Making the Left Coast

In this episode, I interview Donna Murch, author of the award-winning work, Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. We discuss the Panther's views on the state and other scales of political authority; their efforts to take over the Oakland city government in 1973; the role of democracy in the party; and other big questions that are relevant to the Panthers and their role in Oakland's history.