSA.

Fascists Bound to Lose

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 02:50:59 +0000

“I'm gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprised/ People all over this world are getting organized”

Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote those words in 1944 and here in 2021 they ring truer than ever. The far-right is on the rise globally and socialists, communists, feminists, anarchists, and unionists are joining forces to fight back. Join Revolutions per Minute host Amy Wilson for an hour of antifascist story and song, featuring recordings from the DSA National Antifascist Working Group introductory call on July 11. We’ll hear from DSA members from Long Island, Chicago, Kansas City, Houston, and Portland on what they’ve done to build antifascist response in their community and the lessons they’ve learned. We also hear classic antifascist folk songs recorded specially for Revolutions per Minute.

To learn more about the DSA National Antifascist Working Group, please visit https://www.dsausa.org/working-groups/anti-fascist-working-group/ or follow @DSAAntifascist on Twitter.

Special credits for this episode go to Rob G for audio production, SAREEN for audio composition, and Dan Wyman of Sing in Solidarity, NYC-DSA’s music working group, for musical performance. We send our thanks as well to comrades who participated in this episode who would prefer to stay anonymous, and all those organizing to oppose the rise of fascism where they are.

Rust Belt Socialism on the Rise

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:56:24 +0000

On June 22, the name India Walton skyrocketed into the mainstream after the DSA-endorsed candidate won the democratic primary for the Mayor of Buffalo. Walton was endorsed by Buffalo DSA and National DSA, as well as the DSA slate in Albany. When elected in November she will be the first socialist Mayor of a large city since 1960, but she joins a number of socialist, like Pennsylvania Representative Summer Lee, who are winning elections in the rust belt. Today we'll be joined by Steven Jackson from Buffalo DSA to talk about India Walton’s incredible victory and the rise of socialism in the rust belt.

Follow Buffalo DSA on Twitter at @BuffaloDSA and on Instagram and Facebook

Visit www.IndiaWalton.com to support India's campaign

Join the Gas Bill Strike against National Grid's North Brooklyn Pipeline at www.nonbkpipeline.org/strike

We Who Believe In Freedom

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 16:34:47 +0000

In the words of civil rights giant Ella Baker, “Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.”

As the summer of 2021 continues to heat up, reactionaries and conservatives are escalating their assault on our struggle for multi-racial working-class liberation -- but socialists are continuing to fight back and rack up gains. On tonight’s show, we’ll speak to members of Suffolk County DSA about the recent election of DSA member Colin Palmer to the Riverhead Central District school board and how school boards are a crucial front for community control and democracy. We’ll also hear from the DSA’s new National Antifascist Working Group which is working to connect anti-fascists and anti-racists across the country.

RSVP for the AFWG introduction call on July 11 here: https://dsausa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uOOnljlAR0mn7UzUHlv83Q. Follow the working group on Twitter at @DSAAntifascist or subscribe to their mailing list: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/national-dsa-antifascist-working-group-mailing-list-registration

Follow along with Suffolk DSA’s efforts to organize for socialism in the suburbs on Twitter @SuffolkDSA or at suffolkdsa.org. Follow Colin Palmer, Riverhead Central School District board Trustee and the first democratic socialist elected in Suffolk County, at @CJTPalmerEsq.

For the City We Need

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:13:04 +0000

Yesterday was election day in New York. Since we’re dealing with the New York Board of Elections and the new ranked choice voting system here in New York City, many of the results are not yet finalized. DSA for the City candidate Tiffany Caban won her city council race in Queens while the rest of DSA endorsed candidates await the final results. Upstate in Buffalo India Walton won the Democratic Party primary for Mayor and a number of Rochester DSA endorsed candidates won their elections. Socialism continues to have unprecedented success at the ballot box in New York, but there is clearly so much work left to be done.

Reclaim Pride

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:42:55 +0000

Happy Pride Month! As a bisexual woman of color and as a new mom, I am so proud to share this time with you as we celebrate the beauty of the queer community. I am thankful to stand beside all of you as we fight for liberation. Yet the capitalists and the police state have tried to co-opt our struggle. Everywhere you walk in New York you can see banks, corporations, and cop cars decorated with rainbows in an effort to conceal that these institutions remain forces of domination against the oppressed people of the world. The Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC) will take to the streets on Sunday, June 27th to stage the third annual Queer Liberation March. We’re joined by Natalie James, Saje Liese, and NYC-DSA endorsed candidate for city council Tiffany Caban to discuss the upcoming action and much more.

It's Always Hot in Palestine: BDS and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Fri, 4 Jun 2021 00:58:34 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute live on WBAI 99.5fm. We’re a socialist radio show and podcast from members of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America. DSA is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with 95,000 members nationwide and NYC-DSA is its biggest chapter. We are run by our 7,000+ members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs. As our returning listeners are well aware of, there is currently an ongoing struggle for Public Power here in New York. Earlier today, ecosocialists organizers held a rally outside city hall to demand the transformation of our statewide energy system necessary to avoid climate catastrophe. We’ll share with you protest sounds and speech from the action. Later in the show I’ll speak with DSA anti imperialist organizers Olivia Katbi Smith and Dylan Saba about the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement against Israeli aparthied. DSA supports freedom of movement and equal civil and democratic rights for all people across the world. Palestinians are no exception. We’ll discuss how an anti imperialist analysis reveals how ruling classes across the region and especially here in the United States profit and are empowered by the current state of affairs. International working class solidarity is the only solution.

Defund NYPD, Refund NYC with Tiffany Cabán

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 27 May 2021 03:17:20 +0000

Last night, hundreds of people occupied the amphitheatre area in front of the Brooklyn Museum to share stories and collectively mark the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. At least 15 NYPD vehicles lurked on Eastern Parkway 100 yards away. The police presence included the large vans used to transport people who have been arrested as well as two vans for NYPD’s notorious Strategic Response Group, a “riot control” division which has violently arrested, pepper sprayed, and intimidated anti-racist and anti-fascist protestors consistently over the last year. SRG was established in 2015 and has an estimated yearly budget of $68 million.

We know it doesn’t have to be this way. We can change our city for the better by redistributing the massive amount of resources NYPD uses to harass and intimidate New Yorkers and investing that money in healthcare, education, housing, parks, art, and other things that will actually improve our quality of life and keep our communities safe. Tonight on Revolutions per Minute, we hear from DSA-endorsed candidate for City Council District 22 Tiffany Cabán, a long time de-carceral activist, on why she was proud to sign on to DSA’s vision for real public safety and budget justice. We’ll also be taking your calls live with Kay Gabriel, an NYC-DSA member and Defund NYPD organizer.

