When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
HiStories of Parliament Hill is a podcast series that explores public protest at Canada's iconic seat of government, its history and complexity, through the experiences and perspectives of past and present political activists.
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HiStories of Parliament Hill is a podcast series that explores public protest at Canada's iconic seat of government, its history and complexity, through the experiences and perspectives of past and present political activists.โดย Brad Wiebe
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An introduction to the topic of labour politics and activism in Canada. We learn about the On-to-Ottawa Trek that took place during the Great Depression and meet the interviewees who's experiences we will get to hear.โดย Brad Wiebe
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Chapter 1, Episode 2: Organizing Protest & The Public Service Alliance of Canada’s 1991 Strike
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Barb Stewart, Arthur Carkner, and Bob Hatfield describe the work and technology that go into organizing civil disobedience. They share their stories of protesting on the Hill in 1991 as part of the Public Service Alliance of Canada's strike against the government of Brian Mulroney.โดย Brad Wiebe
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What is the nature of Protest? Why is Parliament Hill so important? Answers to these, and other questions, are offered by the interviewees as they share more personal stories of activism.โดย Brad Wiebe
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Motivations and understandings are shared by the interviewees and myself as this first chapter comes to a close.โดย Brad Wiebe
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