Double vision May 18, 2008
A People s History of American EmpireBy Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, and Paul BuhleMetropolitan, 273 pp ... It seems fitting during election season to start a wrap-up of current graphic literature with books about politics: a biography of J. Edgar Hoover by Rick Geary and a history of American empire by Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, and Paul Buhle ... By Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, and Paul Buhle Metropolitan, 273 pp. (Boston Globe)
Noam Chomsky, other academics and journalists, weigh in on SEIU-UHW feud May 4, 2008
Among the signatories: famed radical and iconoclast Noam Chomsky, emeritus professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; authors Howard Zinn and Mike Davis; and a host of professors from institutions like UC Santa Barbara, Harvard Law School, Yale, City University of New York, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, University of Washington, UCLA, and a number of other universities across the country.... (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Human Rights Festival celebrates 30 years May 2, 2008
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Letters to the Editor (April 16) Apr 21, 2008
Roscoe wrote on Apr 16, 2008 11:18 AM:" The pride that some people have for the US flag allows the flag to blow across their eyes and they are blinded. The US has done some very nasty things to certain groups of people in the past. I know, hard to swallow, but true. If you are African heritage, you are one of those groups. If you are female, you are one of those groups. If you are a white male or a white female who thinks you are a white male, you aren't one of those groups and need to temper... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Letters to the editor (April 10) (55) Apr 11, 2008
Historian Howard Zinn, the author of A People s History of the United States, has a proposal in the April 2007 issue of The Nation magazine. He asks presidential candidates why none has connected the present national crisis with President Roosevelt s New Deal. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Howard Zinn tells history, in comic form Apr 6, 2008
"A People's History of American Empire," by Howard Zinn, illustrated by Mike Konopacki, edited by Paul Buhle. Zinn is famous for his 1980 book, "A People's History of the United States." If history is usually written by the victors, Zinn tells it from the view of the oppressed, be they workers exploited by robber barons or minorities denied due rights. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Obama in American history Apr 4, 2008
American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright Howard Zinn is best known as author of the bestseller A People's History of the United States, a cartoon version of which is due out this month ... Howard Zinn: I agree his proposals do not meet the need. (Asia Times Online)
What schools didn't teach about empire Apr 4, 2008
Howard Zinn is the author of A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People's History of the United States, now being filmed for a major television documentary ... (Copyright 2008 Howard Zinn. (Asia Times Online)
Parental guidance suggested Apr 1, 2008
Carlsson-Paige credits historian Howard Zinn with her political awakening. For four years after her divorce, beginning when her sons were 5 and 2 and she was teaching kindergarten, Carlsson-Paige lived in Newton. (Boston Globe)
Terrorist-Supporting Venezuelan Strongman Has Famous Allies Mar 19, 2008
Other signers included the Rev. Jesse Jackson, actor Ed Asner and the Marxist writers Howard Zinn and Naomi Klein. In 2006, Rep. (Human Events Online)
Perez looking to graduate to Majors Feb 26, 2008
Ask Perez about the best book he's read recently and he'll tell you "A Power Governments Cannot Suppress," by Howard Zinn. Zinn is "just a really interesting guy," Perez said. (MLB.com -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
U.S. the real terror in Iraq Feb 16, 2008
The quote has actually beend used out of context but was originally used by historian, Howard Zinn. Yes, your adherence to historical accuracy really hits home when discussing of the threat that our President poses to individual freedoms. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
POINT/COUNTERPOINT: UI right to bring Rove here? Feb 15, 2008
The Lecture Committee, in its decision to invite Rove, is defying a pronounced trend of inviting staunchly liberal lecturers - Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton - while scrupulously avoiding conservative guests. The beauty of the First amendment is that it protects both popular and unpopular speech. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Are You a Homegrown Terrorist? Feb 2, 2008
To Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, H.R. 1955 as it is referred to is just one more in a long series of laws passed in times of foreign policy tensions. He points out that the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, for instance, sent people to jail for criticizing the Adams administration. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Plotting the Post-Edwards Strategy Feb 1, 2008
