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'60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s






Howard Zinn

Biography

One of America's most respected political activists and thinkers, Howard Zinn was born on December 7, 1922, in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Zinn's political consciousness was awakened when he served as a fighter pilot during World War II; after the war, Zinn attended college under the G.I Bill and received a master's degree in history from Columbia University. Zinn took a position as a professor at Spelman College, a school for African-American women in Georgia, in 1956. Zinn became an active participant in the burgeoning civil rights movement that was emerging in Atlanta, and became an advisor to the influential activist group the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. . In 1963, Zinn's activism on behalf of civil rights and against the Vietnam War resulted in his being fired from Spelman; Boston University added Zinn to their faculty, where he would remain until he retired from education. Zinn would later became a visiting professor at the University of Paris and the University of Bologna. A prolific author, in 1980 Zinn published A People's History of the United States, a look at American history from the point of view of the disenfranchised, which would go on to sell over a million copies; he's also been a frequent contributor to a number of magazines, and has written a number of plays on radical political figures in history. Zinn is also a frequent speaker at colleges and on radio, and several recordings of his talks have been released through the leftist publishing house AK Press.

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War and Disobedience, Howard Zinn
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1492-1992: The Legacy of Columbus, Howard Zinn
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Overcoming Obstacles, Howard Zinn
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You Can't Blow Up a Social Relationship, Howard Zinn
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Just and Unjust Wars, Howard Zinn
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Democracy, Dissent and Disobedience, Howard Zinn
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Emma Goldman, Anarchism and War Resistance, Howard Zinn
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Three Holy Wars, Howard Zinn
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A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn
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History Matters, Howard Zinn
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The Case of Sacco & Vanzetti, Howard Zinn
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Confronting Government Lies, Howard Zinn
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Artists in a Time of War, Howard Zinn
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Espionage Act of 1917Second Thoughts on the Firs..6:11$0.69
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Manifest Destiny and American Except..Overcoming Obstacles6:59$0.69
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Unnecessary BombingsThree Holy Wars3:26$0.69
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Betrayal That Lasted 100 YearsThree Holy Wars3:18$0.69
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RebellionThree Holy Wars3:13$0.69
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Three Holy WarsThree Holy Wars3:16$0.69
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Cost of Removing the TalibanEmma Goldman, Anarchism and..6:10$0.99
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Haymarket AffairEmma Goldman, Anarchism and..3:02$0.99
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Big GovernmentPeople's History of the..5:12$0.99
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Purpose of the ConstitutionPeople's History of the..3:48$0.99
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History of Class StrugglePeople's History of the..5:14$0.99
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Class ConsciousnessPeople's History of the..5:10$0.99
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Practicing Safe HistoryPeople's History of the..6:43$0.99
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Standardized TestsPeople's History of the..3:14$0.99
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Demonization That Is NecessaryJust and Unjust Wars3:10$0.99
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American Expansion and AggressionJust and Unjust Wars6:58$0.99
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Process of PersuasionJust and Unjust Wars4:43$0.99
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Does America Need a War?Just and Unjust Wars4:27$0.99
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Is War Human Nature?Just and Unjust Wars4:45$0.99
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Giving War a Good NameJust and Unjust Wars4:23$0.99
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Biases in the Historical ProfessionDemocracy, Dissent and Diso..3:17$0.99
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Resistance1492-1992: The Legacy of Co..8:31$0.99
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Profit Motive1492-1992: The Legacy of Co..6:13$0.99
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Dehumanization1492-1992: The Legacy of Co..3:35$0.99
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Age of Imperialism1492-1992: The Legacy of Co..4:35$0.99

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