Osha Neumann on The Visionary Activist Show – “Demand the impossible, defend People’s Park!” August 18, 2022, 2:00 PM on KPFA.org

“Demand the impossible, defend People’s Park!” A rousing exhortation, by Osha Neumann, whom Caroline Casey hosts this hour: The tale of People’s Park in Berkeley – 1969 to now… humming…in ardent pertinence to our plight… Devastation into which flows Community Participation; destruction makes its move again, again – the garden roots and bloom and here we are. Honoring Parks…

Listen live or download the podcast: https://kpfa.org/program/the-visionary-activist-show/

Related stories:

A People’s History of People’s Park and Telegraph Avenue – Mural Rededication Ceremony 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt9lM55nq1Q

Osha Neumann, attorney for the disenfranchised, retires
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/02/07/osha-neumann-retires-civil-rights-lawyer-homeless-peoples-park

Interview with Harvey Smith, public historian, educator, People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group

Harvey Smith, author of the book Berkeley and the New Deal, was interviewed by Mitch Jeserich on the KPFA Letters & Politics program on July 13, 2022, and this informative podcast recording has fascinating history, and a detailed update on the current efforts to protect People’s Park.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kpfa-letters-and-politics/id406769844?mt=2

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