Learn more about Tiffany Cabán and her campaign at www.cabanforqueens.com.

Has your City Council candidate signed on to the Real Public Safety pledge? Visit bit.ly/defundpressure2021 to find out and get involved.

Revolutions per Minute looks forward to seeing you at the Defund NYPD week of action May 31 - June 6! View a full schedule and sign up at https://www.defundnypd.com/woa.

¡Hasta la Victoria, Siempre! with Alexa Avilés

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 20 May 2021 14:10:45 +0000

With only three weeks left in the New York State legislative session and city primaries following up close behind, socialist are in the streets! Tonight we’ll hear from comrades in Astoria who are fighting to pass Public Power as well as comrades in Sunset Park, who are working to elect DSA-endorsed candidate for city council Alexa Avilés. And we’ll also talk with Alexa herself about how her mother’s struggle for Puerto Rican liberation and being a mother fighting for her own kids’ education has shaped her politics and about her community’s vision for District 38.

To get involved with Alexa's campaign: www.alexaforcouncil.com/

To get involved with the campaign for Public Power: https://ecosocialists.nyc/events/

Labor Extravaganza with Chris Brooks and Valley Labor Report

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 6 May 2021 13:02:28 +0000

It’s our second annual post-May Day labor movement extravaganza! From coast to coast, workers are organizing to win, making gains, and reckoning with disappointments and challenges. On today’s show, we’re joined live by journalist and organizer Chris Brooks and by our radio comrades Jacob and David, hosts of Valley Labor Report -- Alabama’s only union talk radio show! From workers at the heart of New York’s cultural and media worlds to mine workers on strike in Alabama, it’s all on the table for tonight’s show.

Valley Labor Report broadcasts Saturday mornings from 9:30am-11:00am on 92.5FM/770AM WVNN. Watch from anywhere on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheValleyLaborReport and follow the show on Twitter @LaborReporters.

If you’re ready to organize your workplace or just get more active in the labor movement, a great place to start is the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (https://workerorganizing.org/) a joint effort between DSA National and United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.

The Health of Our Movement with Phara Souffrant Forrest

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:24:51 +0000

As socialists, we know that healthcare goes beyond direct contact between providers and patients and into issues of budgets, community safety, and long-standing social forces like racism and misogyny. How can we organize for real public health? On tonight's show we're joined by DSA-endorsed Assemblymember, nurse, and organizer Phara Souffrant Forrest of District 57 in Brooklyn to discuss vaccine disparities, Cuomo's austerity baby, and the goals of our movement in Albany. We also hear from NYC-DSA's Healthcare Working Group on our campaign to pass the New York Health Act and the critical importance of universal healthcare to the overall socialist project.

Follow Phara Souffrant Forrest, Assemblymember for District 57 at @phara4assembly. Follow along with NYC-DSA’s Healthcare Working Group at @NYCDSA_Health or email healthcare@socialists.nyc.

Organizing Everywhere with Jaslin Kaur

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 03:33:43 +0000

Much of conventional labor organizing is centered around a shared physical location for workers, like a shop floor or a break room. But what about those who work in cars, on bikes, or in others' homes? Our labor movement stands in solidarity with all workers because an injury to one is an injury to all. On tonight's show, we'll talk to NYC-DSA endorsed candidate for City Council Jaslin Kaur about organizing for justice for taxi workers and why her home district in Eastern Queens is ready for democratic socialism. We also speak to Margaret of the Ain't I A Woman? campaign of home health care workers organizing for control over their time. Finally, we hear an update from our Defund NYPD campaign, which has launched a new pledge for City Council candidates to affirm their commitment to defunding NYPD and investing in social services.

To learn more and get involved with Jaslin Kaur’s campaign for City Council, please visit jaslinkaur.nyc.

The Ain’t I A Woman? campaign is calling for community support at a picket outside Chinese-American Planning Council in Manhattan Chinatown on April 28th. Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/APR28CPC or visit aintiawoman.org.

To learn more about the Defund NYPD campaign and its pledge for City Council candidates, go to defundnypd.com

Public Everything with Emily Gallagher

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 8 Apr 2021 13:47:49 +0000

To get involved with the campaign for Public Power: http://ecosocialists.nyc/ and https://www.nypublicpower.com/

To get involved with the Internet for All campaign: internetforall.nyc/join

Defund la Polizie

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 1 Apr 2021 14:44:29 +0000

With a surge in anti-AAPI violence making news and the Derek Chauvin murder trial ripping open wounds, it's time to keep up the pressure and defund NYPD. On tonight’s show, we’re joined live by Cheryl Rivera, an organizer with NYC-DSA’s Defund NYPD and Abolition Action campaigns. We’ll discuss common myths and misconceptions about defunding the police and organizing for community safety in a non-carceral framework. We also hear from Lizzy of Queens DSA and our Immigrant Justice Working Group and Yves from the grassroots collective Red Canary Song on violence against Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities and why increased policing is not the answer. To learn more about the Defund NYPD campaign, please visit www.defundnypd.com. To learn more about Red Canary Song and its work with Asian and migrant sex workers, visit https://www.redcanarysong.net/. To donate or request funds from the NYC-DSA Mutual Aid fund, visit bit.ly/covid19aid.

Rage Against the Machine with Brandon West

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:47:37 +0000

As the budget fight continues to heat up in Albany, workers in New York City are continuing the struggle for power and equity on the job and at school. On tonight’s episode, we’ll visit the picket line at Columbia University, where unionized graduate students are on their second week of a strike to demand fair pay and healthcare. We also hear an update from last Saturday’s NYC-DSA march to Tax the Rich and Impeach Cuomo.

We’re joined LIVE by NYC-DSA endorsed candidate for City Council District 39 (and community radio fan!), Brandon West, to hear about his work to Defund NYPD, defeat machine politics, fund excluded workers, and build working-class power.

To learn more about Brandon West and get involved with his campaign, please visit https://westforcouncil.com/.

The Union Makes Us Strong with Adolfo Abreu

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 04:00:53 +0000

Essential workers have been carrying a pandemic stricken New York City on their backs for a year now, and as economic insecurity worsens and the time frame left to address the overlapping climate crisis shortens, there’s never been a moment more ripe, and necessary for militant labor organizing. On tonight’s episode we’ll hear from NYC-DSA endorsed City Council candidate Adolfo Abreu about what essential workers in his Bronx community need and how the NYC-DSA slate plans to build long term working class power. We’ll also talk to Daniel Dominguez of DSA-Los Angeles about how DSA members and unionists across the country are organizing for the PRO- ACT, the most comprehensive labor legislation reform in generations.

