Voices of a People’s History is the companion volume to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. For Voices, Zinn and Anthony Arnove selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books. Zinn has written short introductions to the texts, which range in length from letters or poems of less than a page to entire speeches and essays that run several pages. Voices of a People’s History is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, rich in ideas and actions, the embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein lies our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience.

Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, Paul Robeson, Cesar Chavez, Leonard Peltier,  June Jordan, Walter Mosley, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Yolanda Huet-Vaughn, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in Voices of a People’s History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.

The 10th anniversary edition will feature new voices including whistleblower Chelsea Manning; Naomi Klein, speaking from the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Liberty Square; a member of Dream Defenders, a youth organization that confronts systemic racial inequality; members of the undocumented youth movement, who occupied, marched, and demonstrated in support of the DREAM Act; a member of the day laborers movement; and several critics of the Obama administration, including Glenn Greenwald, on governmental secrecy. [Publisher’s description.]

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    • Acknowledgements…19
    • Introduction..23
     
CHAPTER 1: COLUMBUS AND LAS CASAS • p. 29
  • The Diario of Christopher Columbus (October 11-15, 1492) • p. 30
  • Bartolome de Las Casas, Two Readings on the Legacy of Columbus (1542 and 1550)
    • Bartolome de Las Casas, The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account (1542) • p. 33
    • Bartolome de Las Casas, In Defense of the Indians (1550) • p. 42
  • Eduardo Galeano, Memory of Fire (1982) • p. 45
 
CHAPTER 2: THE FIRST SLAVES • p. 51
  • Three Documents on Slave Revolts (1720 to 1793)
    • Anonymous Letter to Mr. Boone in London (June 24, 1720) • p. 52
    • Letter from Petersburg, Virginia (May 17, 1792) • p. 52
    • Secret Keeper Richmond (Unknown) to Secret Keeper Norfolk (Unknown) (1793) • p. 53
  • Four Petitions Against Slavery (1773 to 1777)
    • “Felix” (Unknown)….Slave Petition for Freedom (January 6, 1773) • p. 54
    • Peter Bestes and Other Slaves Petition for Freedom (April 20, 1773) • p. 55
    • “Petition of a Grate Number of Blackes” to Thomas Gage (May 25, 1774) • p. 56
    • “Petition of a Great Number of Negroes” to the Massachusetts House of Representatives (January 13, 1777) • p. 57
  • Benjamin Banneker, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (August 19, 1791) • p. 58
 
CHAPTER 3: SERVITUDE AND REBELLION • p. 63
  • Richard Frethorne on Indentured Servitude (March 20-April 3, 1623) • p. 64
  • A True Narrative of the Rise , Progresse y and Cessation of the Late Rebellion in Virginia, Most Humbly and Impartially Reported by His Majesty es Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Affaires of the Said Colony (1677) • p. 66
  • Proclamation of the New Hampshire Legislature on the Mast Tree Riot (1734) • p. 69
  • Letter Written by William Shirley to the Lords of Trade about the Knowles Riot (December 1, 1747) • p. 69
  • Gottlieb Mittelberger, Gottlieb Mittelbergers Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750 and Return to Germany in the Year 1754 (1734) • p. 72
  • Account of the New York Tenant Riots (July 14, 1766) • p. 76
 
CHAPTER 4: PREPARING THE REVOLUTION • p. 79
  • Thomas Hutchinson Recounts the Reaction to the Stamp Act in Boston (1765) • p. 80
  • Samuel Drowne’s Testimony on the Boston Massacre (March 16, 1770) • p. 82
  • George Hewes Recalls the Boston Tea Party (1834) • p. 83
  • New York Mechanics Declaration of Independence (May 29, 1776) • p. 86
  • Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) • p. 87
 
CHAPTER 5: HALF A REVOLUTION • p. 93
  • Joseph Clarke s Letter about the Rebellion in Springfield (August 30, 1774) • p. 94
  • Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier (1830) • p. 96
  • Samuel Dewees Recounts the Suppression of Insubordination in the Continental Army after the Mutinies of 1781 (1844) • p. 100
  • Henry Knox, Letter to George Washington (October 23, 1786) • p. 103
  • “Publius” (James Madison), Federalist No. 10 (November 23, 1787) • p. 107
 
