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Working Class Heroes Radio Most Heroes Don't Wear Capes
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- Gesellschaft und Kultur
Working Class Heroes is a narrative investigative journalism podcast exploring the lives, history, politics and culture of working class “New YorQuinos.” We will showcase their struggles and stories by highlighting their identities, experiences, interests, and working conditions.
Working Class Heroes is produced by The Muckrakers' Union Local 718. Episodes will be crafted through interviews, historical research and presented in a bilingual format.
Your co-hosts are Julian Guerrero, Brianda Guzman, Carlos Perez, Lupita Romero and Lea Ramirez.
Why the working class?
We believe that in this political moment, what we need more than ever is to relate the experience of the most resilient communities in New York City.
Amidst a housing crisis, record mass incarceration, militarized policing, raids and deportations, high prices and lowering wages and longer hours, regular working people are the ones fighting for more, standing against politicians and corporations' efforts to exploit more of workers for less.
The Muckrakers' Union (Local 718) is a dues paying collective for creatives in New York City who are interested in using their talent and skills to highlight working class issues, culture, art and protest.
We are made up of journalists, writers, photographers, graphic designers, researchers, artists, activists, etc.
If you are interested in joining or collaborating, please contact us at workingclassheroespodcast@gmail.com
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Taxi Drivers Deserve Dignity - Seydou's Story
Another mini-episode focused on the struggles of New York Taxi Drivers. Julian Guerrero speaks with Seydou Ouattara, an Uber driver since 2016 who moved to New York from the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)to pursue a career as an accountant in the US but who became active around the struggles of New York City Taxi Drivers.
Seydou speaks to Julian about his working conditions, how he became active with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, and what taxi drivers are demanding from the city and state of New York.
Musical credit:
J. Cole - H u n g e r o n H i l l s i d e
Souls of Mischief - Cab Fare -
UPS And The Laurelton 10
When UPS fired 10 part-time workers at a warehouse in Laurelton, Queens, it sparked a wave of protests from Teamsters Local 804 and union activists across New York City.
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Deliveristas of the World Unite! May Day Special
We're back for a May 1st Special episode to commemorate International Worker's Day! Happy May Day!
For our May Day special, we're looking at the struggles of Delivery Workers in New York City - we speak with Katya and Juan Carlos, two delivery workers affiliated with Los Deliveristas Unidos, an up-and-coming Delivery worker organization. Katya is a Spanish-only speaker so Lupita Romero helped interpret this segment with us.
Lea Ramirez and Julian Guerrero take on the debate around worker misclassification by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and other App-based companies explaining how this issue is creating a second-class status for working people across the globe.
Outro song - La Cumbia de la Bicicleta by David Aguilar -
A Year of Working Class Heroes: Reflections on Building Independent Media
April 23rd 2021 marks one year of our series, Coronavirus and Class Struggle, on famed Lefty community radio station, NYC's WBAI 99.5 FM.
A few members of the Working Class Heroes Collective, Khadija Mehter, Lea Ramirez, and Julian Guerrero, reflect on one year of producing 32 episodes of interviews, reporting, and discussions on working-class struggles based in New York City. They discuss what they learned, how important support for independent media is needed to report on ongoing struggles, and what lies ahead for the Working Class Heroes Collective.
Musical credit:
Busta Rhymes - Slow Flow
Sault - Wildfires
Anderson .Paak - Yada Yada
Fashawn - Born in Amerikkka
Run The Jewels Feat Santa Fe Klan - Ooh La La
Vic Mensa. Chance the Rapper, Wyclef Jean - Shelter -
Guantanamo: Don't Forget Us Here
On this week's show, we speak with two people dedicated to shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and all detention centers that hold prisoners of the US empire.
Khadija Mehter speaks with former Guantanamo detainee, Mansoor Adayfi, who was incarcerated for over 14 years without a trial or a charge, as well as Maha Hilal, co-director of Justice for Muslims Collective, an organizer with Witness Against Torture, and a council member of School of the Americas Watch.
This is our last show for our Coronavirus & Class Struggle series on WBAI. We'll be taking a break from producing radio shows on WBAI for a few months as we figure out how to move forward in this tough media landscape. You can reach out to us through our social media platforms and check back here on Soundcloud for any future content we release.
We'll see y'all soon and as always, in solidarity,
The Working Class Heroes Collective -
Building Solidarity with Our Unhoused Neighbors
On this week's episode of Working Class Heroes Radio, we speak with Jasmine and Kali of Southern Solidarity, an organization dedicated to liberation, mutual aid, and the cause of unhoused people, mainly in New Orleans and now, right here in New York City.
They spoke to Lupita about their efforts, what role they see mutual aid can play in the struggle for liberation, and how people can take up the cause of unhoused people.
Khadija Mehter and Mel Gonzalez host the show and also break down the rising number of undocumented immigrants who are unhoused and at risk of evictions in the wake of the pandemic.
Outro song - MIS featuring Toots Hilbert - Rebel