Listen to our September 2020 show about the fight to stop the NRG plant in Astoria: https://revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com/episodes/stop-the-astoria-power-plant, then submit a public comment to support the ongoing struggle: bit.ly/noNRGplant.

Learn more about and get involved with Adolfo Abreu’s campaign for city council: https://adolfo.nyc/

Impeach Cuomo

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 4 Mar 2021 12:59:43 +0000

Yesterday, March 2, New York City DSA issued a statement calling for New York State governor Andrew Cuomo to resign or face impeachment. This comes in the wake of weeks of political turmoil regarding Cuomo’s cover-up of nursing home deaths due to COVID and new testimony about his gendered workplace abuse. The organized left in New York state has known for a long time that Andrew Cuomo is far from a “Resistance Hero”, as the liberal media has cast him. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from RPM correspondent Michael Carter and Alexandra Walling of our Socialist Feminist Working Group on Cuomo’s persistent disregard for the lives of working-class New Yorkers and what this means for our socialist movement. We also check in with NYC-DSA’s newly-elected Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes of Assembly District 51 on her first weeks in Albany and our fight to tax the rich and invest in our New York.

Unnatural Disasters: Killer Cuomo & Texan Tundra

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 04:31:02 +0000

While the increasing rate of vaccinations is a rare bit of good news, the pandemic is still raging in New York and Cuomo is yet again throwing workers under the bus by dangerously opening indoor dining. But restaurant workers are organizing to build power that will last beyond just this crisis. Gary Inman from the Restaurant Organizing Project will update you on these crucial efforts. Restaurant workers aren’t the only ones who have suffered from Cuomo’s wrath as thousands died in nursing homes while his friends raked in profits. Alice Murphy (@rosaceabitch) joins us to discuss the protest outside Medgar Evans against the governor this past Monday. Later in the show Madeleine Pelzel from Houston DSA will share with us her on the ground perspective about man-made disaster in Texas and how local socialist have responded to the crisis.

Follow @HoustonDSA @MutualAidHou, @SayHerNameTX and @MadsPelzel who are doing work on the ground right now in Texas. https://powerfortexas.org/

A World to Win

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:52:26 +0000

Our society is in economic and social crisis, and as socialists, we know that the roots of this crisis spread far beyond the immediate cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. Deliberate policy decisions by our leadership at all levels have led to a widening gap between the wealthy and the poor, crumbling social and physical infrastructure, an education system designed to reinforce the dominance of the capitalist class, a healthcare system designed to extract profit from human suffering, and a mass incarceration system that imprisons and brutalizes tens of thousands. In this episode, RPM's own Jack Devine interviews State Senator and NYC-DSA member Julia Salazar about the state budget process and how New York State can lead the charge against 50 years of harmful neoliberal austerity. We also speak to Emmaline Bennet of Columbia YDSA about the current tuition strike at Columbia and the fight for democratized universities dedicated to the pursuit of human knowledge over private profits. Finally, because it's COVID winter, Desiree Frias will walk us all through how to help eligible people, especially elders, sign up for a vaccine appointment through the city's fiendishly difficult online portals. Times are tough, but we have a world to win.

https://taxtherichnys.com/

https://bit.ly/tuition-strike-fund

https://bit.ly/tuition-strike-letter

https://nycvaccinelist.com

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Building Public Power

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 4 Feb 2021 04:15:08 +0000

Building the power to win public power - The failures of our current energy system are all around us. Here in New York City we see blackouts every summer during heatwaves and people lacking heat in the winter. Utility debt is mounting across the state, but investor owned utilities are still building dirty fossil fuel infrastructure at the expense of rate payers, and the health and safety of communities and the climate. Today we’ll talk with Mohini Sharma and Patrick Robbins about how the NY Public Power Coalition is building power across the state to pass two bills later this year that will replace corporate utilities with a democratically controlled, publicly owned energy system.

Tenant Power with Michael Hollingsworth

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:45:03 +0000

Anyone who lives here in New York City knows the sight of mostly empty luxury towers lording over our neighborhoods. These developments generate immense wealth for real estate capital while raising rents for the working class residents who actually live here. As luxury buildings proliferate, tens of thousands are forced into homelessness and millions more pay most of their meager wages to their landlords. Gentrification is a campaign waged by real estate capital and their representatives in the state that dispossesses disproportionately black and brown working class New Yorkers for profit.

NYC-DSA endorsed candidate for City Council in District 35 Michael Hollingsworth has spent life building tenant power and fighting for the people. He joins us to discuss his history as an organizer in the struggle to build working class power in his neighborhood and why he decided to run for city council on a socialist slate. We also hear from a member from DSA’s healthcare working group on the worker led fight to keep a hospital open in East Flatbush.

Build Back Socialist: How We Organize Biden in His First 100 Days

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:16:28 +0000

Earlier today, Joe Biden was sworn in as the President of the United States. He comes into office as more than 400,000 people in this country have died from Covid-19, 2020 was the hottest year on record and white supremacists are desperately fighting to maintain their power in this country after social uprisings against police brutality this summer strengthened movements for racial justice and Black Liberation. Biden ran his campaign for President as a centrist democrat and has since proposed a 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus plan called the “American Rescue Plan” and announced 17 executive actions he plans to take on day one that many in the mainstream media are describing as Biden’s way of beginning to dismantle Trump’s legacy. Today with our DSA comrades we will talk about how Biden’s plans leaves out many struggling people including essential workers and why Biden must go further in the first 100 days of his administration and embrace bold policies that Democratic Socialists and grassroots movements across the country are organizing for like defunding the police and a Green New Deal in order to truly dismantle Trump’s legacy. We’ll also hear from Desiree Joy Frias who has been on the ground at the Teamster union worker strike at Hunts Point Produce Market.

Sex With Class

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:04:26 +0000

In this age of relentless corporate media propaganda, working class media institutions that are actually rooted in the socialist movement are crucial for the struggles ahead. Tonight Marian Jones and Sarah Leonard join us to discuss their new socialist feminist publication: Lux Magazine. We’ll hear about how Lux came about through organizing and why its socialist feminist analysis not only helps us understand the crises we’re living through, but provides an intellectual framework to build a better world.

http://lux-magazine.com/

https://ezsubscription.com/lux/subscribe

Twitter - @readlux

The Capitol Seizure and the Need for Socialist Organization for the Struggles Ahead

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 7 Jan 2021 04:08:34 +0000

History is on the move. Reactionary Trump supporters seized the Capitol building earlier today in a fascist show of force. What does this all mean? RPM host and antifascist special correspondent Amy Wilson join us to discuss.

