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.…
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 resisters — the Catonsville Nine as they came to be known — who broke the law in a poetic act of civil disobedience.…
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 out from that and join whatever movement is going on for social justice.…
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.
In October 2003, months after the United States launched its brutal, criminal war on the people of Iraq, historian Howard Zinn sat down with actor Woody Harrelson for a provocative, humorous, wide ranging conversation. Produced for Deep Dish TV by Brian Drolet, Elsa E’der, and Marty Lucas.…
Emma dramatizes the life of Emma Goldman, the famed anarchist, feminist, and free-spirited thinker who was exiled from the United States because of her outspoken views, including her opposition to World War I.
Film Clip: Lovejoy’s Nuclear War by Green Mountain Post Films
Includes interviews with community members and their thoughts about Sam Lovejoy’s action of toppling the nuclear power plant’s weather tower, Lovejoy about his trial strategy, Dr. John Gofman on why he is testifying at Lovejoy’s trial and the importance of the nuclear power issue, and Howard Zinn on civil disobedience.…
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado National Guard attacked a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado. An estimated two dozen people were killed, including young children. Known as the Ludlow Massacre, Howard Zinn described its importance and obscurity in The Politics of History.
Zinn reviewed the history of the abolitionists and the Vietnam War to encourage a new generation of resistance against the Iraq occupation and the war at home.…
Video With Howard Zinn
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.…
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 resisters — the Catonsville Nine as they came to be known — who broke the law in a poetic act of civil disobedience.…
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, Civil Disobedience, War
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 out from that and join whatever movement is going on for social justice.…
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, In the South
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
Category: Audio & Video, Video About Howard Zinn, Video With Howard Zinn
A Conversation: Howard Zinn and Woody Harrelson
Updated on January 25, 2017 by Howard Zinn Website
In October 2003, months after the United States launched its brutal, criminal war on the people of Iraq, historian Howard Zinn sat down with actor Woody Harrelson for a provocative, humorous, wide ranging conversation. Produced for Deep Dish TV by Brian Drolet, Elsa E’der, and Marty Lucas.…
Category: Audio & Video, Audio and Video with Howard Zinn, Video With Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn’s Emma
Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Category: Audio & Video, News, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activist, American Empire, Performances
Lovejoy’s Nuclear War: Interview with Howard Zinn
Updated on May 2, 2016 by Howard Zinn Website
Film Clip: Lovejoy’s Nuclear War by Green Mountain Post Films
Includes interviews with community members and their thoughts about Sam Lovejoy’s action of toppling the nuclear power plant’s weather tower, Lovejoy about his trial strategy, Dr. John Gofman on why he is testifying at Lovejoy’s trial and the importance of the nuclear power issue, and Howard Zinn on civil disobedience.…
Category: Audio & Video, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, Activist, Civil Disobedience, Testimony
Ludlow Massacre
Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Category: Audio and Video with Howard Zinn, News, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Labor
Labor Day Special: Howard Zinn on Democracy Now!
Updated on September 7, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
In 2003, Howard Zinn spoke on Democracy Now! for a program called Labor Day Special: Occupied Iraq, the Role of Resistance Movements, Government Lies, and the Media.
Zinn reviewed the history of the abolitionists and the Vietnam War to encourage a new generation of resistance against the Iraq occupation and the war at home.…
Category: Audio & Video, Audio and Video with Howard Zinn, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: Activism, Democracy Now!, Essays and Speeches, Media, War