Iron Heel Listening Party
Multiple dates and times
Online, Zoom
Description
A listening party for the audio drama podcast of The Iron Heel.
The first modern dystopian novel, written as a socialist propaganda piece in 1908. Jack London envisions a world in which the oligarchs form a fascist regime in America, told from the perspective of two young socialist lovers. Antonia Meredith, a historian from a utopia in the far future, provides dubious historical context. A mixture of romance, rhetoric, and revolution, accompanied by the folk music of the IWW Songbook.
Adapted as a three-part audio drama from our earlier stage adaptation.
May 1, 3pm: Episode 1, special guest Dr. Erik Loomis, expert on labor history
May 15, 4pm: Episode 2, special guest Deborah Shaffer, Academy-Award winning documentarian, director of the film The Wobblies.
May 29, 4pm: Episode 3, special guest Jay Williams, author of a three volume biography of Jack London (Author Under Sail)