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<h4>At Columbia Point, a Boston public housing project built in 1954, mothers organize to try and close the city dump.</h4><h4>This is episode one of the first season of the 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.</h4><h4>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 welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").</h4>Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod

Maria hit Puerto Rico as austerity dismantled its social and material infrastructure. But as Yarimar Bonilla explains, these years also taught Puerto Ricans about their own collective power, fueling the summer’s mass movement that overthrew Governor Ricardo Rosselló.Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.comPlease support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

A new audio documentary about struggles in the United States. Each six-episode season covers one local story, told from the viewpoint of working-class people. Our first season, The Point, traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.Season one, episode one drops November 19th on Jacobin Radio.