CHAPTER 6: THE EARLY WOMEN’S MOVEMENT • p. 113
  • Maria Stewart, “An Address Delivered at the African Masonic Hall, Boston” (February 27, 1833) • p. 116
  • Angelina Grimke Welds Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (May 17, 1838) • p. 117
  • Harriet Hanson Robinson, “Characteristics of the Early Factory Girls” (1898) • p. 121
  • S. Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845) • p. 124
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” Seneca Falls Convention (July 19, 1848) • p. 126
  • Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?” (1851) • p. 128
  • Marriage Protest of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell (May 1, 1855) • p. 129
  • Susan B. Anthony Addresses Judge Ward Hunt in The United States of America v. Susan B. Anthony (June 19, 1873) • p. 130
 
CHAPTER 7: INDIAN REMOVAL • p. 133
  • Tecumseh’s Speech to the Osages (Winter 1811-12) • p. 134
  • Two Documents on the Cherokee Removal (1829 and 1830)
    • Cherokee Nation, “Memorial of the Cherokee Indians” (December 1829) • p. 136
    • Lewis Ross et al., Address of the Committee and Council of the Cherokee Nation, in General Council Convened, to the People of the United States (July 17, 1830) • p. 139
  • Black Hawk’s Surrender Speech (1832) • p. 140
  • John G. Burnett, “The Cherokee Removal Through the Eyes of a Private Soldier” (December 11, 1890) • p. 142
  • Two Statements by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce (1877 and 1879)
    • Chief Joseph’s Surrender (October 5, 1877) • p. 146
    • Chief Joseph Recounts His Trip to Washington, D.C. (1879) • p. 147
  • Black Elk, “The End of the Dream” (1932) • p. 149
 
CHAPTER 8: THE WAR ON MEXICO • p. 133
  • The Diary of Colonel Ethan Allen Hitchcock (June 30, 1845-March 26, 1846) • p. 154
  • Miguel Barragan, Dispatch on Texas Colonists (October 31, 1835) • p. 156
  • Juan Soto, Desertion Handbill (June 6, 1847) • p. 158
  • Frederick Douglass, Address to the New England Convention (May 31, 1849) • p. 159
  • North Star Editorial, “The War with Mexico” (January 21, 1848) • p. 160
  • Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience (1849) • p. 164
 
CHAPTER 9: SLAVERY AND DEFIANCE • p. 167
  • David Walker’s Appeal (1830) • p. 168
  • Harriet A. Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself (1861) • p. 171
  • James Norcoms Runaway Slave Newspaper Advertisement for Harriet Jacobs (June 30, 1835) • p. 174
  • James R. Bradley, Letter to Lydia Maria Child (June 3, 1834) • p. 174
  • Reverend Theodore Parker, Speech of Theodore Parker at the Faneuil Hall Meeting (May 26, 1854) • p. 176
  • Two Letters from Slaves to Their Former Masters (1844 to 1860)
    • Henry Bibb, Letter to William Gatewood (March 23, 1844) • p. 180
    • Jermain Wesley Loguen, Letter to Sarah Logue (March 28, 1860) • p. 181
  • Frederick Douglass, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (July 5, 1852) • p. 183
  • John Brown, “John Brown’s Last Speech” (November 2, 1859) • p. 187
  • Osborne P. Anderson, A Voice from Harper’s Ferry (1861) • p. 188
  • Martin Delany’s Advice to Former Slaves (July 23, 1865) • p. 191
  • Henry McNeal Turner, “On the Eligibility of Colored Members to Seats in the Georgia Legislature” (September 3, 1868) • p. 194
 
