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New Album of Music Compositions by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El, Prison Activist

Tiyo Attallah Salah-El (1932–2018) was a musician, scholar, and prison abolitionist who founded the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons in 1995. He was incarcerated for nearly 50 years and was pen pals with Howard Zinn. This year, some of his compositions have been released on Tiyo's Songs of Life, including "Blues for Professor Zinn."

Power of the People Ice Cream for Howard Zinn Centennial

In commemoration of Howard Zinn's 100th birthday, the Baltimore-based Taharka Brothers released a new flavor called "Power of the People" ice cream.

Free E-Book — A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words

For the Howard Zinn Centennial, Beacon Press, Haymarket Books, The New Press, and Seven Stories Press are offering a free-book, A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Word.

Free “Read Zinn” Bookmarks and Buttons

Publishers Beacon Press, Haymarket Books, The New Press, and Seven Stories are pleased to offer free "Read Zinn" bookmarks and buttons, available for your institutions, schools, libraries, or bookstores.

Howard Zinn e-News • July 2022

REGISTER NOW! Howard Zinn Centennial Events, Aug. 23-25.
We are pleased to present a week of events to celebrate Howard Zinn’s 100th birthday that are free, online, and open to the public.

Howard Zinn Centennial Events, Aug. 23–25

HowardZinn.org, Zinn Education Project, Tamiment Library, and Voices of a People's History are pleased to present a week of events to celebrate Howard Zinn's 100th birthday that include a teacher workshop, historian and artist panel, and archivist panel.

Alternative Radio to Feature Classic Howard Zinn Broadcasts

To celebrate the Howard Zinn Centennial, Alternative Radio, hosted by David Barsamian, will broadcast six programs featuring Howard Zinn on Tuesdays, 2-3pm ET, July 26–Aug. 30.

Launch of the Howard Zinn Audio Visual Timeline

To celebrate #HowardZinn100, we present the Howard Zinn Audio Visual Timeline that features curated audio/visual materials that are in the Howard Zinn Digital Collection. Known for his compassion, social commentary, and humor, Zinn’s words and voice are to be experienced first hand.

Howard Zinn and the United Freedom Front Sedition Trial

In the late 1980s, Howard Zinn took the stand in defense of the United Freedom Front during a record-breaking sedition trial in Massachusetts. Much like he did in other well-known defense cases, Zinn defended civil disobedience and direct action against forces that infringed upon civil liberties and democracy.

New Howard Zinn Digital Collection Launches

The Howard Zinn Digital Collection allows visitors to sort by articles, books, essays, interviews, monographs, plays, speeches and talks from publishers, broadcasters, organizations, archives, libraries, and personal holdings. Visitors can further focus their search by time periods and format type. This interface provides historians, researchers, and activists a way to delve deeper into Zinn’s life’s work. For those new to Zinn’s work, this interface allows for people to explore the range of materials available.

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New Album of Music Compositions by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El, Prison Activist

Power of the People Ice Cream for Howard Zinn Centennial

Free E-Book — A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words

Free “Read Zinn” Bookmarks and Buttons

Howard Zinn e-News • July 2022

Howard Zinn Centennial Events, Aug. 23–25

Alternative Radio to Feature Classic Howard Zinn Broadcasts

Launch of the Howard Zinn Audio Visual Timeline

Howard Zinn and the United Freedom Front Sedition Trial

New Howard Zinn Digital Collection Launches

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