Howard Zinn As the twentieth century came to an end last December, an extraordinary man, whose life spanned the century, died at…
Howard Zinn I have been asked to imagine this situation: "The progressive third party movement has captured the White House, 60% of…
Howard Zinn In the year 1919, when the city of Seattle was brought to a halt by a general strike – beginning…
Howard Zinn There are two issues here: First, why should we accept our culture’s definition of those two factors? Why should we…
There are two issues here: First, why should we accept our culture’s definition of those two factors? Why should we accept…
Howard Zinn Some years ago, when I was teaching at Boston University, I was asked by a Jewish group to give a…
Howard Zinn In the spirit of killing two obligations with one effort, I offer as my Commentary a response I just made…
The order came from above (I will not reveal the name, unless tortured) ): "Write something inspirational." The exact words were: "Inspire,…
Milosovic has committed atrocities. Therefore it is okay for us to commit atrocities. He is terrorizing the Albanians in Kosovo. Therefore we…
You ask how I manage to stay involved and remain seemingly happy and adjusted to this awful world where the efforts of…
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