#377 - April 29, 2018

Published: April 29, 2018, 8:36 p.m.

The Power of Resistance. How movements for social and economic justice are flourishing, even under Donald Trump.

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This week, Historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry on her new book, History Teaches Us to Resist, which details the history and role of progressive movements in America.  Plus Bill Press talks with Adam Kruggel of People’s Action and Kischa Peña with Down Home North Carolina about the bold agenda progressive democrats need to win in rural America.

 

Mary Frances Berry - Part 1

Mary Frances Berry wasn't planning to write another book.  But after the election of Donald Trump, the historian, activist and former chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights knew that she had something important to say about what progressive movements could accomplish even in such challenging times

 

Mary Frances Berry - Part 2

And now part two of our conversation with Mary Frances Berry, author of “History Teaches us to Resist” and why she believes it’s important to remember one woman’s fight against sexual assault over 70 years ago.o.

 

Adam Kruggel

Bill Press talks with Adam Kruggel of “People’s Action” and Kischa Peña with Down Home North Carolina.

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