Michael Ansara

The Hard Work of Hope, with Michael Ansara (episode 336) - HUB History: Boston history podcast This week’s guest is Michael Ansara, author of a new volume of memoir called The Hard Work of Hope.  It is a personal story, but it’s also a history of Boston in the 1960s, and especially of anti-war ...

I was a guest on HubHistory - you can catch it here:• www.hubhistory.com/episodes/the...

I was delighted to be on Terrence McNally's podcast Free Form, available now.
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Lessons For Today: A Conversation With A Leading Activist From The Turbulent 1960’s & 70’s Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 09/05/2025 · 50m

I sat down with @MichaelAnsara.bsky.social, a leading activist & community organizer in the 1960’s & 70’s. We discussed his new book, “The Hard Work of Hope,” and lessons learned from the 60’s that can help to defeat fascism in America today. Have a listen.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Hard Work of Hope The Hard Work of Hope takes you into the heady days of 1960s and 1970s activism, chronicling the hopes and strategies of the young people who created the movements that rocked the country.Michael Ansa...

Went to a wonderful talk yesterday with @michaelansara.bsky.social and bought his book THE HARD WORK OF HOPE.

For those of you who don't know him, instrumental in Vietnam War ant-war movement.

For me, the title of his book evokes @prisonculture.bsky.social's "Hope is a Discipline"

TOMORROW: LASTING change requires SUSTAINED action. Join us with veteran organizer @michaelansara.bsky.social to discover how communities can create the teams and groups needed to win real victories.

Available tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️

I was so glad to talk with the great group of activists at I-RISE last night.

Explain Boston to Me: The 1960s and its protest movements in Boston with Michael Ansara Time is a flat circle. In this episode, we’re joined by Michael Ansara, author of the recently released memoir, The Hard Work of Hope, to talk about the 1960s and its mass protest movements in Boston....

I had fun talking history and its relevance with Lee Stabert on Explain Boston to Me. The podcast is now up at bleav.com/shows/explai...

A packed crowd at Politics and Prose in DC last night for a Hard Work of Hope event with the always wonderful Heather Booth. The store sold every copy they had & there were more people who wanted to buy the book. I think I have to find a way to convince stores to stock more copies. Good problem.

Packed launch of The Hard Work of Hope last night. More than 150 folks bought up every copy the book store had. #hardworkofhope

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Excited to be giving a talk to Boston Indivisible on the evening of July 10 at Old South Church. Boston folks you are welcome and please consider support the incredibly important work of Indivisible in Boston.
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Protesting Trump’s authoritarianism is important, but it isn’t enough. Here's what else you can do OPINION: “While today we remember those protests of the ’60s, people often ignore the intentional organizing that made them possible,” Michael Ansara writes.

Happy to have this op ed in today’s SF Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Massive crowds for No Kings day in small Concord MA. Thousands. Great job @concordindivisible

"The Hard Work of Hope," new from Cornell University Press A Q&A with author Michael Ansara

Books take years to write. Peer review makes the process even longer.

So it is uncanny how often university presses publish books that are so timely—like the forthcoming "The Hard Work of Hope" from @cornellupress.bsky.social

Here is an interview with Michael Ansara by @derekkrissoff.bsky.social

Join me on June 14

Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. app.sosha.ai/s/nidVobxt

Look at what arrived today!!! #TheHardWorkofHope

"The Hard Work of Hope," new from Cornell University Press A Q&A with author Michael Ansara

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Protesting against Trump is good. Organizing against him is better. - The Boston Globe Michael Ansara has been an activist and organizer since the 1960s. His memoir, “The Hard Work of Hope,” will be published by Cornell University Press on July 15.

My short essay on the need to both protest and organize if we are to beat Trump in the Boston Glove
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If you are near Cambridge, Mass, on July 15th, I would love to have you join me for the launch of my memoir at the Harvard Book Store www.harvard.com/event/michae...

The final version of my memoir, The Hard Work of Hope arrived in the mail today! Started writing it exactly ten years ago. #hardwordofhope

Join Heather Cox Richardson, MA AG Andrea Campbell & Cong.Jamie Raskin to find out how you can effectively oppose Trump. Wed. 4/16 at 4 PM ET Sign up at mobilize.us/s/UUOd6F

Just based on crowd sizes we’re seeing so far and the shear number of protests, the total number of #handsoff demonstrators could reach into the millions.

And more protests in non US countries than expected.

Hands Off! Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

I will be marching on Saturday This will be a critical show of strength for the opposition to Trump/Musk. Over 1000 protests across the country. Find the nearest one to you and join us handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

The crap that was written about the Gore campaign was Republican attacks with no basis in fact. But yes, what I did hurt people who worked for me, and was a betrayal. While what I did was not done for greed or gain of any kind, it was inexcusable. But does that override everything else in my life?

Hi @litchampymatt.bsky.social - yes, in 1996, I made inexcusable mistakes that I own completely. Yes, Cornell knows. This memoir ends in 1983, but I still included a paragraph about my self-inflicted debacle. Do you think one serious mistake invalidates all of a long life? Perhaps a little kindness?

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The first real test of our ability to mobilize large numbers of people to oppose Trump/Musk will be April 5th. Find the demonstration nearest to you here act.indivisible.org/go/812156?t=...

You really could not make this up. The Defense Department in its zeal to remove any images in its database that might offend the new regime, has, according to AP, removed images of the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, along with those of women and African Americans.

From the all staff Indivisible meeting just now: 30 new local Indivisible groups have formed in March. It is March 4th. 🎉

"They were careless people.… They smashed up things and creatures and retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I usually think it unwise to criticize Democrats when the country is being devastated by Trump/Musk. But if I get another email or text saying " We must fight back and stop Trump - donate to me", I will truly puke. In the hour of our greatest need, they see a fundraising opportunity?