For all of you that talk about the poor , middle-class and elite , read Howard Zinn s A People s History of the United States ... As Howard Zinn wrote in America s Blinders. (New York Times)
Free Bob Avakian! Jan 27, 2008
It still had the dusty works by obscure presses, and the books by lefty heroes like Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky. I asked the new cashier, a serious fellow with an old-school Boston accent named Ben O'Leary, where I could find Bob Avakian. (Boston Globe)
Other Voices - Are you a homegrown terrorist? Jan 26, 2008
"When you talk about working with local law enforcement to possibly spy on groups and individuals to try to find the so-called 'needle in the haystack,' this definitely poses a threat to local autonomy." To Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, H.R. 1955, as it is referred to, is just one more in a long series of laws passed in times of foreign policy tensions. He points out that the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, for instance, sent people to jail for criticizing the... (Missouri Valley Times News, IA)
With greed as buzzword, how can Americans back Edwards? Jan 15, 2008
cross1242 wrote on Jan 14, 2008 11:05 AM:" In Sundays paper, Prof. Dennis Clayson says that Edwards is not his candidate for president. (In that, you can only imagine my surprise.) Rather than take on Prof. Clayson directly this time, its worthwhile to post a suggestion that everyone needs to brush-up on their history. In particularly, the history of the role of business corporations in America needs to be reviewed. When reviewing the history of corporations, Im talking about the real history... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Iranians 'Were a Heartbeat From Being Blown Up'... Jan 8, 2008
The Blotter: U.S.: Iranians 'Were a Heartbeat From Being Blown Up. TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES. (The Drudge Report)
Why the Left Hates Democracy Jan 3, 2008
Leftist Howard Zinn also equated America's displacement of the Taliban and holding of free elections with the 9/11 attacks themselves, as though both were equivalent crimes ... Leftist Howard Zinn also equated America's displacement of the Taliban and holding of free elections with the 9/11 attacks themselves, as though both were equivalent crimes. (Townhall.com)
Street: Reflections on Class War Dec 26, 2007
Sir, what is Hillary'splan to bring the troops home and how soon will she get it done"? Arriving a few minutes late, I found 75 or so white middle-aged and senior Iowans sitting quietly on folding chairs in front of a short elevated platform. In shiny brown gymnasium bleachers on either side sat maybe 100 middle-school students. Two-thirds of them were Latino. A nice white-haired lady wearing a Hillary button sat next to me. She said a major meatpacking plant operated somewhere close... (Zmag.org)
Zinn: A Violent Cartography Dec 22, 2007
Howard Zinn's most recent book is A Power Government's Cannot Suppress. (Zmag.org)
Kissinger's foggy focus on Iran Dec 18, 2007
Historian Howard Zinn has shown that despite the official US government's denial, its sensitivity to "public opinion" actually played a large role in ending the US military presence in Vietnam ... Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States. (Asia Times Online)
Lendman: Police State America Dec 18, 2007
" This and other repressive laws may be used against any individual or group with unpopular views - those that differ from established state policy, even illegal ones, and historian Howard Zinn is concerned. He says: "This is the most recent of a long series of laws passed in times of foreign policy tensions, starting with the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which sent people to jail for criticizing the Adams administration. " Under Woodrow Wilson in WW I, "the Espionage (and) Sedition... (Zmag.org)
Thumbs down on border flick Dec 15, 2007
I recommend "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. " Pluto wrote on Dec 14, 2007 9:58 AM:" to IroquoisChief @8:53am - I agree with you about Huckabee. (North County Times)
Damon, Vedder to teach Peoples History Dec 12, 2007
Documentary project to feature music, readings based on Howard Zinn book ... LOS ANGELES - Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei and Eddie Vedder will contribute their talents to a documentary miniseries based on historian-author Howard Zinn's 1980 book "A People's History of the United States.". (MSNBC -- News)
Left at war in wake of communist raid on Indian village Dec 6, 2007
But the party has received support from fellow travellers in the west, notably academic Noam Chomsky, historian Howard Zinn and writer Tariq Ali, who put their names to a letter in the Hindu newspaper highlighting the dangers of splitting the left at a time "when a world power has demolished one state (Iraq) and is now threatening another (Iran)". This foreign intervention, which was reproduced in the mouthpiece of the Communist party of India (Marxist), has not been welcomed by critics in... (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
