People's History Podcast

About People's History Podcast

A documentary series about class struggle and movement history. Each season covers one story told from the viewpoint of working-class people.

Publisher

Jacobin

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Nov 2019

Latest episode

13 Feb 2020

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Feb 2020

   6. False Hope

   Columbia Point tenants face new management and a private police force.

2. 

   18 Jan 2020

   5. Carson Beach

   In the turmoil of busing, Betty Ann Jones advocates armed defense while Betty Washington and Dorothy Haskins lead a wade-in to protest segregation.

3. 

   7 Jan 2020

   4. Free Breakfast

   Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point.

4. 

   3 Dec 2019

   3. Rent Strike

   Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority.

5. 

   26 Nov 2019

   2. Grove Hall

   During a period of urban rebellion, welfare rights advocates in Boston public housing use militant tactics to get services they are owed.

6. 

   19 Nov 2019

   1. Placement

   Mothers at Columbia Point, a new public housing project in Boston, organize to try and close the city dump.

7. 

   15 Nov 2019

   "The Point" Trailer

   A preview of "The Point."

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

345 ratings

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Guest appearances

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