Issue 227
The Indypendent
Issue 227
Aug 18, 2017
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A DIY lifeguard crew takes to the high seas to aid refugees.
We Built It, We Can Tear It Down
Review: “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America”
By James Forman Jr.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017
City Council passes bills against “construction as harassment.”
“Now I’m afraid,” she said. “I wasn’t before. Too privileged to feel fear.” The protest at Trump Tower was…
Revolution is on the Ballot Again
The Democratic Socialists of America plant their feet in the world.
Salvaging New York’s Lost Soul
Review: “Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul”
By Jeremiah Moss
Dey Street Books, 2017
We Have to Create a Sense of Belonging for All Who Suffer
The expected racist march was set to start. A large, multiracial crowd that included students, townspeople, curious young folks,…
Reverend Billy answers questions about how to handle Nazi’s and leaving the United States in this month’s column
Khader El-Yateem, Man Vs. Machine
Palestinian-born democratic socialist Khader El-Yateem wants to be the first Arab American elected to City Council. There’s just one problem: the entirety of the Democratic establishment stands in his way.
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Al Gore’s Convenient Infomercial for Green Capitalism
There are few subjects more reliably depressing than the problem of impending climate chaos. In some ways the daily…
Sheer Mag introduces their album like this: “Beyond the noxious haze of our national nightmare — as structures of…