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People's History Podcast

10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 301 ratings

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

Society & Culture History history peoples history a people's history people's history boston socialism
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Episodes

"We Will Remember" Trailer

February 27, 2023 18:00 - 3 minutes - 5.35 MB

On February 27, 1973, a group of Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement began occupying the village of Wounded Knee.

6. False Hope

February 13, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 86.3 MB

Episode six of "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." Columbia Point tenants face new management and a private police force. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

5. Carson Beach

January 18, 2020 21:20 - 1 hour - 95.4 MB

Episode five of "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." In the turmoil of busing, Betty Ann Jones advocates armed defense while Betty Washington and Dorothy Haskins lead a wade-in to protest segregation. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

4. Free Breakfast

January 07, 2020 16:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MB

Episode four of "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

3. Rent strike

December 03, 2019 16:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MB

Episode three from season one of Jacobin's People's History Podcast, "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

3. Rent Strike

December 03, 2019 16:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MB

Episode three of "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

2. Grove Hall

November 26, 2019 16:20 - 49 minutes - 112 MB

Episode two of "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." Welfare rights advocates in Boston public housing use militant tactics to get services they are owed. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

1. Placement

November 19, 2019 16:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

Episode one of "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing." Mothers at Columbia Point, a new public housing project, organize to try and close the city dump. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

"The Point" Trailer

November 15, 2019 04:59 - 1 minute - 4.13 MB

A preview of "The Point."

Trailer

November 15, 2019 04:59 - 1 minute - 4.13 MB

A preview of "The Point."