The Berkeley Socialist Behind Mass Incarceration (with Heather Ann Thompson)
With Friends Like These
English - February 05, 2021 08:01 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 6.3K ratingsSociety & Culture News Politics politics entrepreneurship health interview news business culture comedy leadership entrepreneur Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Robert Martinson was a radical anti-racist activist in the 1960s: He ran for mayor in Berkeley as a socialist. He was arrested in Mississippi for participating in Freedom Summer. And then he authored the academic paper that became the political justification for “tough on crime” policies. He’s forgotten; can he be forgiven? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson guides us through his tragic story.