Podcast Episodes

WCL E4: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 2

Season 2 Episode 4

Part 2 of our double-episode in which we talk to acclaimed author, poet and Professor of Children’s Literature, Michael Rosen, about his anthology, Workers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

WCL E3: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 1

Season 2 Episode 3

A Working Class Literature podcast double-episode in which we talk to acclaimed author, poet and Professor of Children's Literature, Michael Rosen, about his anthology, Workers' Tales: Socialist Fair…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

E62: League of Revolutionary Black Workers, part 2

Season 2

Second of a double podcast episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 60s/early 70s, in conversation with Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit and former member of t…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

E61: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, part 1

Season 1 Episode 61

Double podcast episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 60s/early 70s, in conversation with Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit and former member of the group, an…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

E60: The Bread Intifada, part 2

Season 2

Concluding part of our double podcast episode on the 1977 Bread Intifada in Egypt. We speak with journalist and revolutionary socialist, Hossam el-Hamalawy, about the uprising and its significance to…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

E59: The Bread Intifada, part 1

Part 1 of our double episode on the 1977 Bread Intifada in Egypt, in which hundreds of thousands of working-class Egyptians rose up against the government’s termination of food subsidies. We speak to…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

E58: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 2

Season 2

Concluding part of a double podcast episode on the West Virginia mine wars 1902-1922. We speak with Catherine Moore and others from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, as well as some West Virginia …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

E57: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 1

Season 1 Episode 57

Part 1 of a double podcast episode on the West Virginia mine wars 1902-1922. We speak with Catherine Moore and others from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, as well as some West Virginia teachers w…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

E56: Gwangju uprising, part 4

Season 2

The final part of our four-part podcast miniseries about the May 18 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980 against the US-backed military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan. We speak with Kim Yong Ho, …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

E55: Gwangju uprising, part 3

Part 3 of our four-part podcast miniseries about the May 18 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980 against the US-backed military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan. We speak with Kim Yong Ho, David Do…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago