The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 02 November 2021

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 5:53 p.m.

This week we speak with:\n\n\u2014Braxton Brewington, spokesperson for the Debt Collective. Consumer Debt. Medical debt. Student loan debt. Carceral debt. And so on. Tens of millions of Americans are debt-burdened. \n\n\u2014Brewington is later joined by William Ritziu of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance. Ritziu and many other drivers and in tens of thousands of dollars of medallion debt are currently on hunger strike to demand the City rectify the predatory lending they previously allowed.\n\n\u2014Lee Ziesche of Sane Energy Project, a group committed to replacing fracked gas infrastructure with community-led, sustainable energy. Ziesche talks about a recent win against fracked gas in Queens and other environmental fights in NYC and beyond.\n\n\u2014Nancy Romer of the NYC People\u2019s Climate Movement speaks about what we might expect from the COP26 climate summit as environmental activists head to Glasgow, Scotland for the conference.