Working Class Heroes is a narrative investigative journalism podcast exploring the lives, history, politics and culture of working class “New YorQuinos.”
Big Announcement! 📢📢📢📢 We are upgrading to a 1 hour show starting this Saturday at 6pm on @WBAI 99.5FM! We are excited to have more time to chat with our guests about all things working-class New York & play more music! #workingclassheroes#publicradio
@ericadamsfornyc says as an ex-cop he understands solitary confinement in a way council member @tiffany_caban can’t
Last year for @WCHPod I interviewed solitary survivor @victor_pate, who knows solitary in a way Adams can't Here's what he said (thread) https://t.co/RBJBcY4gb7
It was 9 months ago that Prakash called us from jail. Now he's built a network that's putting real pressure on @QueensDAKatz to confront all the wrongful convictions in Queens @DesisRisingUp@VOCALNewYork https://t.co/3QQPSjsW2o
Prakash Churaman's latest court hearing draws largest crowd of supporters to date. Churaman was convicted of murdering his close friend, a crime he says he was forced to confess to when he was 15 years old. @pslweb@prisonskill@CourtWatchNYC
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New mini-episode! This one is about the never-ending war between UPS and it's workers and how @804_local waged a campaign to win back the jobs of 10 workers fired for no good reason. @QueensDSA@TeamsterRnF https://t.co/JUGFN5EEsE
We are standing together demanding the 10 fired workers stay on the job until an arbitrator decides their case.
@ups is lying to the press- saying the workers can come back any time. They will only let them back if the Union agrees to forced overtime for 3k part time workers.
We've been taking a break after a long year, but we couldn't stay away for May Day so get ready for a great show tomorrow: "Deliveristas of the World Unite!"
I'm so grateful that through Working Class Heroes @WCHPod I've learned from NYCers who've kept last year from being even worse--tenants winning an eviction moratorium, educators forcing schools to close, formerly incarcerated winning a possible end to solitary
Javier is home! But he never should have been locked up. Check out Episode 27 for our interview with Javier's sister Dariela when it looked like Javier would be deported in a few days. https://t.co/pWL49L4p6y
Prakash Churaman is fighting for his own freedom but also talking here to the NYTimes about the dire conditions inside Rikers Island. https://t.co/T2mXLryZhI
If this actually happens (big if) it's a real victory against state torture!
We owe thanks to survivors of solitary like Victor Pate from @NYCAIC who spoke to us last fall about the organizing that led to this decision. https://t.co/Du4Jm6AJAA
"In Pennsylvania, roughly $108 million of the $175 million meant for rent and mortgage relief never made it to the people pleading for it and was redistributed to the state’s Department of Corrections for coronavirus-related payroll expenses instead." https://t.co/GBiMsj3ZtY