Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
June 27 marks the birth of Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869–May 14, 1940), an anarchist who was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women's equality and independence, and unions. After reading Richard Drinnon's biography of Emma Goldman, Rebel in Paradise, Howard Zinn read Goldman's autobiography, Living My Life. As a historian with a PhD, he was astonished he had never learned about Goldman in his studies. "Here was this magnificent woman, this anarchist, this feminist, fierce, life-loving person."
Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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.
Updated on July 28, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
On May 2, 2009, sportswriter Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports (New Press) and What’s My Name Fool? (Haymarket Books), interviewed Howard Zinn. Some 250 people attended the event at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was sponsored by Haymarket Books.…
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Updated on May 1, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
"Fellow Workers" album by Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips • May 1, 1999
Before I became a college professor I was a shipyard worker. Before I was a writer I was a warehouse worker. But whatever I did, I was always a member of a labor union. I think the only job I had where I couldn’t join a union was when I was a bombardier in the Air Force — and it might have been a good thing if we had one — maybe we would have gotten together and asked the question: Why are we dropping bombs on this peaceful village this morning?
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Commemorating Emma Goldman: ‘Living My Life’
Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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Ludlow Massacre
Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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‘You have to go beyond capitalism’: Dave Zirin Interviews Howard Zinn
Updated on July 28, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
On May 2, 2009, sportswriter Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports (New Press) and What’s My Name Fool? (Haymarket Books), interviewed Howard Zinn. Some 250 people attended the event at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was sponsored by Haymarket Books.…
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
“Fellow Workers” Liner Notes by Howard Zinn
Updated on May 1, 2019 by Howard Zinn Website
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