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The Puerto Rican people are in a growing crisis. We sit with proud Boricua, Democratic Socialist City Councilmember Alexa Avilés to understand what is happening in Puerto Rico right now, how we got here and what we can do to stand in solidarity with the Puerto Rican people. This conversation illuminates how debt slavery is an integral play in the neo-colonial playbook. Author Karen Malpede graces us with her presence this week. She talks about her new play 'Epstein Oratorio Or A Modern Hymn to Demeter'. We talk about the Epstein Class, how they obscure the horrors of their actions in language and how Malpede uses excerpts from the files directly. As in all her work, she asks how we can imagine the possibility for healing when we ask the right questions. Expect a satirical, hilarious and poignant work - go watch it this Thursday or Friday at LaMama ETC. Tune into the interview to learn more about the play and how radical art has been the pulse of the leftist movement for decades.

The Puerto Rican people are in a growing crisis. We sit with proud Boricua, Democratic Socialist City Councilmember Alexa Avilés to understand what is happening in Puerto Rico right now, how we got here and what we can do to stand in solidarity with the Puerto Rican people. This conversation illuminates how debt slavery is an integral play in the neo-colonial playbook.

Author Karen Malpede graces us with her presence this week. She talks about her new play 'Epstein Oratorio Or A Modern Hymn to Demeter'. We talk about the Epstein Class, how they obscure the horrors of their actions in language and how Malpede uses excerpts from the files directly. As in all her work, she asks how we can imagine the possibility for healing when we ask the right questions. Expect a satirical, hilarious and poignant work - go watch it this Thursday at LaMama ETC. Tune into the interview to learn more about the play and how radical art has been the pulse of the leftist movement for decades.

In our first segment, we speak to Matt Maresca of the DSA and Jerome Sloss on the horrifying conditions Amazon's delivery workers face. Jerome is one of the leaders of the Amazon Teamsters Unions. He speaks to the challenges of unionizing, and what kind of support would make life safer for delivery workers. Matt Maresca educates us on the The Delivery Protection Act which is designed to protect workers against exactly these conditions. A lot can change in Mamdanistan.  In our second segment, hosts John Tarleton and Alie Tutich give listeners a preview of what is in the latest issue of the Indypendent. Go pick it up from your closest library or one of our red and white boxes around the city.  In our final segment we speak to Aber Kawas, a 34 year old Palestinian American community organizer and Democratic Socialist. She is on track to be the first Palestinian American to serve in New York State Legislature. She talks to us about what she envisions for the future as a legislator, the campaigns she supports and how charities help launder money to settler movements, the future she sees for the Palestinian people. As world leaders travel to New York for UN week, protestors have gathered in huge numbers to speak up against Israeli genocide and manufactured narratives.

Amazon's exploitative business model is a hellscape for delivery drivers. The brutal delivery routes are dictated by the corporation and all health, safety and training responsibilities are shirked off. We speak with one of the leaders of the Amazon Teamsters Union on the working conditions and the challenges faced when trying to unionize. Matt Maresca of the NYC DSA educates us on The Delivery Protection Act that is designed to protect workers from exactly these horrifying conditions. We are played out by Jerome Sloss who also happens to be an accomplished professional saxophonist.