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.
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado National Guard attacked a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado. Zinn had a history PhD but only learned this story when “I heard a song by Woody Guthrie called ‘The Ludlow Massacre.’ Dark, haughting, powerful song. And that led me to look in a library about this event which nobody had ever mentioned in any of my history courses, which no textbook of mine had ever mentioned.”
From The Zinn Reader, Howard Zinn writes: For a long time I thought that there were important and useful ideas in Marxist philosophy and political economy that should be protected from the self-righteous cries on the right that "Marxism is dead,” as well as from the arrogant assumptions of the commissars of various dictatorships that their monstrous regimes represented “Marxism.”
Bob Moses, civil rights activist and founder of The Algebra Project, died on July 25, 2021. We pay tribute to Moses and share a collection of materials from the Howard Zinn’s papers and books that provide a look at Moses. We also share a video clip and transcript from the Martin Luther King Jr.: The Leader and the Legacy Forum (1986) where Moses and Zinn gave commentary on papers presented.
We are pleased to share that HowardZinn.org is embarking on a long-term project to dig into the archives and bring Zinn’s own historical records to new audiences through digitization and transcription. We begin with four new pieces. There are hundreds more! You can help prepare the transcripts for publishing. Learn more and sign up!
At the White House Conference on American History, speakers (including President Trump) attacked Howard Zinn, the New York Times 1619 Project, and the Zinn Education Project. As Brett Wilkins reported at Common Dreams, "Educators fired back a series of tweets defending the project and accusing the president of spreading 'McCarthy-like' and 'fascist' ideas."
“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.…
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.…
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 London; TEAM Englewood’s student poets, musicians, and artists; DJ Itch 13; and special guests to be announced.…
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.
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Alternative Radio to Feature Classic Howard Zinn Broadcasts
Posted: July 1, 2022 by Howard Zinn Website
Category: News, Uncategorized, Zinn at 100
The Ludlow Massacre of 1914
Posted: April 19, 2022 by Howard Zinn Website
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‘Je Ne Suis Pas Un Marxiste’
Posted: November 13, 2021 by Howard Zinn Website
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Bob Moses: A Life of Civil Rights Activism
Posted: August 24, 2021 by Howard Zinn Website
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New Audio and Video Materials Available
Posted: November 5, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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White House Attacks Howard Zinn, the 1619 Project, and the Zinn Education Project
Posted: October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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The Time of Our Lies – The Life and Times of Howard Zinn
Posted: August 1, 2014 by Howard Zinn Website
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Performances
Howard Zinn Read-In, Nov. 5
Posted: September 9, 2013 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.…
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Book Ban, Events
“The People Speak, Englewood,” an Evening of Dramatic Readings and Songs, May 31st
Posted: May 19, 2012 by Howard Zinn Website
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 London; TEAM Englewood’s student poets, musicians, and artists; DJ Itch 13; and special guests to be announced.…
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Voices of a People's History
THE PEOPLE SPEAK . . . in Chicago!
Posted: October 4, 2011 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