In 1980, historian Howard Zinn published his classic work, A People’s History of the United States. The book would go on to sell…
Teaching the unvarnished truth about history was the best way to combat propaganda and unexamined received wisdom
[In 1963, historian Howard Zinn was fired from Spelman College, where he was chair of the History Department, because of his civil…
Excerpt from a longer 1960 piece by Howard Zinn and Paula Giddings
A memoir focusing on what influences led to becoming active. Part of the Being Left Series published in Z Magazine in 1998
People in all countries need the spirit of disobedience to the state, which is not a metaphysical thing but a thing of force and wealth
Historian Howard Zinn on Abraham Lincoln and the eventual abolition of slavery in the US. Which shows that Spielberg's new film, Lincoln,…
Yuki Tanaka’s Introduction to the Japanese edition of The Bomb by Howard Zinn In January 2010, Howard Zinn passed away at the age of…
In 2008 Rethinking Schools and the Washington, D.C.-based education nonprofit Teaching for Change joined together to form the Zinn Education Project, dedicated…
An excerpt from the DVD "Theory and Practice: Conversations With Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn" in which Prof. Zinn answers interviewer Sasha…
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