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Updated on October 19, 2016 by Howard Zinn Website
By Howard Zinn • Excerpted from The Zinn Reader The political culture of the United States is dominated by voting. Every election year is accompanied by an enormous amount of attention, with the media and the politicians joining forces to try to persuade Americans that voting for one candidate or another is the most important …
Updated on January 31, 2015 by Howard Zinn Website
“The Time of Our Lies” will be performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through August 25. It portrays the story of U.S. historian, educator and activist Howard Zinn as a young bombardier in World War II. Choreographed through song and rap, the play cautions against the politics of U.S. history and challenges the dominant narrative. The play …
Updated on April 26, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
In honor of historian Howard Zinn and all the ordinary people he celebrated in his work, on Tuesday November 5, scholars and activists from across the country will take part in a Read-in of Zinn’s work on the campus of Purdue University and on campuses across the nation. The day marks the birthday of another …
Updated on November 14, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
May 31st, 6:00 pm, at TEAM Englewood High School, Auditorium 6201 S Stewart Ave, Chicago, IL 60621 Free and open to the public | Free lot parking | CTA: 63rd – Red line, Halsted – Green line, #63 bus Hosted by Kevin Coval, featuring Ameena Matthews of The Interrupters; Louder Than a Bomb All-Star Malcolm …
Updated on August 24, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Please join Voices of a People’s History for a free screening of Howard Zinn’s film THE PEOPLE SPEAK as part of the new Chicago Voices pilot project with a free Educators Toolkit giveaway.
Updated on August 24, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
The People Speak Monday, July 25, 7:30 PM with a special introduction by Dave Zirin SOS Film Festival – ALL FILMS @ 7:30 PM TICKETS $10 The People Speak is inspired by Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking books A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Using dramatic and musical …
Updated on August 30, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Marx In Soho: A Play on History by Howard Zinn Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Performed by Brian Jones Brooklyn, New York “Don’t you wonder: why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?” This is the question posed by Karl Marx in Howard Zinn’s witty and insightful “play on history.”
Updated on September 17, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Zinn recently spoke in Madison, Wisconsin where he was receiving the Haven Center’s Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship. We bring you his lecture, “The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism.” Democracy Now! • November 24, 2006
Updated on June 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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Updated on June 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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Beyond Voting
Updated on October 19, 2016 by Howard Zinn Website
By Howard Zinn • Excerpted from The Zinn Reader The political culture of the United States is dominated by voting. Every election year is accompanied by an enormous amount of attention, with the media and the politicians joining forces to try to persuade Americans that voting for one candidate or another is the most important …
Category: Articles & Interviews, Articles by Howard Zinn, Uncategorized Tags: Democracy, Elections, Politics, Presidents
The Time of Our Lies – The Life and Times of Howard Zinn
Updated on January 31, 2015 by Howard Zinn Website
“The Time of Our Lies” will be performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through August 25. It portrays the story of U.S. historian, educator and activist Howard Zinn as a young bombardier in World War II. Choreographed through song and rap, the play cautions against the politics of U.S. history and challenges the dominant narrative. The play …
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Performances
Howard Zinn Read-In, Nov. 5
Updated on April 26, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
In honor of historian Howard Zinn and all the ordinary people he celebrated in his work, on Tuesday November 5, scholars and activists from across the country will take part in a Read-in of Zinn’s work on the campus of Purdue University and on campuses across the nation. The day marks the birthday of another …
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Book Ban, Events
“The People Speak, Englewood,” an Evening of Dramatic Readings and Songs, May 31st
Updated on November 14, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
May 31st, 6:00 pm, at TEAM Englewood High School, Auditorium 6201 S Stewart Ave, Chicago, IL 60621 Free and open to the public | Free lot parking | CTA: 63rd – Red line, Halsted – Green line, #63 bus Hosted by Kevin Coval, featuring Ameena Matthews of The Interrupters; Louder Than a Bomb All-Star Malcolm …
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Voices of a People's History
THE PEOPLE SPEAK . . . in Chicago!
Updated on August 24, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Please join Voices of a People’s History for a free screening of Howard Zinn’s film THE PEOPLE SPEAK as part of the new Chicago Voices pilot project with a free Educators Toolkit giveaway.
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Events, Voices of a People's History
The People Speak in D.C. and S.O.S. March
Updated on August 24, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
The People Speak Monday, July 25, 7:30 PM with a special introduction by Dave Zirin SOS Film Festival – ALL FILMS @ 7:30 PM TICKETS $10 The People Speak is inspired by Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking books A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Using dramatic and musical …
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Events, The People Speak
Marx in Soho Performance at Galapagos Art Space
Updated on August 30, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Marx In Soho: A Play on History by Howard Zinn Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Performed by Brian Jones Brooklyn, New York “Don’t you wonder: why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?” This is the question posed by Karl Marx in Howard Zinn’s witty and insightful “play on history.”
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Performances
The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism
Updated on September 17, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Zinn recently spoke in Madison, Wisconsin where he was receiving the Haven Center’s Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship. We bring you his lecture, “The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism.” Democracy Now! • November 24, 2006
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Updated on June 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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Updated on June 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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