You may be using an older version of the Adobe Flash Player. To enjoy multimedia content on WGBH.org, please click here to upgrade to the latest version of the free Flash player.

Grassroots, Youth, and Democracy
December 5, 2005
Michael Dukakis 1988 US presidential nominee (D)

Michael Dukakis talks about his experience in politics and the future of the Democratic Party, with special focus on the place of grassroots organizing and youth involvement in the political arena. Dukakis is introduced by Justin Galacki '06, president of the College Democrats of Boston College.

People & Places | Politics & Public Affairs
Activism | Michael Dukakis | Interviews | Community Building | Family Issues | Profiles
WGBH
Boston College
Zainab Salbi: Between Two Worlds
Zainab Salbi
00:56:54
Zainab Salbi reveals the tyrant Saddam Hussein through the eyes of a child, a secretly rebellious teenager, an abused wife, and ultimately a professional woman coming to terms with the horror of her family story. Salbi was 11 when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot.
XWhaves: Where is The Digital Wave Taking Us?
Jonathan Wells
02:11:20
Members of the new media revolution join together for an active, open discussion of citizen journalism, personal media, video blogging, and the convergence of digital storytelling methods with a new era of novel, inexpensive, worldwide distribution and other aspects of the ever-changing landscape of
Audio-only
Writers on War
Sean Hemingway
01:26:41
Sean Hemingway, who has just edited a collection of his grandfather's writings titled Hemingway on War, shares his insights with Paul Fussell, author of The Great War and Modern Memory, and James Webb, author of the acclaimed Vietnam novel, Fields of Fire.
Writers Among Us: Seth Jacobs
Seth Jacobs
01:06:37
Seth Jacobs argues that a midcentury religious revival in America, as well as policymakers' racist perceptions of Asians, led the United States to support the disastrous, autocratic Diem regime in South Viet Nam.
Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
Tom Crouch
01:11:09
Tom Crouch, expert on the Wright Brothers and senior curator at the National Air and Space Museum, discusses how Wilber and Orville Wright started revolutions in transportation, warfare, leisure, and communication, and changed how we all see our world: as a whole.
Audio-only
Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age
Peter L. Jakab
00:41:56
Peter L. Jakab explains how the Wright brothers were able to achieve something that had eluded other capable engineers and scientists for centuries.
Image of Shock
Author: Larry Tye, Kitty Dukakis
Publisher: Avery (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 289 pages
Image of How to Get Into Politics--And Why: A Reader
Author: Paul Simon, Michael Dukakis
Publisher: Great Source Education Group (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 146 pages
Login or register to post comments