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.…
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.…
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.
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.
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."
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.
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 whatever he perceived was wrong in society, his fight to inspire students to believe that together they could make democracy come alive, and, in the words of his former student Alice Walker, ‘his way with resistance.’"
Interview by Dave Zirin • May 2, 2009
Discussion ranges from the U.S. elections, the New Deal in the 1930s, the struggle for racial justice, equal marriage, and the need to recreate a socialist alternative.
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 of the book.…
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.…
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
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 October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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 October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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 October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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 October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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 November 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Discussion ranges from the U.S. elections, the New Deal in the 1930s, the struggle for racial justice, equal marriage, and the need to recreate a socialist alternative.
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 of the book.…
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn Tags: A People's History of the United States, Democracy Now!, Performances