Video About Howard Zinn
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 …
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 August 25, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Poet Martín Espada wrote a poem to honor Howard Zinn called “Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio.” He read the poem during a 2013 interview on Moyers & Company. Espada referred to Zinn as “the most decent, most generous human being I have ever known.” The reading was during an interview with …
Updated on August 30, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Noam Chomsky, noted author and philosopher, and Anthony Arnove, filmmaker and editor, spoke at SUNY-New Paltz, on Dec. 4, 2011 in tribute to the legacy and life’s work of Howard Zinn. This event was titled “Honoring Howard Zinn: A Historian Who Made History.” Presentations by Chomsky and Arnove considered Zinn’s leading role in promoting peace …
Updated on August 31, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
There was a standing-room-only crowd at the new Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Md., for the special event on Sept. 21, 2011 to celebrate International Peace Day, dedicate the Zinn Room, and raise funds for the Zinn Education Project.
Updated on April 26, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
On April 14, 2010, The Ridenhour Courage Prize was awarded posthumously to Howard Zinn “for his determination to showcase the hidden heroes of social movements throughout history, his refusal to accept the history of only the powerful and victorious, his steadfast belief in the potential for a better world, his unflinching moral stance on fighting …
Updated on July 28, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
On May 2, 2009, sportswriter Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports (New Press) and What’s My Name Fool? (Haymarket Books), interviewed Howard Zinn. Some 250 people attended the event at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was sponsored by Haymarket Books. The discussion ranged from the U.S. elections, the New Deal in …
Category: Articles & Interviews, Audio & Video, Interviews With Howard Zinn, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, Activist, American Empire, Barack Obama, Boston University, BU Five, Civil Rights Movement, Economics, FDR, Gay Marriage, George W. Bush, In the South, ISR, Labor, New Deal, Politics
Updated on August 8, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones and Others Read at Special Event Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States was first published 23 years ago. The millionth copy of the book was recently sold. To celebrate this feat a group of actors, writers and editors recently gathered for a public reading …
Video About Howard Zinn
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: 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
Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio
Updated on August 25, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Poet Martín Espada wrote a poem to honor Howard Zinn called “Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio.” He read the poem during a 2013 interview on Moyers & Company. Espada referred to Zinn as “the most decent, most generous human being I have ever known.” The reading was during an interview with …
Category: Audio & Video, Audio and Video About Howard Zinn, News, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Bill Moyers, Tribute
Honoring Howard Zinn: A Historian Who Made History
Updated on August 30, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Noam Chomsky, noted author and philosopher, and Anthony Arnove, filmmaker and editor, spoke at SUNY-New Paltz, on Dec. 4, 2011 in tribute to the legacy and life’s work of Howard Zinn. This event was titled “Honoring Howard Zinn: A Historian Who Made History.” Presentations by Chomsky and Arnove considered Zinn’s leading role in promoting peace …
Category: Audio & Video, Audio and Video About Howard Zinn, News, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Noam Chomsky, Tribute
Educators and Activists Celebrate the Legacy of Howard Zinn and the Zinn Education Project
Updated on August 31, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
There was a standing-room-only crowd at the new Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Md., for the special event on Sept. 21, 2011 to celebrate International Peace Day, dedicate the Zinn Room, and raise funds for the Zinn Education Project.
Category: Audio & Video, Audio and Video About Howard Zinn, News, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Zinn Education Project
The 2010 Ridenhour Courage Prize Awarded to Howard Zinn
Updated on April 26, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
On April 14, 2010, The Ridenhour Courage Prize was awarded posthumously to Howard Zinn “for his determination to showcase the hidden heroes of social movements throughout history, his refusal to accept the history of only the powerful and victorious, his steadfast belief in the potential for a better world, his unflinching moral stance on fighting …
Category: Audio & Video, Audio and Video About Howard Zinn, News, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Essays and Speeches
‘You have to go beyond capitalism’: Dave Zirin Interviews Howard Zinn
Updated on July 28, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
On May 2, 2009, sportswriter Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports (New Press) and What’s My Name Fool? (Haymarket Books), interviewed Howard Zinn. Some 250 people attended the event at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was sponsored by Haymarket Books. The discussion ranged from the U.S. elections, the New Deal in …
Category: Articles & Interviews, Audio & Video, Interviews With Howard Zinn, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, Activist, American Empire, Barack Obama, Boston University, BU Five, Civil Rights Movement, Economics, FDR, Gay Marriage, George W. Bush, In the South, ISR, Labor, New Deal, Politics
Reading From A People’s History of the United States Commemorating the Millionth Copy Sold
Updated on August 8, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones and Others Read at Special Event Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States was first published 23 years ago. The millionth copy of the book was recently sold. To celebrate this feat a group of actors, writers and editors recently gathered for a public reading …
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: A People's History of the United States, Democracy Now!, Performances