Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and social activist.
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Howard Zinn Hello Baltimore! Two Voices performances tonight at 6 and 9pm at the Creative Alliance at The Patterson with Anthony Arnove and local cast of actors, artists and activists.
Howard Zinn The College Tour continues! On to Atlanta (Mon 11.16) and Philly (Tue 11.17) with Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Michael Ealy, Lupe Fiasco, Jasmine Guy and Howard's co-directors Anthony Arnove and Chris Moore. FREE! Reserve a seat online.
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The People Speak is coming to a college campus near you. Get dates, locations, and ticket information at www.history.com
Howard Zinn Be sure to check the EVENTS tab on this page for The People Speak College Tour. So far: Boston Nov 5 | D.C. Nov 9 | Chicago Nov 11 | NYC Nov 12. More to come! All FREE! And check out the official site The People Speak on HISTORY
Democracy is not a spectator sport. Using dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans, THE PEOPLE SPEAK gives voice to those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history, forging a nation from the bottom up with their insistence on equality and justice. Narrate...d by Howard Zinn and based on his best-selling books, A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People's History, THE PEOPLE SPEAK illustrates the relevance of these passionate historical moments to our society today and reminds us never to take liberty for granted.
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Howard Zinn As The People Speak College Tour launches this November, we're reminded of November 1970, when Howard Zinn was arrested for an act of civil disobedience. Knowing this might happen, Zinn gave a talk on the topic a few nights before, titled, "Civil Disobedience Is Not The Problem," read here by Wallace Shawn at the Octob...er 22, 2004 performance of Voices of a People's History of the United States.
Howard Zinn New York Times Arts profile of Matt Damon refers to his childhood with Howard Zinn and his work on The People Speak. (More than half way through the article, so keep reading!)
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By sticking to the character-actor script, Matt Damon has built a most unusual A-list career.
Howard Zinn More stops soon to be announced. But if the tour is NOT coming to you, as Joe Hill sang, "Don't mourn. Organize!" Organize to help find a way to bring The People Speak to your community. Contact Voices of a People's History with info about your school, your town, your city and who can help.
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Voices of a People’s History of the United States attn: Brenda Coughlin 45 Main Street Suite 547 Brooklyn NY 11201-0027 E-mail: voices [[at]] peopleshistory [[dot]] us Or using our web site:
Howard Zinn The People Speak College Tour is on! First stop--appropriately enough--Howard's hometown and home university: Boston University, November 5, 7PM. FREE! (Register in advance to get a seat.)
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Howard Zinn In the next few days, we'll be posting news and dates about The People Speak College Tour--coming soon to a campus near you! Boston...NYC...Chicago...Atlanta...San Francisco...and many more cities.
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The Promise of Change: Vision and Reality in Obama’s Presidency. This panel discussion will feature acclaimed activist and historian Howard Zinn, BU professor emeritus of political science, and include novelist Mary Gordon, National Book Award winner James Carroll, and Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman.
The Howard Zi...nn Lecture Series at Boston University is made possible by the generous gift of Alex MacDonald, Esq., CAS’72, and Maureen A. Strafford, M.D., MED’76.
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Time:7:00PM Thursday, October 22nd
Location:Tsai Performance Center
Howard Zinn In response to comments: Yes, we'll remind you of the air date and time. Yes, there will be a home DVD, from HISTORY, available in Jan 2010. Yes, there will be an educational, interactive DVD-ROM with curriculum resources, lesson plans, and more. Yes, Howard Zinn has control. He is a producer and director of the docume...ntary. And, yes, HISTORY will have a classroom broadcast. More details on all this soon. This is just the beginning!
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The People Speak, a special series from History, features the world's most famous actors and actresses celebrating social change and the forging of our nation
See MoreHoward Zinn You heard it here first: Howard Zinn's The People Speak will air on History Sun Dec 13 at 8PM Eastern. Finally, A People's History brought to life--in hi def!
Howard Zinn is supporting this weekend's National Equality March in Washington, D.C. Learn more and get involved at Equality Across America. http://www.equalityacrossamerica.org
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On October 10-11, we will march on Washington with one single demand: equal protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states. This march ...
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The third title of the year: THE ZINN READER, SECOND EDITION. "No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. His A People's History of the United States has gone into more than twenty-five printings and sold more than two million copies. It is rare that a historian of the Left has mana...ged to retain as much credibility while refusing to let his academic mantle change his beautiful writing style from being anything but direct, forthright, and accessible. Whether his subject is war, race, politics, economic justice, or history itself, each of his works serves as a reminder that to embrace one's subjectivity can mean embracing one's humanity, that heart and mind can speak with one voice.
Completely updated for a new decade, THE ZINN READER represents Howard Zinn through the depth and breadth of his concerns in one volume. The result is a monumental book, and one that will remain, alongside A People’s History of the United States and La otra historia, as an essential and necessary Zinn text." http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=5
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The Zinn Reader, Second Edition. The updated edition of Howard Zinn's wide-ranging collection of shorter essays.
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And another new title in 2009: A YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Howard Zinn (with Rebecca Stefoff). Now in paperback, this is the new, illustrated, and updated single volume young adult edition of Howard Zinn's classic telling of American history. A Young People's History of the United States brings to ...US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, Zinn’s forthcoming televised series, adapted from A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States.
Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus’s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism, Zinn presents a radical new way of understanding America’s history. In so doing, he reminds readers that America’s true greatness is shaped by our dissident voices, not our military generals. http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=5
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A Young People's History of the United States. The classic bottom-up history of the United States retold for young adults.
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Now that this page is active, there's a lot of catching up to do, including listing all of Howard's new and updated books for 2009. Starting with UNCOMMON SENSE: FROM THE WRITINGS OF HOWARD ZINN
Why Howard Zinn has become one of the most important and influential American historians is perhaps nowhere more evident than... in this new book.
Few social critics have been as inspiring as the ever-hopeful Zinn and, unlike many historians, Zinn turns historical details toward deeper observations on the universal truths and struggles of humankind.His remarkable wisdom and insight can be found in his earliest writings through his latest essays, speeches, and plays.
UNCOMMON SENSE brings together his most poignant and profound quotations from decades of writing and speaking. The book reveals the philosophical side of Howard Zinn and a consistency of vision over 50 years on topics ranging from government to race, history, law, civil disobedience, and activism. http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/Books/
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Why Howard Zinn has become one of the most important and influential American historians is perhaps nowhere more evident than in this new book. Few social critics have been as inspiring as the ever-hopeful ...
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