01/11/2025 William Bronston, Author - Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America

12/01/2025 28 min
01/11/2025  William Bronston, Author - Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America

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Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free America a radio show KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe and podcast, interviews William Bronston, activist physcian, community organizer and author "Public Hostage Public Ransom - Ending Institutional America", The book starts with his autobiographical story of his time at Willowbrook State School, the huge 6,000 person institution in Staten Island, NY. His advocacy in the early 1970's was the catalyst for a class action lawsuit that led to the closing of Willowbrook as well as other institutions around the country. Topic:  Ending the Institutional Culture Contact:   [email protected]                   916 798 4000 Resource: OurHealth.pub     https://caltcha.org/about-us     Transcript; https://bff.justwork.io/  

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