Revolutions Per Minute - Radio from the New York City Democratic Socialists of America

Revolutions Per Minute is a political radio show and podcast shaped by the New York City Democratic Socialists of America and the people organizing around it. It treats socialist politics as a lived practice. The episodes are less concerned with pundit polish than with what campaigns, unions, immigrants, and activists are actually facing. That gives the show a practical, street-level charge. Recent conversations move from the rhetoric of a manufactured border crisis to the pressure immigrants face under both major parties. They also track the rise of fascism and ultra-nationalism in the UK and Europe, including how far-right claims about policing and public services travel through media ecosystems. The show is comfortable naming enemies. It talks about landlords, bosses, party establishments, police, right-wing funders, and labor leadership when organizers see those forces blocking change. But it also spends real time on coalition, morale, and strategy. Election episodes look at both promise and defeat, including DSA campaigns, the New York 16th District, Jamal Bowman, George Latimer, AIPAC, and the role of militant labor politics. Labor coverage is central. UAW rank-and-file reform, UFCW reform efforts, Trader Joe's worker-organizers, and New York State Legislative Workers United all fit the show's larger interest in worker power. The tone is earnest, sometimes raw, and openly partisan. It can sound like a live meeting crossing paths with a political education session. There are named hosts and collective members, but the show often feels broader than one personality, with interviews, headlines, archival segments, call-in references, and campaign asks sharing the frame. New York is the home base. The five boroughs matter, from Bronx Assembly races to WBAI listener support, yet the show keeps tying local fights to national and international stakes. Its best moments come when guests explain how a slogan or policy lands on a doorstep, in a workplace, or inside a movement organization. The result is a dense, activist-facing chronicle of democratic socialist politics in motion.