Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the history of protestors wearing black and masks while fighting neoliberalism and fascism. 

Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the history of protestors wearing black and masks while fighting neoliberalism and fascism.&nbsp;

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.

Part One: The Black Bloc: It’s a Tactic, Not an Organization

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/75d5a0c7-e485-4148-b72d-b2fe00142f5d/transcript

Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt

Sources:

https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm

https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html

https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/

https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/

https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621

https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm

https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt

https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/

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

https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/

https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/

https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/

https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/

https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover

https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/

https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone

Oral correspondence

https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania

https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism

https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/

https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt
Sources:
https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/
https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm
https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm
https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html
https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/
https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/
https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621
https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm
https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt
https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris
https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/
https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/
https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/
https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=chiefs+of+punt&amp;pg=PA143&amp;printsec=frontcover
https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/
https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone
Oral correspondence
https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania
https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism
https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/
https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/4f7db9c0-d80c-4c52-803d-b48800204c80/transcript

Margaret talks to you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt.

Sources:

https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm

https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html

https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/

https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/

https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621

https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm

https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt

https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/

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

https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/

https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/

https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/

https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/

https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=chiefs+of+punt&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover

https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/

https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone

Oral correspondence

https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania

https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism

https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/

https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

Margaret talks to you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt.
Sources:
https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/
https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm
https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medina.htm
https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-kingdoms.html
https://vintage.tn/why-is-there-a-city-named-thebes-in-greece-and-a/
https://spokenpast.com/articles/egyptian-dream-book/
https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Papyrus_Chester_Beatty_3
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/egyptian-dream-book-001621
https://www.touregypt.net/kingtomb.htm
https://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt
https://www.thecollector.com/hatshepsut-egyptian-queen-king/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris
https://historicaleve.com/how-many-cleopatras-were-there-in-egypt/
https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/
https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-egyptians-lived-and-worked-in-the-valley-of-kings/
https://www.google.be/books/edition/Brotherhood_of_Kings/JTvRCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=chiefs+of+punt&amp;pg=PA143&amp;printsec=frontcover
https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/why-does-the-british-museum-not-return-artifacts/
https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone
Oral correspondence
https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania
https://editions.covecollective.org/content/egypt-and-orientalism
https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/orientalism-through-time-and-place-a-virtual-exhibit/
https://ninercommons.charlotte.edu/record/2825?v=pdf
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

Part One: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a1ca5af5-aac6-4d82-a92e-b48501876878/transcript

Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art.

Sources:

https://acousticguitar.com/alan-lomaxs-steel-string-discoveries/
https://pinemountainsettlement.net/biography-a-z/alan-and-elizabeth-lomax-visitors/
Alan Loman: The Man who Recorded the World, John Szwed
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard
Andy Cohen, personal correspondence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loYoTc7Aw0A

Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art.
Sources:
https://acousticguitar.com/alan-lomaxs-steel-string-discoveries/ https://pinemountainsettlement.net/biography-a-z/alan-and-elizabeth-lomax-visitors/ Alan Loman: The Man who Recorded the World, John Szwed Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard Andy Cohen, personal correspondence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loYoTc7Aw0A

Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/eea2dd9c-0210-4577-91b2-b4800178bc16/transcript

Part One: The Black Bloc: It’s a Tactic, Not an Organization

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