The editors and contributors to Agitation with a Smile: Howard Zinn’s Legacies and the Future of Activism hosted a special event with a full house on the release of the paperback edition of the book. The program was held at Bluestockings Bookstore in New York on May 31, 2014. The presenters included:
- Frances Fox Piven, CUNY professor and author, Poor People’s Movements and Why Americans Don’t Vote
- Martín Espada, UMass professor, performer in The People Speak
- Ross Caputi, Fallujah Marine Veteran, Veteran for Peace, and founder, ISLAH
- Patricia Moynagh, Wagner College professor and feminist theorist
- Book editors Stephen Bird, Adam Silver, and Joshua Yesnowitz