People's History Podcast

A documentary series about class struggle and movement history. Produced in association with Jacobin.

6. False Hope

Columbia Point tenants face new management and a private police force. This is the final, sixth episode of “The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing.”

02-13
01:02:48

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. This is the fifth episode of “The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing.”

01-18
01:09:26

4. Free Breakfast

Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point. This is the fourth episode of “The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing.”

01-07
49:08

3. Rent Strike

Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority. This is the third episode of “The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing.”

12-03
51:04

2. Grove Hall

Welfare rights advocates in Boston public housing use militant tactics to get services they are owed. This is the second episode of “The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing.”

11-26
49:05

1. Placement

Mothers at Columbia Point, a new public housing project, organize to try and close the city dump. This is the first episode of “The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing.”

11-19
46:25

“The Point” Trailer

A story of rebellion and resistance in Boston public housing.

11-15
01:46

Teaser

A People's History comes this Fall.

07-08
01:00

Teaser

A People's History comes this Fall.

08-27
01:00

Dennis Kelly

Amazing show. Can't wait for more.

03-09 Reply

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