We lost so many people this year, including socialist intellectual Leo Panitch. We’ll share clips from his presentation to the North Brooklyn DSA on the importance of building a culture of socialist political education.

Later in the show DSA National Political Committee member Justin Charles will also join us to talk about the importance of working class organization for the struggles ahead.

Nursing Us Back to Health: Striking Care Workers and Vaccine Deployment

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 04:28:17 +0000

Tonight we are talking about how care providers have been treated during the COVID-19 pandenic, focusing on vaccines to explain the role they will play liberating us from the COVID-19 epidemic (especially in our communities of color).

This is a deeply personal subject and in this episode we hope to honor everyone’s values and beliefs while grounding this segment in the science and public health knowledge of our guest.

Guest Jamese Lamb is an NYC-DSA Bronx/Upper Manhattan branch member and has a doctorate in Nursing from Duke University. This podcast is not a substitute for medical advice and you should consult a primary care physician for your own personal care needs or eligibility for the vaccine.

Serving Socialism: Restaurant Workers Organizing for Relief And Power

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:44:37 +0000

This past Monday, New York City shut down indoor dining at restaurants and bars as COVID cases continue to rise in the city and across the country. Many restaurants were barely surviving before New York City became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year. With little to no government support to make up for the loss of business needed to maintain necessary restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19, restaurants and bars across the city are shutting their doors for good. And of course those most impacted in all of this are restaurant workers.

Today we’ll be talking with Natalia, Paul and Crystal, comrades from here in New York City and across the country in Minneapolis and Austin who are organizing with the Restaurant Organizing Project, and effort to organize restaurant workers for relief and power on the job during COVID-19 and beyond. We’ll talk about the many labor issues that existed for restaurant workers before COVID, how the pandemic has exacerbated those struggles while creating new ones, and how workers are fighting back.

Follow the Restaurant Organizing Project at twitter.com/@restaurantproj or visit labor.dsausa.org/restaurants to learn more about how you can get involved!

Finals Week: Student and Worker Organizing on Campus

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:58:40 +0000

Welcome to FINALS WEEK at Revolutions per Minute. Inspired by the developing tuition strike at Columbia-Barnard and other actions around the country, we’re focusing on workers and students organizing on campus. Our live guest, David Duhalde, will speak on the history of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, DSA’s campus-oriented arm and a crucial part of our diverse socialist movement. We also hear from Michele of CUNY Adjuncts on their struggle against austerity and for a human-centered approach to graduate labor. Finally, farmers’ protests have made global headlines as millions of workers fight back against neoliberalism in India. We’ll end our show tonight with a brief interview with Jagpreet of Queens DSA on these massive protests and the governmental policies that provoked them.

To learn more about the Columbia-Barnard tuition strike, visit linktr.ee/columbiaydsa.

Tired of austerity measures like those that threaten CUNY adjuncts? Tax the rich! This week, NYC-DSA, NYCC, Empire State Indivisible, and DSA chapters around NYS are throwing down to protect our communities from budget cuts. As part of their Tax The Rich week of action, their campaign is calling people across New York state to pressure Albany to Tax the Rich to fund our future. NY is facing a budget deficit of over 50 billion and we need Albany to act in the new year to pass over 50 billion in new taxes on the rich to save our state from catastrophe. Go to taxtherichnys.com to get involved.

The Struggle Against White Supremacy on Long Island

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 3 Dec 2020 13:08:19 +0000

Last week, many New Yorkers celebrated Thanksgivings, but for members of the Shinnecock Nation it was recognized as a Day of Mourning and the end of Sovereignty Camp 2020, a multi-week encampment led by Indigenous women of the Shinnecock Nation to call on New York State to drop their lawsuit over a monumental billboard the nation has put up to bring in economic development to its members who are suffering from hundreds of years of violent settler colonialism. We’ll talk with Shinnecock tribal member and lawyer Tela (tea-la) Troge about Sovereignty Camp 2020 and the nation's centuries long struggles to defend their ancestral territory. We’ll also be joined by comrades from Suffolk DSA to talk about their campaign to Defund the Police and organize to build democratic socialism in a uniquely conservative region of Downstate New York. The Shinnecock Nation lawsuit link: https://linktr.ee/WarriorsoftheSunrise Suffolk DSA Campaign: bit.ly/SteveAndTimListen to email and call Steve Bellone and Tim Sini

Religion and Socialism: What Connects Us

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:33:07 +0000

The winter holiday season of 2020 begins this week, bringing with it opportunities for challenging and fruitful conversations about the hot topics of religion and politics. On this week’s show, we speak with members of NYC-DSA’s Religion and Socialism Working Group on how faith and spirituality blend with our socialist organizing efforts. We also hear an update from our South Brooklyn branch and Sunset Park Popular Assembly on the inhumane conditions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, a Federal prison in our backyard, and the organizing to demand justice for murdered inmate Jamel Floyd.

To contact the RS Working Group, you can email: religious.socialism@socialists.nyc or follow @ReligSocialism on Twitter or @religoussocialism on Instagram.

RSVP for the next working group meeting https://actionnetwork.org/events/religion-socialism-december-2020-meeting

The RSWG is also co-sponsoring a Tax the Rich teach-in on Tuesday, December 1st: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nyc-dsa-121-tax-the-rich-campaign-teach-in

For more details on the December 4th action at MDC and the demand for Justice for Jamel, follow https://www.instagram.com/sunsetassembly/

Billionaires and Fascists: Blood Red Lines ft. Brendan O'Connor

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 05:09:47 +0000

If you think the election of Joe Biden means the defeat of fascism, think again. The twenty-first century American fascist beast feeds off the monstrous rot of neoliberalism. DSA member and union organizer Brendan O’Connor joins RPM to discuss his new book, Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right. We also hear directly from organizers who experienced police brutality at the Black Lives Matter protests this past summer. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1519-blood-red-lines

Socialism Uptown and DSA on the March

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:49:34 +0000

On Saturday, major news networks called the Presidential election for Joe Biden after it became clear he had won the State of Pennsylvania. New Yorkers took to the streets to celebrate the defeat of President Donald Trump as much as to celebrate Biden’s victory. On tonight’s show, we’ll talk with NYC-DSA co-chair Chi Anunwa about Saturday's march as well as DSA’s organizing strategy under a Biden administration.

We also have Ariadna Phillips from NYC-DSA’s Bronx Upper Manhattan Branch live with us to talk about DSA’s mutual aid work to feed South Bronx community members. The New York Times recently published an interview with Bronx and Queens congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after centrist democrats claimed leftist demands such as Medicare for All, a Green New Deal and defunding the police had caused the Democrats to lose races in swing states. We’ll talk with Ariadna about the necessity of such policies in her South Bronx community and more.

