7 episodes
People's History Podcast Jacobin
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- Society & Culture
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4.2 • 310 Ratings
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A documentary series about struggles in the United States. Each six-episode season covers one local story, told from the viewpoint of working-class people. Produced by Jacobin with support from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
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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.
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4. Free Breakfast
Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point.
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3. Rent strike
Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority.
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2. Grove Hall
As urban rebellions arise in cities, welfare rights advocates in Boston public housing use militant tactics to get services they are owed.
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1. Placement
Mothers at Columbia Point, a new public housing project in Boston, organize to try and close the city dump.
Customer Reviews
I love it !
I really enjoy learning about these pockets of history that school didn’t go into. Great informative podcast
heartbreakingly informative.
really needed a resource like this podcast to understand the people’s history in digestible terms / how gentrification continues to penetrate our society today. jacobin delivers as always.
A history lesson we ended now more than ever
An inspirational story of strength, perseverance and the power of organizing in the face of the depredation of a few of America’s best. Keep up the hard work