The Great Left Debate: Chomsky to Saddam, Iraq to Nandigram Dec 5, 2007
Among the signatories: Tariq Ali (editor, New Left Review), Howard Zinn (American historian), Mahmood Mamdani (professor at New Yorks Columbia University and author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim) and Akeel Bilgrami (philosophy professor at Columbia). It instantly drew forth a response from the India-based Left. (Indian Express)
John Gianvito's ''Profit motive'' is a hushed, hypnotic history Nov 29, 2007
"Profit motive and the whispering wind," a film that for much of its length is every bit as distinctive as its title, is dedicated to Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States," which John Gianvito, the director, also cites as inspiration ... Art gives way to polemic - Howard Zinn gains the upper hand over Chris Marker - and an uncategorizable work of elegiac wonder becomes clumpingly didactic. (Boston Globe)
Is a Vote for Rudy a Vote for War? Nov 17, 2007
If Rudy rivals McCain as the hawk's hawk in the Republican race, the foreign policy advisers he has signed up make the Vulcans of Bush look like Howard Zinn and Ramsey Clark. Arnaud de Borchgrave titled his column about them "Dogs of War.". (Human Events Online)
Propaganda, and Perspective, on "American Empire" Nov 15, 2007
Ironically, the film appeared in the midst of the Cold War period regularly characterized by revisionist historians (William Appleman Williams, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky and many more) as the very height of U.S. arrogance and imperialism, when the American colossus needlessly menaced the appropriately frightened Soviet Union and ruthlessly imposed its will on allies and unaligned alike ... Ironically, the film appeared in the midst of the Cold War period regularly characterized by revisionist... (Townhall.com)
• George Evica Dies; Longtime Radio Commentator Nov 12, 2007
" During an interview with Miller, Evica calls himself a "radical historian," along the lines of Howard Zinn and others who understand the importance of getting the story straight. WWUH station manager John Ramsey said Evica's shoes - and time slot - are nearly impossible to fill. "George Michael had such credibility, nothing that smacked of UN-world-order-takeover stuff," said Ramsey. "He was a college professor and father figure at the same time. " He said Evica once filed a Freedom of... (FOX61, CT)
Barker: Watchdog or Manipulator? Nov 12, 2007
1] Al Gedicks, Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations (Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2001); Kathleen McPhillips, Local heroes: Australian Crusades from the Environmental Frontline (Annandale, N.S.W.: Pluto Press, 2002); Howard Zinn, A Peoples History of the United States: 1492-Present (New York: HarperCollins, 2003); John Walton and David Seddon, Free Markets and Food Riots: The Politics of Global Adjustment (Oxford, England: Blackwell, 2004); Bruce Podobnik and... (Zmag.org)
10,000 protest against war on Boston Common Oct 28, 2007
Tobin, 36, was one of an estimated 10,000 people who gathered on the Common to listen to speakers, including historian Howard Zinn and Councilor Felix Arroyo, and march to Copley Square and back. The rally was one of 11 large antiwar held nationwide yesterday as part of the National Day of Action to end the war. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Miles: Reviewing Pappe Oct 23, 2007
The first essay analyzes the writings about Palestine concentrating on a need to examine previously ignored basic issues at the peoples level (as Howard Zinn does with U.S. history) rather than through the official Ottoman records during the 1700s and 1800s. That of course obviates the Orientalist view (modernity versus decay/empty land rescued by Jews) and the Israeli apologetics of their own cultural history in the region. (Zmag.org)
Awehali: Tipping the Sacred Cow Oct 17, 2007
"Funny, refreshing, intelligent, and outrageous!" Howard Zinn. . (Zmag.org)
UPJ students protest to learn Oct 10, 2007
Hand-made protest signs decrying the treatment of Native Americans at the hands of European settlers were waved and several participated in readings, including passages from Howard Zinn s A People s History of the United States: 1492-Present. Peace symbols as body art were also visible on a number of protesters. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Perspectives on Christopher Columbus Oct 4, 2007
"Sophomores studying United States history at Littleton High School spent the first weeks of school considering the impact of Columbus's exploration on the Americas and the controversies involving his legacy. Understanding that there are many varied perspectives on that legacy, students read and evaluated excerpts from five historical sources: - The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving (c. 1830) - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn (first published in... (Littleton Independent, MA)