CHAPTER 10: CIVIL WAR AND CLASS CONFLICT • p. 197
  • An Eyewitness Account of the Flour Riot in New York (February 1837) • p. 198
  • Hinton Rowan Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South (1857) • p. 200
  • “Mechanic” (Unknown), “Voting by Classes” (October 13, 1863) • p. 202
  • Joel Tyler Headley, The Great Riots of New York (1873) • p. 204
  • Four Documents on Disaffection in the South During the Civil War (1864 to 1865)
    • Report on a Bread Riot in Savannah, Georgia (April 1864) • p. 208
    • “Exempt” (Unknown), “To Go, Or Not to Go” (June 28, 1864) • p. 209
    • O.G.G. (Unknown), Letter to the Editor (February 17, 1865) • p. 209
    • Columbus Sun, “The Class That Suffer” (February 17, 1865) • p. 210
  • J. A. Dacus, Annals of the Great Strikes in the United States (1877) • p. 211
 
CHAPTER 11: STRIKERS AND POPULISTS IN THE GILDED AGE • p. 215
  • Henry George, “The Crime of Poverty” (April 1, 1885) • p. 216
  • August Spies, “Address of August Spies” (October 7, 1886) • p. 219
  • Anonymous, “Red-Handed Murder: Negroes Wantonly Killed at Thibodaux, La.” (November 26, 1887) • p. 221
  • Reverend Ernest Lyon et al., Open Letter from the New Orleans Mass Meeting (August 22, 1888) • p. 223
  • Two Speeches by Mary Elizabeth Lease (circa 1890)
    • “Wall Street Owns the Country” (circa 1890) • p. 226
    • Speech to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (1890) • p. 226
  • The Omaha Platform of the People’s Party of America (1 892) • p. 229
  • Reverend J. L. Moore on the Colored Farmers’ Alliance (March 7, 1891) • p. 230
  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett, “Lynch Law” (1893) • p. 232
  • Statement from the Pullman Strikers (June 15, 1894) • p. 234
  • Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward: 2000—1887 (1888) • p. 237
 
CHAPTER 12: THE EXPANSION OF THE EMPIRE • p. 239
  • Calixto Garcias Letter to General William R. Shafter (July 17, 1898) • p. 241
  • Three Documents on African-American Opposition to Empire (1898 to 1899)
    • Lewis H. Douglass on Black Opposition to McKinley (November 17, 1899) • p. 243
    • Missionary Department of the Atlanta, Georgia, A.M.E. Church, “The Negro Should Not Enter the Army” (May 1, 1899) • p. 244
    • I. D. Barnett et al., Open Letter to President McKinley by Colored People of Massachusetts (October 3, 1899) • p. 245
  • Samuel Clemens, “Comments on the Moro Massacre” (March 12, 1906) • p. 248
  • Smedley D. Butler, War Is a Racket (1933) • p. 252
 
CHAPTER 13: SOCIALISTS AND WOBBLIES • p. 257
  • Mother Jones, “Agitation: The Greatest Factor for Progress” (March 24, 1903) • p. 258
  • Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906) • p. 261
  • W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903) • p. 264
  • Emma Goldman, “Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty” (1908) • p. 270
  • “Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence” (1912) • p. 272
  • Arturo Giovannitti’s Address to the Jury (November 23, 1912) • p. 275
  • Woody Guthrie, “Ludlow Massacre” (1946) • p. 278
  • Julia May Courtney, “Remember Ludlow!” (May 1914) • p. 280
  • Joe Hill, “My Last Will” (November 18, 1915) • p. 282
 
CHAPTER 14: PROTESTING THE FIRST WORLD WAR • p. 283
  • Helen Keller, “Strike Against War” (January 5, 1916) • p. 284
  • John Reed, “Whose War?” (April 1917) • p. 288
  • “Why the IWW Is Not Patriotic to the United States” (1918) • p. 291
  • Emma Goldman, Address to the Jury in U.S. v. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman (July 9, 1917) • p. 292
  • Two Antiwar Speeches by Eugene Debs (1918)
    • “The Canton, Ohio, Speech” (June 16, 1918) • p. 295
    • Statement to the Court (September 18, 1918) • p. 297
  • Randolph Bourne, “The State” (1918) • p. 298
  • e. e. cummings, “i sing of Olaf glad and big” (1931) • p. 302
  • John Dos Passos, “The Body of an American” (1932) • p. 304
  • Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun (1939) • p. 306
 
