Activism Archives - Howard Zinn

Blaming Outside Agitators

By Howard Zinn. Excerpt from chapter three of Howard Zinn’s autobiography You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
"When students begin to defy established authority it often appears to besieged administrators that “someone must be behind this,” the implication being that young people are incapable of thinking or acting on their own."

Disturbing the War

By Howard Zinn. “Speech Against the Vietnam War on Boston Common,” published in Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963–2009
"They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we’re disturbing the war." —Howard Zinn

Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century

Edited by Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin. Seven Stories Press. 2023.
Twenty-first century social movements come to life through speeches, essays, and other documents of activism, protest, and social change.

Howard Zinn Spelman Commencement 2005 | HowardZinn.org

Against Discouragement

By Howard Zinn. Speech and article. Spelman College. May 15, 2005.
In 1963, Howard Zinn was fired from Spelman College because of his support for students' civil rights activism. In 2005, he was invited back by President Beverly Daniel Tatum to give the commencement address. Here is the text of that speech, given on May 15, 2005, and published in Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics.

Howard Zinn – You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Howard Zinn interviewed by Lawrence R. Velvel. Books of Our Time. November 11, 2003.
This discussion ranges from Mr. Zinn's optimism for the future and what true Patriotism is, to what Americans don't want to hear.

Theme and Topic: Activism

Blaming Outside Agitators

Disturbing the War

Against Discouragement

Howard Zinn – You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

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