To support South Bronx Mutual Aid and Undocumented Women’s Fund by volunteering, donating, or requesting assistance, please click here:

https://linktr.ee/SouthBronxMutualAid

The Void: 2020 Election Recap

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Thu, 5 Nov 2020 03:14:19 +0000

Welcome to the Void. As Americans hit the streets to demand the vote be counted, Michael Carter and I will be discussing what looks to be a close electoral college victory for Joe Biden as Trump falsely claims to have won the election and attempts to stop the count. Later we’ll dive into DSA’s successes at the ballot box across the country and what socialists need to do under this new political terrain. In the first half of our show you’ll hear from Lee Ziesche as she interviews Democratic Socialist Cambridge City Councillor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler as they talk about their ideological journey since working together on Obama 2012. Later we’ll hear from Claire about DSA’s 100k recruitment drive. https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership2020/ https://100k.dsausa.org/login

Antifascist Mobilization

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:07:40 +0000

On the two year anniversary of the deadly attack by a white nationalist on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and the eve of the 2020 election, we’re joined by antifascist organizer and very special guest (you know her better as a host and comrade here on RPM) Amy Wilson to discuss the various organizing strategies and mobilization efforts in the movement to fight back against far right violence here in New York City and beyond. You can follow @UARFNYC on Twitter for updates on this Sunday’s broad-based mobilization. However, first we'll check in on the Socialist Feminist struggle for Reproductive Justice following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barret. We also have a report from the streets on the fight against the fracked gas pipeline in North Brooklyn. Lastly, before we begin we just want to let our listeners know that we will be moving to a new time slot after today’s show. Starting next week we’ll be on Wednesday nights at 9pm. Today we’ll give a preview of some additions to our format, including opening the phone lines earlier in the show so we can hear from our listeners.

We're All We've Got: Eco-Socialist Solidarity [Podcast Exclusive!]

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:30:19 +0000

When climate collapse strikes home, we’re all we’ve got. On today’s show, we’re learning about two separate but interconnected climate struggles.

After getting slammed by two hurricanes just several weeks apart, residents of SW Louisiana have been left to take care of each other and their communities. We'll talk with Megan Romer of SW Louisiana DSA on how people can help from afar and how no matter where we are we can prepare to respond to the many crises we face, with mutual aid and solidarity.

We’ll also discuss an ongoing climate struggle right here in our own backyard -- the fight to stop a new fracked gas pipeline in North Brooklyn, where communities are stepping up to stop construction by putting their bodies on the line.

Did the message of this show hit home for you? Rally for Public Power and stop National Grid! The rally will be held Thursday 10/22 at 9:30am, outside of National Grid headquarters in downtown Brooklyn (1 Metrotech Center).

For updates on the North Brooklyn Pipeline, follow @frackouttabk on Instagram and @nonbkpipeline and @BVilleGreen on Twitter.

Support the comrades in SW Louisiana and follow along with their specific requests at @DSASWLA.

Update on WBAI and Red Wave [Podcast Exclusive!]

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:54:57 +0000

Back with another podcast exclusive! While we'll be back live on WBAI soon, we're currently off the airwaves as we deal with a potential FCC violation. We wanted to share with you all an update on our current status as well as a breakdown of our organizing work at the radio station through the Red Wave Collective. We'll also be dropping some additional podcast exclusives so stay tuned! If you want to get involved in building working class media power with Red Wave hit us up at: Email: redwavewbai@gmail.com Twitter: @RedWaveWBAI

The End of the World, As We Know It [Podcast Exclusive]

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 6 Oct 2020 22:13:02 +0000

No live episode today but we have a podcast exclusive for you! We hear from Ryan of the Religion and Socialism Working Group on their upcoming event "The End of the World, As We Know It: Faith and Ecosocialism Beyond Apocalypse" coming up on October 13. Details and RSVP for the event are available here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-faith-and-ecosocialism-beyond-apocalypse You can also follow @ReligSocialism on Twitter or visit religioussocialism.org for more from comrades organizing at the intersection of religious faith and anti-capitalism.

Creation Amid Destruction

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:33:07 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com. You can find us on our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com or on twitter @nycRPM.

What's Going On?

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:11:16 +0000

Stop the Astoria Power Plant

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 8 Sep 2020 22:14:04 +0000

Fan the Flames of Discontent

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 1 Sep 2020 22:10:01 +0000

No MORE Dead Teachers: The Rank & File Rebellion Against Schools Reopening

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 22:20:56 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in New York City broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com. You can find us on our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com or on twitter @nycRPM.

Why the City Council? 2021 and NYC-DSA’s Internal Democracy

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:19:16 +0000

Tenant Defense Against Real Estate Fascism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 4 Aug 2020 22:07:56 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com. You can find us on our websites revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com or rednet.socialists.nyc as well as on twitter @nycRPM.

Joyful Militancy

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:38:36 +0000

Indigenous Socialists ft. Marcela Mitaynes and Jackie Fielder

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:13:04 +0000

Labor for Black Lives

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 22:06:46 +0000

Socialism Will Win

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:54:32 +0000

Authoritarian "Democracy" and the New York Democratic Primary

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:19:51 +0000

Support for Urooj Rahman: https://fundrazr.com/71fsC0?ref=sh_09Ftc6_ab_5z27OP7I9s75z27OP7I9s7

https://www.cunyclear.org/ Twitter: @CUNY_CLEAR

DSAForTheMany is @nycDSA's Multi-Candidate slate for state offices. The endorsed candidates are Jabari Brisport, Julia Salazar, Marcela Mitaynes, Phara Souffrant Forrest, & Zohran Mamdani.

For federal races NYC DSA has endorsed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Samelys Lopez while Lower Hudson Valley DSA has endorsed Jamaal Bowman.

Polls stay open until 9pm. If you haven’t voted yet and feel safe heading to the polls, make sure your vote is counted. If you’re having issues at the polls or questions about voting please call 866-700-5927.