CHAPTER 15: FROM THE JAZZ AGE TO THE UPRISINGS OF THE 1930s • p. 311
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Echoes of the Jazz Age” (1931) • p. 312
  • Yip Harburg, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (1932) • p. 314
  • Paul Y. Anderson, “Tear-Gas, Bayonets, and Votes” (August 17, 1932) • p. 315
  • Mary Licht, “I Remember the Scottsboro Defense” (February 15, 1997) • p. 320
  • Ned Cobb (“Nate Shaw”), All God’s Dangers (1969) • p. 323
  • Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1937) • p. 327
  • Two Poems by Langston Hughes (1934 and 1940)
    • “Ballad of Roosevelt” (1934) • p. 327
    • “Ballad of the Landlord” (1940) • p. 329
  • Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Speech to the Court (April 9, 1927) • p. 331
  • Vicky Starr (“Stella Nowicki”), “Back of the Yards” (1973) • p. 332
  • Sylvia Woods, “You Have to Fight for Freedom” (1973) • p. 336
  • Rose Chernin on Organizing the Unemployed in the Bronx in the 1930s (1949) • p. 340
  • Genora (Johnson) Dollinger, Striking Flint: Genora (Johnson) Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 GM Sit-Down Strike (February 1995) • p. 345
  • John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) • p. 350
  • Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land” (February 1940) • p. 353
 
CHAPTER 16: WORLD WAR II AND MCCARTHYISM • p. 355
  • Paul Fussell, ‘“Precision Bombing Will Win the War”’ (1989) • p. 356
  • Yuri Kochiyama, “Then Came the War” (1991) • p. 359
  • Yamaoka Michiko, “Eight Hundred Meters from the Hypocenter” (1992) • p. 363
  • United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Summary Report (Pacific War) (July 1, 1946) • p. 367
  • Admiral Gene Larocque Speaks to Studs Terkel About “The Good War” (1985) • p. 373
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) • p. 376
  • Paul Robeson’s Unread Statement before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (June 12, 1956) • p. 378
  • Peter Seeger, “Thou Shall Not Sing” (1989) • p. 382
  • I. F. Stone, “But It’s Not Just Joe McCarthy” (March 15, 1954) • p. 384
  • The Final Letter from Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to Their Children (June 19, 1953) • p. 388
 
CHAPTER 17: THE BLACK UPSURGE AGAINST RACIAL SEGREGATION • p. 389
  • Richard Wright, 12 Million Black Voices (1941) • p. 391
  • Langston Hughes, “Montage of a Dream Deferred” (1951) • p. 393
  • Anne Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968) • p. 394
  • John Lewis, Original Text of Speech to Be Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial (August 28, 1963) • p. 398
  • Malcolm X, “Message to the Grass Roots” (November 10, 1963) • p. 400
  • Martha Honey, Letter from Mississippi Freedom Summer (August 9, 1964) • p. 402
  • Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer (August 22, 1964) • p. 404
  • Testimony of Rita L. Schwerner (1964) • p. 406
  • Alice Walker, “Once” (1968) • p. 410
  • Sandra A. West, “Riot ! — A Negro Residents Story” (July 24, 1967) • p. 415
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., “Where Do We Go from Here?” (August 16, 1967) • p. 417
 
