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Updated on March 4, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
PART 1 Excerpt: It’s time has come, the idea that war must be abolished. … When [Albert] Einstein said that in 1932, he was attending a conference in Geneva which was called a disarmament conference. Any time you see the words “disarmament conference,” be suspicious. When the governments of the world use the word ‘disarmament,’ …
Updated on May 17, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
On May 17, 1968 nine Vietnam War protesters, including a nurse, an artist and three priests, walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. The 45-minute documentary film, Investigation of a Flame, offers an intimate look at this unlikely, disparate band of …
Updated on September 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Source: American Radio Works
On April 24, 1968, Howard Zinn introduced organizer Ella Baker at a dinner honoring her work. Zinn described Baker as “one of the most consequential and yet one of the least honored people in America.”
Updated on April 26, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Whitney Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was a civil rights leader and head of the National Urban League. In the documentary The Powerbroker (2013), Howard Zinn recalls working with Young on desegregation efforts in the South: You can learn this from Whitney: that it’s possible to have an important post and still move …
Updated on January 19, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
In this editorial, Howard Zinn nominates Eartha Kitt for Woman of the Year and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Man of the Year because “both refused to play the game” by speaking out against the Vietnam War. Excerpt: We’ve become fanatic about the word communist and this is part of the game. It’s the game that …
Posted on March 5, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Originally broadcast on “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” on WGBH Boston, Howard Zinn lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for their public resistance and calls on everyone to actively resist and protest social injustice. What’s Happening Mr. Silver? • 1968
Updated on February 6, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States, Part I, a documentary by French filmmakers Daniel Mermet and Olivier Azam of Les Mutins de Pangee, is available to rent or purchase. The 1:30 hour film features interviews with Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and Chris Hedges. Proceeds from film sales will help fund production of …
Updated on February 6, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
This performance of “The People Speak” was filmed at the 2016 People’s Summit, held in Chicago. Directed by Anthony Arnove, speakers included Max Carver, Rosario Dawson, Frances Fisher, Gaby Hoffmann, Helen Hong, Brian Jones, Hari Kondabolu, Allison Moorer, Kendrick Sampson, Wallace Shawn, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Charlyne Yi.
Updated on January 25, 2017 by Howard Zinn Website
At a fundraiser event for Spare Change street paper and the Homeless Empowerment Project, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn respond to the question: “Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?” Recorded on September 27, 2004.
Updated on September 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Source: WNYC Radio
Recorded in the 1960s (estimate 1964-1965 based on transcript), Patricia Marx sits down with historian Howard Zinn to discuss his books, SNCC: The New Abolitionists and The Southern Mystique. Zinn describes his experiences teaching at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1956 to 1963, and his subsequent observations on racial prejudice in the southern United States.
Audio & Video
Howard Zinn: “War must be abolished”
Updated on March 4, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
PART 1 Excerpt: It’s time has come, the idea that war must be abolished. … When [Albert] Einstein said that in 1932, he was attending a conference in Geneva which was called a disarmament conference. Any time you see the words “disarmament conference,” be suspicious. When the governments of the world use the word ‘disarmament,’ …
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: George W. Bush, Holidays, Iraq, War
Investigation of a Flame (Film)
Updated on May 17, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
On May 17, 1968 nine Vietnam War protesters, including a nurse, an artist and three priests, walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. The 45-minute documentary film, Investigation of a Flame, offers an intimate look at this unlikely, disparate band of …
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, Civil Disobedience, War
Ella Baker: “One of the most consequential and yet one of the least honored people in America”
Updated on September 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Source: American Radio Works
On April 24, 1968, Howard Zinn introduced organizer Ella Baker at a dinner honoring her work. Zinn described Baker as “one of the most consequential and yet one of the least honored people in America.”
Category: Audio & Video, Audio With Howard Zinn, From the Archives Tags: Activism, Activist, Essays and Speeches, SNCC
Howard Zinn Remembers Whitney Young Jr.
Updated on April 26, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Whitney Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was a civil rights leader and head of the National Urban League. In the documentary The Powerbroker (2013), Howard Zinn recalls working with Young on desegregation efforts in the South: You can learn this from Whitney: that it’s possible to have an important post and still move …
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, In the South
Howard Zinn Guest Editorial (1968): “Refuse to play the game of silence in the midst of murder”
Updated on January 19, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
In this editorial, Howard Zinn nominates Eartha Kitt for Woman of the Year and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Man of the Year because “both refused to play the game” by speaking out against the Vietnam War. Excerpt: We’ve become fanatic about the word communist and this is part of the game. It’s the game that …
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: American Empire, Politics, Vietnam War
Howard Zinn Lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Their Resistance (1968)
Posted on March 5, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Originally broadcast on “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” on WGBH Boston, Howard Zinn lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for their public resistance and calls on everyone to actively resist and protest social injustice. What’s Happening Mr. Silver? • 1968
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activist, Politics, Vietnam War
Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States, Part I
Updated on February 6, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States, Part I, a documentary by French filmmakers Daniel Mermet and Olivier Azam of Les Mutins de Pangee, is available to rent or purchase. The 1:30 hour film features interviews with Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and Chris Hedges. Proceeds from film sales will help fund production of …
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn, Video With Howard Zinn
“The People Speak” at The 2016 People’s Summit
Updated on February 6, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
This performance of “The People Speak” was filmed at the 2016 People’s Summit, held in Chicago. Directed by Anthony Arnove, speakers included Max Carver, Rosario Dawson, Frances Fisher, Gaby Hoffmann, Helen Hong, Brian Jones, Hari Kondabolu, Allison Moorer, Kendrick Sampson, Wallace Shawn, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Charlyne Yi.
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: The People Speak
Noam Chomsky & Howard Zinn “Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?”
Updated on January 25, 2017 by Howard Zinn Website
At a fundraiser event for Spare Change street paper and the Homeless Empowerment Project, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn respond to the question: “Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?” Recorded on September 27, 2004.
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Noam Chomsky
Howard Zinn: How Racial Prejudice Can Change
Updated on September 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Source: WNYC Radio
Recorded in the 1960s (estimate 1964-1965 based on transcript), Patricia Marx sits down with historian Howard Zinn to discuss his books, SNCC: The New Abolitionists and The Southern Mystique. Zinn describes his experiences teaching at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1956 to 1963, and his subsequent observations on racial prejudice in the southern United States.
Category: Articles & Interviews, Audio & Video, Audio and Video with Howard Zinn, Audio With Howard Zinn, From the Archives, Interviews With Howard Zinn Tags: Civil Rights Movement, In the South, Spelman College