Ecosystem of an Uprising

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:13:56 +0000

Marxism and the Struggle for Black Liberation

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 9 Jun 2020 22:18:50 +0000

You can follow Hadas Thier on Twitter @HadasThier

Her book A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics will be available this Summer. You can preorder it here:

https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9781642591699

Dragonfly's work can be found here: http://dragonflyness.com/

Fuck the Police: Disarm, Defund, Disaffiliate

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 2 Jun 2020 22:15:41 +0000

Abortion on Demand

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 26 May 2020 22:07:52 +0000

Utility Strike & Fighting Ecofascism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 19 May 2020 22:18:31 +0000

Justice for Public Housing feat. Julia Salazar

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 12 May 2020 23:47:29 +0000

What is a Strike? Reflections on May Day

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 5 May 2020 22:09:16 +0000

Rent Strike! featuring Marcela Mitaynes

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:38:21 +0000

What is to Be Done? Organizing After Bernie

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:21:57 +0000

End Sanctions on Iran

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:14:05 +0000

The People's Bailout with Zohran Mamdani

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:09:05 +0000

Viral Capitalism: Worker Struggles and Harm Reduction in the Age of COVID-19

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:14:13 +0000

Solidarity in Solitude

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:20:17 +0000

Shut it Down and Seize the Means: Public Power Now!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:18:53 +0000

Samelys López and Super Tuesday

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 3 Mar 2020 23:18:42 +0000

Rank & File Labor in Revolt

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:40:50 +0000

Socialist Self-Care

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:19:05 +0000

Seize the MTA

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:13:41 +0000

Socialism at the Ballot Box with Phara Souffrant Forrest

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 4 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000

Organizing the Museum and the French General Strike

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 23:15:43 +0000

No More Pipelines. Public Power Now!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:38:49 +0000

The NYC-DSA Squad in Albany & Bernie in the White House with Jabari Brisport

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:08:38 +0000

No War with Iran

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 8 Jan 2020 00:24:05 +0000

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Socialist Hope for the New Year

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 1 Jan 2020 18:22:46 +0000

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Holiday Special

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 15:00:21 +0000

We weren't physically in the studio, but still pulled together a show for this week. We begin the episode with the second half of our interview on the coup in Bolivia with Robert Cavooris. Then we turn to Amy Wilson's discussion with Rank & File TWU Local 100 members. This interview had already been released as a podcast only feature during the WBAI Lockout, but now it's been broadcasted across the airwaves. Additionally there's a quick shoutout to comrade Jesus.

The Fall of the House of Labour?

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:31:09 +0000

To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

Organizing People for Bernie

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:01:32 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM

Disaster Monopoly Capitalism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:57:33 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute BACK LIVE on WBAI, a socialist radio show and podcast from members of New York City Democratic Socialists of America.The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with 56,000 members nationwide and NYC-DSA is its biggest chapter. We are run by our 5,500+ members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs..

The Revolutionary Situation in Latin America

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:36:07 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

¡Trabajadores de Todos los Países, Unidos!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:51:06 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

RPM Underground: The Red Wave Collective

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 6 Nov 2019 00:27:02 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute Underground on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting from the occupied studios and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newslettser to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM

RPM Underground: Decolonize This Place!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:58:43 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

RPM Underground: Bernie is Back

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:06:09 +0000

RPM Underground: Medicare for All

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:57:27 +0000

You’re listening to RPM Underground on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting from the occupied studio and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

RPM Underground: Public Banking and the WBAI Lockout

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 9 Oct 2019 02:04:24 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

If you're interested in fighting back against the WBAI Lockout please reach out to redwavewbai@gmail.com. This is a sad day for us, WBAI, local independent media, and the radio community nationwide. We will be putting out further information in the coming days.

Climate Strike Against Capitalism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 1 Oct 2019 22:44:47 +0000

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The Transformative Justice of Socialist Feminism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:48:51 +0000

“You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

School Color Line

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:43:31 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

ConEd Blackouts or Public Power?

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 22:32:11 +0000

Last week, public ownership of utilities got serious time at two hearings on ConEd’s summer blackouts and a CNN Climate Town Hall. Today, we’ll talk with Amber Ruther and Aaron Eisenberg of the NYC DSA Ecosocialist Working Group about how organizing for public power in NYC is gaining momentum and how Democratic presidential candidates’ “Green New Deal” plans look through an Ecosocialist lens.

Bernie 2020: Not Him, Us

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:51:17 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute on WBAI, a socialist radio show and podcast from members of New York City Democratic Socialists of America.The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with 56,000 members nationwide and NYC-DSA is its biggest chapter. We are run by our 5,500+ members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs.

To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter @nycRPM.

To get involved with DSA's effort in Bernie 2020: https://bernie.dsausa.org/

Rank and File: Socialism and the Struggle for Democracy in the Workplace

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:44:06 +0000

Reading Red - The Power of the Book Club & Political Education

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:19:48 +0000

This week we discuss the importance of political education, with suggested readings for your personal socialist literacy, and talk with three guests from North Brooklyn's political education committee who just finished their inaugural year of Brooklyn Socialist Night School.

[EXCLUSIVE!] Fascism and Anti-Fascism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:49:57 +0000

EXCLUSIVE WEB-ONLY EPISODE! Fascism is not abstract and neither is anti-fascism. Contrary to what Senator Ted Cruz and his reactionary colleagues would have us believe, anti-fascism is not domestic terrorism but a set of tactics and activities designed to prevent the rise of white supremacist, anti-Semitic, and xenophobic hate and violence. Join us on RPM to hear from anti-fascist organizers from NYC-DSA and Outlive Them NYC, a group of anti-fascist Jews and allies. What is fascism? What is anti-fascism? And how can you get involved?

Open Borders and the Fight for Immigrant Justice

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:24:25 +0000

ICE’s reign of terror is tearing families apart as concentration camps of asylum seekers proliferate along the border. Trump has intensified the war on immigrants, but state violence directed against the workers of the world is a deeply rooted tradition of the American ruling class. Today we’re joined by Marvin Gonzalez, Elijah Stevens, and Britt Stern from the Immigrant Justice Working Group to discuss the collective struggle against the deportation apparatus and how we organize for the socialist horizon of a world with no borders.

Welcome to Atlanta: DSA National Convention

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 6 Aug 2019 23:17:13 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute on WBAI, a socialist radio show and podcast from members of New York City Democratic Socialists of America.The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with 56,000 members nationwide. Every two years we have a national convention to decide important questions about the direction of our organization and vote for our sixteen-member National Political Committee, who serve as our nationwide leadership.

Last weekend our special correspondent Michael Carter was down in Atlanta with our 1,056 delegates from around the country met to democratically decide these questions and meet their comrades from throughout the country and the world.

Michael: In this episode, we hear from organizers and activists around the country as well as from members of the NYC-DSA delegation to the convention about their experience and about what it means to run an organization democratically.