CHAPTER 18: VIETNAM AND BEYOND: THE HISTORIC RESISTANCE • p. 421
  • Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, McComb, Mississippi, Petition Against the War in Vietnam (July 28, 1965) • p. 422
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam” (April 4, 1967) • p. 423
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Position Paper on Vietnam (January 6, 1966) • p. 427
  • Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” (1963) • p. 429
  • Muhammad Ali Speaks Out Against the Vietnam War (1966) • p. 431
  • Jonathan Schell, The Village of Ben Suc (1967) • p. 431
  • Larry Colburn, “They Were Butchering People” (2003) • p. 437
  • Haywood T. “The Kid” Kirkland, from Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (1984) • p. 440
  • Loung Ung, “People Just Disappeared and You Didn’t Say Anything” (2003) • p. 442
  • Tim O’Brien, “The Man I Killed” (1990) • p. 444
  • Maria Herrera-Sobek, Two Poems on Vietnam (1999) • p. 448
  • Daniel ElIsberg, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers (2003) • p. 450
 
CHAPTER 19: WOMEN, GAYS, AND OTHER VOICES OF RESISTANCE • p. 453
  • Allen Ginsberg, “America” (January 17, 1956) • p. 454
  • Martin Duberman, Stonewall (1993) • p. 457
  • Wamsutta (Frank B.) James, Suppressed Speech on the 350th Anniversary of the Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth Rock (September 10, 1970) • p. 461
  • Adrienne Rich, Of Woman Born (1977) • p. 464
  • Abbey Lincoln, “Who Will Revere the Black Woman?” (September 1966) • p. 466
  • Susan Brownmiller, “Abortion Is a Womans Right” (1999) • p. 469
  • Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard), “Women in Prison: How We Are” (April 1978) • p. 471
  • Kathleen Neal Cleaver, “Women, Power, and Revolution” (October 16, 1998) • p. 476
 
CHAPTER 20: LOSING CONTROL IN THE 1970s • p. 481
  • Howard Zinn, “The Problem Is Civil Obedience” (November 1970) • p. 483
  • George Jackson, Soledad Brother (1970) • p. 489
  • Bob Dylan, “George Jackson” (1971) • p. 492
  • Angela Davis, “Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation” (1970) • p. 494
  • Two Voices of the Attica Uprising (1971 and 2000)
    • Elliott James (“L. D.”) Barkley (September 9, 1971) • p. 498
    • Interview with Frank “Big Black” Smith (2000) • p. 499
  • Leonard Peltier on the Trail of Broken Treaties Protest (1999) • p. 500
  • Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973 (December 18, 1975) • p. 504
  • Noam Chomsky, “COINTELPRO: What the (Deleted) Was It?” (March 12, 1978) • p. 507
 
CHAPTER 21: THE CARTER-REAGAN-BUSH CONSENSUS • p. 511
  • Marian Wright Edelman, Commencement Address at Milton Academy (June 10, 1983) • p. 512
  • César Chávez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California (November 9, 1984) • p. 515
  • Testimony of Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz on Vieques, Puerto Rico (October 2, 1979) • p. 521
  • Local P-9 Strikers and Supporters on the 1985-1986 Meatpacking Strike against the Hormel Company in Austin, Minnesota (1991) • p. 524
  • Douglas A. Fraser, Resignation Letter to the Labor-Management Group (July 19, 1978) • p. 530
  • Vito Russo, “Why We Fight” (1988) • p. 534
  • Abbie Hoffman, “Closing Argument” (April 15, 1987) • p. 537
  • Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” (1990) • p. 540
 
CHAPTER 22: PANAMA, THE 1991 GULF WAR, AND THE WAR AT HOME • p. 543
  • Alex Molnar, “If My Marine Son Is Killed . . (August 23, 1990) • p. 544
  • Eqbal Ahmad, “Roots of the Gulf Crisis” (November 17, 1990) • p. 546
  • June Jordan Speaks Out Against the 1991 Gulf War (February 21, 1991) • p. 553
  • Yolanda Huet- Vaughn, Statement Refusing to Serve in the 1991 Gulf War (January 9, 1991) • p. 555
  • Interview with Civilian Worker at the Rio Hato Military Base in Panama City (February 23, 1990) • p. 557
  • Mike Davis, “In L.A., Burning All Illusions” (June 1, 1992) • p. 561
  • Mumia Abu-Jamal, All Things Censored (2001) • p. 565
 
