Lots of cool people in history have done really cool stuff. Let Margaret Killjoy tell you about them. In this trailer, learn about the cool anarchist bank robbers who performed a cool jailbreak in Uruguay in 1931.

Lots of cool people in history have done really cool stuff. Let Margaret Killjoy tell you about them. In this trailer, learn about the cool anarchist bank robbers who performed a cool jailbreak in Uruguay in 1931.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

As long as there&rsquo;s been oppression, there&rsquo;ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be&mdash;and fight to be&mdash;free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Introducing: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Margaret tells you the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/

https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/ 

https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration

https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/ 

Beyond Brothers & Bars: Disovering Women’s Roles in One Mining Community, Jean F. Ellis

Annie Clemenc and the Great Keweenaw Copper Strike, Lyndon Comstock

https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/rate-and-number-of-fatal-work-injuries-in-selected-occupations.htm

https://weneverforget.org/we-never-forget-strikers-alois-tijan-and-steve-putrich-shot-down-by-gunthugs-august-14-1913-at-seeberville-michigan/ 

https://libcom.org/article/sabotage-elizabeth-gurley-flynn 

https://www.facebook.com/KeweenawNHP/posts/the-tamarack-co-operative-association-store-on-oak-street-just-outside-of-red-ja/1762278843850820/ 

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/western-federation-miners 

https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/miners-magazine/index.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs#Sedition_conviction_and_appeal_to_U.S._Supreme_Court 

https://www.copperrange.org/strike.htm 

Margaret tells you the story of the tragic and powerful strike that shook Michigan and copper production, through the lens of the Joan of Arc of Calumet
Sources:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland</a>
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/">https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/scandinavian/the-finns/</a>
<a href="https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/">https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-michigan/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula">https://trailsendup.com/en/weather-in-the-upper-peninsula</a>
<a href="https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration">https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2014/spring/women-citizenship-repatration</a>
<a href="https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/">https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/cca/tamarack-co-operative-store/</a>&nbsp;
Beyond Brothers &amp; Bars: Disovering Women&rsquo;s Roles in One Mining Community, Jean F. Ellis
Annie Clemenc and the Great Keweenaw Copper Strike, Lyndon Comstock
<a href="https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/rate-and-number-of-fatal-work-injuries-in-selected-occupations.htm">https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/rate-and-number-of-fatal-work-injuries-in-selected-occupations.htm</a>
<a href="https://weneverforget.org/we-never-forget-strikers-alois-tijan-and-steve-putrich-shot-down-by-gunthugs-august-14-1913-at-seeberville-michigan/">https://weneverforget.org/we-never-forget-strikers-alois-tijan-and-steve-putrich-shot-down-by-gunthugs-august-14-1913-at-seeberville-michigan/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://libcom.org/article/sabotage-elizabeth-gurley-flynn">https://libcom.org/article/sabotage-elizabeth-gurley-flynn</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KeweenawNHP/posts/the-tamarack-co-operative-association-store-on-oak-street-just-outside-of-red-ja/1762278843850820/">https://www.facebook.com/KeweenawNHP/posts/the-tamarack-co-operative-association-store-on-oak-street-just-outside-of-red-ja/1762278843850820/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/western-federation-miners">https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/western-federation-miners</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/miners-magazine/index.htm">https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/miners-magazine/index.htm</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs#Sedition_conviction_and_appeal_to_U.S._Supreme_Court">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs#Sedition_conviction_and_appeal_to_U.S._Supreme_Court</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.copperrange.org/strike.htm">https://www.copperrange.org/strike.htm</a>&nbsp;

Part Two: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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Part One: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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Margaret continues her interview with author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world

Margaret continues her interview with author and activist Cory Doctorow about the role of fiction in making a better world

Part Two: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

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