We have on-the-ground interviews with elected socialists Maryland House Rep Gabriel Acevero, Chicago City Council Member Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Peekskill City Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo, North Dakota state legislator Ruth Buffalo, Oregon school board member Brandy Fortsen, who is the first nonbinary person elected to public office in the United States, and several delegates to the convention.

We also spoke with delegates organizing for socialism in other spheres of struggle. We’ll share with you their experience participating in organizational democracy in order to build a multi-racial workers’ democracy across the world.

Last but definitely not least, we will be hearing from newly elected National Political Committee member Tawny Tidwell.

Energy Democracy Now! Public Power Against ConEd

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:49:30 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute on WBAI, a socialist radio show and podcast from members of New York City Democratic Socialists of America. NYC-DSA is the biggest chapter of the largest socialist organization in the United States. We are run by our 5,500+ members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs.

Queer Liberation Against Rainbow Capitalism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:31:39 +0000

https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/
https://www.socialists.nyc/events?view=calendar&month=07-2019

Socialist City Council & White House w/ Jabari Brisport

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 9 Jul 2019 23:12:56 +0000

In 2017 Jabari Brisport ran a powerful, insurgent campaign as a socialist for New York City Council. He didn’t win, but since then NYC DSA has an impressive string of electoral victories. Has NYC DSA built enough electoral power to get socialists elected to City Council? What about the White House?

Queens is the Future! The Tiffany Caban Campaign

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 2 Jul 2019 22:26:32 +0000

It’s one week after one of the biggest progressive upsets in NYC electoral politics in a generation. Votes are still being counted, but it’s possible that progressives and socialists have propelled Tiffany Cabán to victory and reshaped NY politics and criminal justice for years to come.

We’ll talk about the final vote counting process underway right now (and how you can help!), as well as an analysis on what this means for the criminal justice movement, the dwindling Queens Machine, and DSA.

A Socialist in Albany: Live with Julia Salazar

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 23:04:11 +0000

Climate Justice for New York

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:52:21 +0000

You’re listening to Revolution Per Minute on listener sponsored WBAI in NYC broadcasting at 99.5 FM and streaming on your favorite podcast app. To connect with us after the show you can email us at revolutionsnyc@gmail.com or sign-up for our newsletter to get links to what we talk about on the show. You can do that on at our website revolutionsperminute.simplecast.com. You can also find us on twitter at nycRPM.

For years, a broad coalition of New Yorkers have been organizing to pass the Climate and Communities Protection Act, the most ambitious and far-reaching climate bill in the country. Today’s episode we'll be talking about how this groundbreaking bill could finally bring climate justice to New York.

Colonial Violence and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:24:12 +0000

You’re listening to Revolutions Per Minute, a socialist radio show and podcast from members of New York City Democratic Socialists of America. NYC-DSA is the biggest chapter of the largest socialist organization in the United States. We are run by our 5,500+ members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs.

A Red New York - The NYC DSA Convention

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 4 Jun 2019 22:20:47 +0000

The New York City Chapter of the Democratic Socialist of America is the biggest chapter of the largest socialist organization in the United States since the Second World War. We are run by our more than 5,500 members and organizers who are working together to build democratic socialism in all five boroughs and beyond. This past week we held our annual convention where we assess our progress and develop our platform for the future. Check out our latest episode to learn about the collective struggle for a Red New York.

Check out our new "Call to Action" list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10KHWZPcocm-h5OQ_SJ_4Dj8JKzhPPIMDE5k3ffbZonA/edit?usp=sharing

The Decriminalization of Poverty with Tiffany Caban

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 28 May 2019 22:26:13 +0000

Tiffany Caban’s campaign for District Attorney of Queens has sparked a movement to decriminalize poverty in a borough of 2.3 million people after 28 years of the punitive reign of former DA Dick Brown and the Queens Machine. In this episode we’ll stalk about the stories of those affected by criminal injustice in Queens and the movements response envisioned by the Tiffany Caban campaign.

Housing is a Human Right!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 21 May 2019 22:20:38 +0000

The tenant movement in New York State is approaching a critical crossroads. Hear from experts and affected communities about the Housing Justice for All campaign and how to get involved.

Here's what to do!
Call your state-level representatives and urge them to pass all 9 bills. Even if they are sponsors, it’s important to show that the public supports this.
To find out who your assembly person and senator is go to mygovnyc.org/ and enter your address
Today is #tenanttuesday - join the discussion on housing rights on your favorite social media platform - remember to tag your elected officials: many of them are on twitter/facebook/instagram too
Donate at housingjusticeforall.org and follow
the housing justice for all campaign on twitter and facebook @housing4allNY

Sex Workers on Why Decriminalization

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 14 May 2019 23:35:04 +0000

Sex work is work and we must protect sex workers by decriminalizing their work. We talk to Jessica Raven, steering committee member for Decrim NY, along side Tracy and Maya, sex workers who are organizing within the sex trade. This effort is targeting Albany now, but pushing further not just for decriminalization of the sex trade, but decarceration of sex workers who are already in jail, vacating the sentences of people who have already been prosecuted and de-stigmatizing sex work.

To find out more you can go to decrimny.org or to volunteer you can email steerco@decrimny.org.

ICE Out of Courts!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 7 May 2019 22:33:36 +0000

Today we’re discussing how the struggle for immigrant justice continues as the forces of reaction continue to demonize and terrorize our most vulnerable neighbors in our city. Throughout the episode we’ll speaking with Pamela, an organizer from the Immigrant Justice Working Group, about organizing against the deportation apparatus and for the empowerment of immigrant communities. We’ll also be hearing an interview with Elijah, another organizer with the Immigrant Justice Working Group, on canvassing for the Protect our Courts Act alongside the Tiffany Caban campaign.

Marshaling For May Day

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:47:49 +0000

Celebrate May Day with the New York City Democratic Socialists of America. Host Jack Devine speaks with Emmy and Ariel, two of our street protest marshals, otherwise known as the "Red Rabbits." We discuss how organizers work to keep our comrades safe and make sure our direct actions are effective, especially in the aftermath of Charlottesville. Additionally we dive into the origins of May Day here in the United States in the aftermath of the Haymarket affair and how history shows how important it is for socialist to stand in solidarity with immigrants.

May Day NYC: Workers + Immigrants, We Rise Together
Tomorrow at 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019 - maydayny.org

Sing with Us - The Socialist Chorus

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:31:23 +0000

This is one of our "Life in DSA" series in which we will examine internal organizational structures that exist to bolster our organizing.

Host Desiree Joy Frias talks with Annie Levin and Josh Feintuch about Sing in Solidarity, the New York City Democratic Socalists of America's Chorus about why music is a powerful part of organizing. We also get to hear a couple songs from the chorus.