CHAPTER 23: CHALLENGING BILL CLINTON • p. 569
  • Bruce Springsteen, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) • p. 570
  • Lorell Patterson on the “War Zone” Strikes in Decatur, Illinois (June 1995) • p. 573
  • Winona LaDuke, Acceptance Speech for the Green Party’s Nomination for Vice President of the United States of America (August 29, 1996) • p. 576
  • Two Open Letters of Protest to the Clinton Administration
    • Alice Walker, Letter to President Bill Clinton (March 13, 1996) • p. 578
    • Adrienne Rich, Letter to Jane Alexander Refusing the National Medal for the Arts (July 3, 1997) • p. 580
  • Rania Masri, “How Many More Must Die?” (September 17, 2000) • p. 581
  • Roni Krouzman, “WTO: The Battle in Seattle: An Eyewitness Account” (December 6, 1999) • p. 583
  • Anita Cameron, “And the Steps Came Tumbling Down — AD APT’s Battle with the HBA” (2000) • p. 587
  • Elizabeth (“Betita”) • p. Martinez, “‘Be Down with the Brown!’” (1998) • p. 589
  • Walter Mosley, Workin’ on the Chain Gang (2000) • p. 592
  • Julia Butterfly Hill, “Surviving the Storm: Lessons from Nature” (2001) • p. 595
 
CHAPTER 24: BUSH II AND THE “WAR ON TERROR” • p. 599
  • Michael Moore, “The Presidency — Just Another Perk” (November 14, 2000) • p. 601
  • Orlando Rodriguez and Phyllis Rodriguez, “Not In Our Sons Name” (September 15, 2001) • p. 603
  • Rita Lasar, “To Avoid Another September 11, U.S. Must Join the World” (September 5, 2002) • p. 604
  • Monami Maulik, “Organizing in Our Communities Post-September 11th” (2001) • p. 606
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 705, “Resolution Against the War” (October 18, 2002) • p. 608
  • Rachel Corrie, Letter from Palestine (February 7, 2003) • p. 608
  • Danny Glover, Speech During the World Day of Protest Against the War (February 15, 2003) • p. 610
  • Amy Goodman, “Independent Media in a Time of War” (2003) • p. 611
  • Tim Predmore, “How Many More Must Die?” (August 24, 2003) • p. • p. 614
  • Maritza Castillo et ah, Open Letter to Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Michael G. Jones (September 12, 2003) • p. 616
  • Kurt Vonnegut, “Cold Turkey” (May 31, 2004) • p. 617
  • Glenn Greenwald, Speech to the Socialism 2013 Conference (June 27, 2013) • p. 622
  • Chelsea Manning, “‘Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society'” (August 21, 2013) • p. 625
 
CHAPTER 25: RISING RESISTANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY • p. 627
  • Camilo Mejia, “I Pledge My Allegiance to the Poor and Oppressed” (July 3, 2005) • p. 629
  • Cindy Sheehan, “‘It’s Time the Antiwar Choir Started Singing ” (August 5, 2005) • p. 630
  • Kevin Tillman, “After Pat’s Birthday” (October 19, 2006) • p. 632
  • Evann Orleck-Jetter, Statement on Marriage Equality (March 18, 2009) • p. 633
  • Gustavo Madrigal-Pina, “Undocumented and Unafraid” (August 22, 2011) • p. 635
  • Roberto Meneses Marquez, “A Day Laborer” (April 30, 2013) • p. 636
  • Naomi Klein, “Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now” (October 6, 2011) • p. 638
  • Phillip Agnew, “#OurMarch” (August 28, 2013) • p. 641
  • Kirstin Roberts, “We Stood Up to the Bullies” (October 9, 2012) • p. 643
  • Amber Kudla, “518-455-4767” (June 23, 2013) • p. 647
  • Jesse Hagopian, “After We Scrapped the MAP” (January 30, 2014) • p. 650
  • Michelle Farber, “We All Have to Be Brave” (May 14, 2014) • p. 652
 
EPILOGUE:
  • Patti Smith, “People Have the Power” (1988) • p. 657

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