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Today on Your Call: Who was Robin Hood and how is his story relevant today?

On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Paul Buhle and Sharon Rudahl, author and one of the illustrators of the new graphic novel, Robin Hood: People’s Outlaw and Forest Hero.  Buhle writes: “Robin Hood and his companions were called into existence by popular desires for social revenge and social justice.  Whether they “existed” or not does not matter: they existed and exist in the hearts of rebels everywhere.”  So what has Robin Hood’s story meant over time?  How is he as powerful a symbol today as he was in the 14th century?  It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and You.

Guests

Paul Buhle, founder-editor of the journal Radical America, former professor of history at Brown University, and author of Robin Hood: People’s Outlaw and Forest Hero

Sharon Rudahl, civil rights activist, comic artist, and contributing illustrator of Robin Hood: People’s Outlaw and Forest Hero

 

Resources

Robin Hood: People’s Outlaw and Forest Hero

http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php?story=PaulBuhle

Ali Budner came to KALW as a volunteer reporter with Crosscurrents in early 2009, then joined the Your Call team as a producer in March of 2010. She loves the dynamic daily interactions of live radio and the inspiring guests and listeners that Your Call attracts. She still makes stories for Crosscurrents in her free time.