We hope you enjoy and come out to join us!

Green New Deal Earth Day Special Part II

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:43:28 +0000

In part two of our two hour Earth Day special we’ll talk about what a Green New Deal could look like at a state level and right here in New York City.

We’ll have Thomas Niles in the studio to talk about New York City Democratic Socialist of America Ecosocialist working group’s new People Power NYC campaign. Our discussions highlights the absurdity of private ownership of our collective resources and how democratically owned energy is necessary for a sustainable future. Additionally we’ll also hear from climate reporter Alexander Kaufman about the historic Climate Mobilization Act that the City Council passed last week.

Green New Deal Earth Day Special Part I

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:34:09 +0000

In part one of our two hour Earth Day special we’re talking about what everybody is talking about these days, the Green New Deal and how it relates to the broader movement for democratic socialism.

We begin with a historical analysis of the original New Deal and how class struggle forced capitalists to give in to workers’ demands for a more just society. Then we’ve got Sarah Lyons in the studio with us right now to break down a recent Green New Deal town hall that happened in the Bronx with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We’ll also be hearing from Tom Pike, a Democratic Socialist of America organizer in Los Angeles about their campaign to shut down fracked gas power plants.

Rent Control in the Time of Crisis

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:49:41 +0000

The foundation of any city is its housing. Everyone needs a place to live. In New York state the only way we can ensure this is to pass a Universal Rent Control campaign that will expand and strengthen our existing rent protections. Our existing laws expire on June 15th, and we must make them better. Join our host Desiree Frias for a conversation with Dennis Osorio, and Cea Weaver who are working on our Universal Rent Control campaign with NYC-DSA.

Healthcare at the Intersection

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:42:34 +0000

With NY nurses threatening to strike, millions still uninsured and without care, and politicians co-opting our language to describe their capitalist solutions to our healthcare problems, our fight for universal healthcare is at a crossroads. What does advocating for universal healthcare mean for us as people, as workers, and as socialist organizers in an intersectional left movement? Host Amy Wilson will talk to organizer Emma Claire Foley of the NYC-DSA Healthcare Committee about this pivotal moment for universal healthcare in the United States. Get excited for the campaign for universal healthcare in New York State.

Ca$h for Socialism - How and Why?

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 2 Apr 2019 22:43:10 +0000

Socialist candidates don’t take money from real estate or corporate PACs, but these campaigns still need money to function. This week Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign fundraising staffers Michael Carter and Simone Norman talk about grassroots fundraising: what it looks like and how to do it.

Media in Late-Capitalism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:24:08 +0000

The media industry is in peril, but this is felt most acutely for exploited workers and for the audience who are left wanting for real journalism and genuince content. In this show, we talk with @hunterboone, @jamie_elizabeth (from @the_antifada) about the current problems in the media industry, unionization efforts, and the capitalist contradictions in media/journalism.

Avoiding Green New Capitalism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:26:01 +0000

There’s been a ton of buzz around the proposal for a Green New Deal, on today’s show we’ll break down DSA Ecosocialists’ principles of a Green New Deal and see how the NYC DSA Ecosocialist Working Group is organizing an Energy Rights campaign and getting involved in the ConEd Rate Case to solve the climate crisis and the inequality crisis together.

The Battle at Hudson Yards

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:29:35 +0000

Hudson Yards’ billionaire developer Steve Ross got far more in subsidies than Bezos, yet he is undercutting New Yorkers on the job everyday. On today’s show we talk to two carpenters about the battle that has been going on at Hudson Yards to keep the construction union.

Caban for Queens

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 5 Mar 2019 23:30:01 +0000

Today’s show is about radically re-imagining criminal justice, and approaching it from a socialist and anti-racist perspective. We’ll talk about NYC-DSA endorsed Tiffany Cabán's campaign for Queens DA and what she has the potential to do.

The Democratic in DSA

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:54:48 +0000

Real democracy is a powerful thing. It means having ownership over the things that happen to you in your life. Yet, despite agreement about democracy as a good form of government, we don’t see this system of control play out in many aspects of our lives. This week we talked to some leaders in NYC-DSA about the D in Democratic Socialists of America.

February 19th: Housing Justice

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:17:00 +0000

New York is in a housing crisis, but 2019 presents a rare opportunity to turn the tide, ending evictions, homelessness, and fight the power of abusive landlords. This #TenantTuesday, RPM sits down with activists on the front-lines of the fight for housing justice.

Tune in to hear @DR0DRIGUEZ and @ceaweaver have an amazing conversation about this fight that affects everyone.

February 12th: The Strike Wave is Coming to New York!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:20:00 +0000

Jack and Lee discuss the recent upsurge in Social Reproductive Labor organizing, with teacher and nurses on the front lines.

February 5th: Why We Fight for Immigrants

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 5 Feb 2019 23:07:00 +0000

A history of US Imperialism in Central America and a report from DSA comrades in Tijuana

January 29th: Electoral Power!

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:00:00 +0000

On episode 4 of RPM, we’ll be talking about the surprisingly important electoral landscape in New York City in 2019!

In the studio, we'll have Renée Paradis from the Brooklyn Electoral Working Group of NYC-DSA all before we connect with you — the audience — to take your calls in the last quarter of the show!

Tune in on Tuesdays at 5:00 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM New York and online at: nyc-dsa.link/nycRPM and follow us on Twitter @nycRPM

January 22nd: #NoNewJails & Prison Abolition

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:54:00 +0000

People do not belong in cages. Kei of the No New Jails Coalition and Jordan of NYC-DSA and the No New Jails Coalition joined Jake, our host who also participates in both organizations in the studio. Together they have a passionate conversation on what abolition is, DeBlasio's jail expansion plan, and the current fight to prevent people, mostly poor people of color, from being warehoused because they can't afford bail.

January 15th: Ecosocialism

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:42:00 +0000

Features include Patrick Houston from NYCC on the fight against Cuomo on the Williams Fracked Gas Pipeline, and other fracking infrastructure, Nicole Catania from the Sunrise Movement, on the Green New Deal, their hope and their plan for the first half of 2019, Alexandria Villasenor, a 13-year-old climate striker, and Kelly Roache from NYC-DSA and the NY Democracy Alliance on what you can do locally to fight.

January 7th - #NoAmazonNYC

revolutionsnyc@gmail.com (NYC Democratic Socialists of America) — Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:26:00 +0000

In our first broadcast, State Senator Julia Salazar joined us to discuss the impact of Amazon's plans for HQ2 in Long Island City and the #NoAmazonNYC coalition that's organizing against it.