People's History Podcast: "Rent Strike" (S1E3)
Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority.
This is episode three of the first season of a people's history podcast! "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing" traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.
We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.