Souljah fires up college students Sep 30, 2007
She referenced a series of formative books she'd read: "100 Years of Lynching," by Ralph Ginzburg; "The Mis-Education of The Negro," by Carter Godwin Woodson; "A People's History of the United States," by Howard Zinn; Malcolm X's autobiography, and others. "If you read '100 Years of Lynching,' then you wouldn't be surprised about the Jena six," she said. (The Daily Reflector)
More of this story Sep 29, 2007
The Historic Core of Los Angeles, from Arcadia publishing's Images of America series, tops the store's non-fiction sales chart, followed closely by works from Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. Fiction, which makes up a much larger part of the books sold at Metropolis, is headed by titles from Raymond Chandler and Charles Bukowski. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Roy: Scandal In The Palace Sep 26, 2007
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, puts it beautifully: "The Rule of Law does not do away with unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law. It allocates wealth and poverty in such indirect and complicated ways as to leave the victim bewildered.". . (Zmag.org)
A Ripple Effect in Reg. 10 Flap Sep 21, 2007
" Avery, he said, is now appealing to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City. To do that, Mr. Thibault said, the single-parent family of three children needs money. "If we could raise about $20,000, that would be great," he said. Costs for the Oct. 14 benefit are being covered by former Connecticut Poet Laureate Marilyn Nelson, author Howard Zinn, poet Elizabeth Thomas, writer Suzanne Davis and business owner Raj Patel. That way, Mr. Thibault said, the donation for admission... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Great Books on Early America Sep 20, 2007
This focus on the Founders contrasts with the new, revisionist history favored by the likes of Howard Zinn. Yet Ellis makes his case that the Founding Fathers' influence was genuine and real, and no amount of politically correct posturing or revisionist history will change that. (Suite101.com)
Politics, comedy make strange bedfellows as Scott Ritter comes to Jimmy Tingles Sep 13, 2007
Tingle has hosted events with authors such as Howard Zinn and James Carroll at his theater. He likes the idea of programming more serious events and has no problem playing the comic relief. (Boston Globe)
Head of Reform Judaism Says Wearing Veil Should Be Respected Sep 11, 2007
In fact, I feel that way about far more non-Muslim Americans, such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Michael Moore. And I repeatedly noted in the same article that the issue had nothing to do with the Koran or Islam, that I would have said this about a congressman replacing the Bible with the Book of Mormon, or with "Dianetics" or any other text. (Townhall.com)
Post a comment Sep 3, 2007
(quote from Howard Zinn s A People History of United States 1492-Present). Charlene Correia, 57, obviously doesn t read nor cares about suppression and slavery of the middle and lower classes. (International Herald Tribune)
Zinn: Letter to NYT Aug 23, 2007
Letter to the New York Times. Samantha Power has done extraordinary work in chronicling the genocides of our time, and in exposing how the Western powers were complicit by their inaction. (Zmag.org)
Street: Running Dog Obama Jul 29, 2007
Recent Foreign Policy. Empire and Inequality Report, No, 24. (Zmag.org)
'Talented' Mr. Damon Gets Star On Walk Of Fame Jul 26, 2007
He grew up next door to historian and author Howard Zinn, whose book, "A People's History of the United States," was an integral part of Damon's Academy Award-winning screenplay "Good Will Hunting.". Damon made his professional acting debut with a one-line role in the 1988 coming-of-age tale "Mystic Pizza." His first major film role came in the 1992 New England prep school drama "School Ties," as a student who maliciously reveals that a classmate (Brendan Fraser) is Jewish. (CBS2.com, CA)
Rallying 'round the past Jul 22, 2007
They were delivered at an antiwar rally more than 35 years ago, close to this same spot on the Common, by Howard Zinn , a social activist, author, and Boston University professor who is best known today for his book "A People's History of the United States." The man at the podium was in fact a professional actor, Matthew Floyd Miller , hired by artist Mark Tribe to reenact one of the most memorable protest speeches of the Vietnam era. The event was part of a program called "Port Huron Project,"... (Boston Globe)
Kumar: UPS Strike, 10 years Jul 20, 2007
As historian Howard Zinn reminds us, progressive changes in this country have come about due to movements organized by the exploited and oppressed and not through the kindness of politicians, whether Republican or Democrat. . (Zmag.org)
Street: Courage of Convictions Jul 13, 2007
