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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.

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Part Four: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Feb 12, 2025

Show notes

Margaret finishes talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.

Sources:

https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388

A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY

https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideology/pdf/F6.2.pdf

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/makandal-the-black-messiah/

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/01/slavery-in-the-french-colonies/

https://haitidoi.com/2013/03/18/1804-census-gros-morne-haiti/

https://haitidoi.com/2016/01/26/dessalines-reader-1-april-1804-2/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://revolution.chnm.org/exhibits/show/liberty--equality--fraternity/slavery-and-the-haitian-revolu

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-019-00071-5

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Part Three: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Feb 10, 2025

Show notes

Margaret talks further with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.

Sources:

https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388

A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY

https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideology/pdf/F6.2.pdf

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/makandal-the-black-messiah/

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/01/slavery-in-the-french-colonies/

https://haitidoi.com/2013/03/18/1804-census-gros-morne-haiti/

https://haitidoi.com/2016/01/26/dessalines-reader-1-april-1804-2/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://revolution.chnm.org/exhibits/show/liberty--equality--fraternity/slavery-and-the-haitian-revolu

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-019-00071-5

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: Massacred by Demon Ents Feb 09, 2025

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Margaret from the future relays a fateful battle in the forests of Catalonia.

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Part Two: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Feb 05, 2025

Show notes

Margaret continues talking with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.

Sources:

https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388

A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY

https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideology/pdf/F6.2.pdf

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/makandal-the-black-messiah/

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/01/slavery-in-the-french-colonies/

https://haitidoi.com/2013/03/18/1804-census-gros-morne-haiti/

https://haitidoi.com/2016/01/26/dessalines-reader-1-april-1804-2/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://revolution.chnm.org/exhibits/show/liberty--equality--fraternity/slavery-and-the-haitian-revolu

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-019-00071-5

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Part One: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas Feb 03, 2025

Show notes

Margaret talks with Prop about how the people of Haiti destroyed a slave empire.

Sources:

https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nationalism-new-york-haiti-slave-rebellion-revolution-1382388

A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution, John D. Garrigus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY

https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/king-afonso-i-of-kongo12-06-17.html

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideology/pdf/F6.2.pdf

https://ecda.northeastern.edu/makandal-knowledge/

https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/makandal-the-black-messiah/

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/01/slavery-in-the-french-colonies/

https://haitidoi.com/2013/03/18/1804-census-gros-morne-haiti/

https://haitidoi.com/2016/01/26/dessalines-reader-1-april-1804-2/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://revolution.chnm.org/exhibits/show/liberty--equality--fraternity/slavery-and-the-haitian-revolu

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Claiming_the_International/vUltAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA147&printsec=frontcover

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-019-00071-5

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Dreadnaught Funeral Feb 02, 2025

Show notes

Margaret from the future continues her reporting from the front in Catalonia.

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Part Two: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara Jan 29, 2025

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Margaret continues talking with Miriam about an Italian man with chronic pain who decided to kill someone important.

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Part One: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara Jan 27, 2025

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Margaret talks with Miriam about an Italian man with chronic pain who decided to kill someone important.

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Battle of Ogre Hill Jan 26, 2025

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Margaret from the future describes the terrifying battle of ogre hill.

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Part Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care Jan 22, 2025

Show notes

Margaret continues talking with Samantha McVey about the decades-long project in Northern Japan full of worker-cooperatives and new ways of living.

https://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/resource/bethel/bethel_0805.html
Karen Nakamura, A Disability of the Soul
https://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis

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