John Tarleton, The Indypendent's editor-in-chief interviews Theodore Hamm about a special interest slush-fund doled out to incumbents running for reelection. Then he interviews Phara Souffrant Forrest, a union nurse, tenant activist and socialist running for State Assembly District 57 (central Brooklyn) in the June 23rd primary.

Phara Souffrant Forrest is running in a hotly contested June 23 Democratic primary for Assembly District 57 in Brooklyn where she is challenging incumbent Walter Mosley. She is a Haitian-American union nurse, tenant activist and proud socialist.

https://indypendent.org/2020/06/as-pandemic-continues-brooklyn-voters-have-a-chance-to-put-a-socialist-nurse-in-power/

Theodore Hamm and John Tarleton discuss the hotly contested June 23 NY primary and the topic of Hamm's recent Indypdendent article: The Speaker of the New York Senate wields a $4,000,000 slush-fund stuffed with special interest money that he distributes to allies facing tough reelections.

Article: https://indypendent.org/2020/06/heastie-controlled-slush-fund-props-up-embattled-ny-state-assembly-incumbents/

Nicholas Powers discusses the uprising of the Black Lives Matter movement and his recent article, "Why We Explode." Read it here: https://indypendent.org/2020/06/why-we-explode/

John Tarleton, The Indypendent's editor-in-chief speaks with Nicholas Powers, a professor of African American Literature at SUNY Old Westbury and a long-time contributor to The Indypendent, about his recent article, "Why We Explode," and the Black Lives Matter movement.

John Tarleton interviews Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a democratic socialist candidate for the New York's 36th assembly district, about the issue of taking contributions from the police.

John Tarleton interviews Aaron Fernando, a CUNY student who made public a list of democratic politicians who receive contributions from the police while espousing "Black Lives Matter."

This is the June 8 segment of WBAI Evening News by The Indypendent. John Tarleton, the show's host and The Indypendent's Editor-in-Chief, interviews Aaron Fernando, a CUNY student who made public a list of democratic politicians who receive contributions from police while espousing "Black Lives Matter." He also speaks with Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a democratic socialist candidate for the New York's 36th assembly district, about the issue of taking contributions from the police.

John Tarleton interviews Jabari Brisport, a democratic socialist running to represent NY state senate district 25. Brisport peaks about the cancel rent/defund the police rally that he is being live interviewed from as well as his potential win of the current electoral race. The rally is a part of nationwide anti-police brutality protests ignited by the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

John Tarleton talks Alex Vitale, Author of The End of Policing and Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of Policing And Social Justice at Brooklyn College. Vitale talks about real ways to reform the NYPD in the midst of the Black Lives Matter/ anti-police brutality protests that erupted after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.