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Madison is a very special place. I always have a special feeling when I come here. I have a feeling I am…
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn was born in 1922 and died 2010. He was a historian and a playwright. He taught at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, then at Boston University. He was active in the civil rights movement, and in the movement against the Vietnam war. He has written many books, his best known being A People`s History of the United States. His many books include You Can`t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (a memoir), The Zinn Reader, The Future of History (interviews with David Barsamian) and Marx in Soho (a play), among many others.
THERE IS SOMETHING important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that…
The following essay is an excerpt from Zinn’s forthcoming book, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (City Lights Books, ISBN 0-87286-475-8, www.citylights.com) In…
When I arrived at Boston university in 1978, it was like showing up at a party after all the guests had gone…
Now that most Americans no longer believe in the war, now that they no longer trust Bush and his Administration, now that…
On the third anniversary of President Bush’s Iraq debacle, it’s important to consider why the administration so easily fooled so many people…
In 1920, two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with the murders of Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli in…
The war against Iraq, the assault on its people, the occupation of its cities, will come to an end, sooner or later.…
John Roberts sailed through his confirmation hearings as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with enthusiastic Republican support, and a…
How quickly would you like to see society change in fundamental ways? How quickly do you believe it will, or ought, to…