- Howard Zinn, March 2007 ... It agrees with Howard Zinn that the Democrats' recurrently proposed "timetables for withdrawal" are "morally reprehensible in the case of a brutal occupation: would you give a thug who invaded your house, smashed everything in sight, and terrorized your children a timetable for withdrawal?...It's as if," Zinn notes, "before the Civil War, abolitionists agreed to postpone the emancipation of the slaves for a year, or two years, or five years, and coupled this... (Zmag.org)
In Defense Of Patriotism Jul 11, 2007
Their current leader is lauded scholar and campus hero Professor Howard Zinn, quasi-Marxist author of the virulently anti-American "A People's History of the United States." On July 4, Zinn posted his most recent diatribe against patriotism: "On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blessed." He wrote, "We need to refute the idea that our nation is... (Human Events Online)
Why we fly the flag Jul 8, 2007
There was a time, I imagine, when Howard Zinn did too. Jeff Jacoby's e-mail address is. (Boston Globe)
Niaz: Pakistan Summer Jul 6, 2007
When people refuse to obey the dictator, then democracy comes alive, says Howard Zinn, author of the bestseller A Peoples History of the United States. (Zmag.org)
Zinn: Put Away The Flags Jul 3, 2007
Howard Zinn, a World War II bombardier, is the author of the best- selling "A People's History of the United States" (Perennial Classics, 2003, latest edition). This piece was distributed by the Progressive Media Project. (Zmag.org)
Saito: Ward Churchill Jun 28, 2007
Public intellectuals including Derrick Bell, Noam Chomsky, Richard Falk, Howard Zinn, and Immanuel Wallerstein published an open letter in the NY Review of Books denouncing CU's actions as part of the repressive post-9/11 "militarist reflex." A petition opposing Ward's dismissal was signed by nearly 500 scholars and activists with Teachers for a Democratic Society. Many other groups have submitted letters and petitions denouncing CU's tactics and calling for Ward's reinstatement. (Zmag.org)
Morris: Gates pt. 1 Jun 22, 2007
It was "a moment of political repression," wrote noted historian Howard Zinn, "unparalleled in United States history." In a sweeping onslaught of reaction, all-American Wichita would, by 1919, imprison and try hundreds of its citizens, assumed seditious, if not terrorist, simply for having joined, or worked for, a union. . (Zmag.org)
He remains active for the Rosenbergs Jun 17, 2007
On Tuesday evening (the 54th anniversary of the executions) at the John Hancock Hall, the fund is hosting a benefit called "Celebrate the Children of Resistance," a performance featuring Angela Davis, Eve Ensler, David Strathairn , and Howard Zinn, along with a host of Boston-area poets, musicians , and activists. The evening is a scripted event, with the first act consisting of Ensler and Strathairn reading a selection of letters Julius and Ethel sent to each other while in prison. (Boston Globe)
NPDDCTA: Churchill Dismissal Case Jun 15, 2007
An open letter signed by numerous prominent scholars, including Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Derrick Bell and Immanuel Wallerstein was published in the New York Review of Books in April. Scores of others have written letters of support, and there was a recent Emergency National Forum in Boulder of academics and supporters. (Zmag.org)
Zinn, where have all the book reviews gone? May 16, 2007
Author, historian, professor Howard Zinn ... The Current spoke with Howard Zinn, bestselling author of A People s History of the United States, a Boston University professor, and one of America s most notable, anti-war historians, about American newspapers winnowing down of book reviews. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Majavu: Reviewing Fanon May 16, 2007
g., see: A peoples history of the United States by Howard Zinn) that when people are oppressed they always rebel sooner or later. Furthermore, they do not rebel because of lust or envy or because they want to sleep with the oppressors wife, but because they believe in justice, equity and freedom. (Zmag.org)
Lendman: Free Expression May 11, 2007
But losing that most precious of all rights means losing our freedom that 18th century French philosopher Voltaire spoke in defense of saying "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Using it to express dissent is what noted historian Howard Zinn calls "the highest form of patriotism" exercising our constitutional right to freedom of speech, the press, to assemble, to protest publicly, and associate as we choose for any reason within the law. . (Zmag.org)
Street: Reject Democrats Calm May 5, 2007
Strategizing in the Face of Crimes: Reject the Democrats Call for Calm. The Empire and Inequality Report, No. 17. (Zmag.org)
Lengthy lineages Apr 29, 2007
Youth wants to know Howard Zinn, a retired Boston University history professor, is reaching out to young minds. His "A People's History of the United States" has sold well since it was published, in 1980. (Boston Globe)
