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'{{Infobox academic | name = Howard Zinn | image = Howard Zinn at B-Fest 2009 II.jpg | caption = Zinn in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1922|08|24}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], <br/ > [[United States]] | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2010|01|27|1922|08|24}}}} | death_place = [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]], <br /> [[United States]] | occupation = Historian | region = | nationality = | citizenship = | residence = | other_names = | period = | title = | boards = <!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation--> | alma_mater = [[New York University]] <small>(B.A.)</small><br />[[Columbia University]] <small>([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]; Ph.D.)</small> | spouse = Roslyn (Shechter) Zinn (died 2008) | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = <!--notable national level awards only--> | website = | education = | thesis_title = LaGuardia in Congress | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | era = | discipline = <!--major academic discipline – e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist--> | sub_discipline = <!--academic discipline specialist area – e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist--> | workplaces = [[Spelman College]] <br> [[Boston University]] | known_for = | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = [[Civil rights]], [[anti-war|war and peace]] | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} {{American socialism |expanded=Theorists}} '''Howard Zinn''' (August 24, 1922{{spaced ndash}}January 27, 2010) was an [[Americans|American]] [[historian]], playwright, and [[activism|social activist]]. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at [[Spelman College]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50704670|title=You can't be neutral on a moving train : a personal history of our times|last=1922-2010,|first=Zinn, Howard,|isbn=9780807071274|location=Boston|oclc=50704670}}</ref> and a [[political science]] professor at [[Boston University]]. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including his best-selling and influential ''[[A People's History of the United States]]''. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, ''A Young People's History of the United States''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29zinn.html Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87], January 28, 2010.</ref> Zinn described himself as "something of an [[anarchism|anarchist]], something of a [[socialism|socialist]]. Maybe a [[democratic socialism|democratic socialist]]."<ref name="flag.blackened.net">[http://flag.blackened.net/ias/13zinn.htm "War is the Health of the State: An Interview with Howard Zinn"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201232548/http://flag.blackened.net/ias/13zinn.htm |date=2010-02-01 }}, By Paul Glavin & Chuck Morse, ''Perspectives on Anarchist Theory'', Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2003.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{YouTube|VJ9UChMSJPU|Howard Zinn on Democratic Socialism}}</ref> He wrote extensively about the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and [[Peace movement|anti-war movement]], and [[labor history of the United States]]. His memoir, ''You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train'', was also the title of a [[Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train|2004 documentary]] about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a [[heart attack]] in 2010, age 87.<ref name="HP">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/howard-zinn-dead-author-o_n_439350.html Howard Zinn Dead, Author Of 'People's History Of The United States' Died At 87] by Hillel Italie, ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', January 27, 2010.</ref> ==Life and career== ===Early life=== Zinn was born to a [[Jew]]ish immigrant family in [[Brooklyn]] on August 24, 1922. His father, Eddie Zinn, born in [[Austria-Hungary]], immigrated to the U.S. with his brother Samuel before the outbreak of [[World War I]]. Howard's mother, Jenny (Rabinowitz) Zinn,<ref>[http://www.danjianbaowang.com/xiaomowenzhang/44933.html Howard Zinn]</ref> emigrated from the Eastern [[Siberia]]n city of [[Irkutsk]]. His parents first became acquainted as workers at the same factory.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://howardzinn.org/about/biography/|title=Biography {{!}} HowardZinn.org|website=HowardZinn.org|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> His father worked as a ditch digger and window cleaner during the [[Great Depression]]. His father and mother ran a neighborhood candy store for a brief time, barely getting by. For many years his father was in the waiters' union and worked as a waiter for weddings and [[bar mitzvahs]].<ref name="auto"/> Both parents were factory workers with limited education when they met and married, and there were no books or magazines in the series of apartments where they raised their children. Zinn's parents introduced him to literature by sending ten cents plus a coupon to the ''[[New York Post]]'' for each of the 20 volumes of [[Charles Dickens]]' collected works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howardzinn.org/about/biography/|title=Biography - HowardZinn.org|publisher=}}</ref> As a young man, Zinn made the acquaintance of several young [[Communists]] from his Brooklyn neighborhood. They invited him to a political rally being held in [[Times Square]]. Despite it being a peaceful rally, mounted police charged the marchers. Zinn was hit and knocked unconscious. This would have a profound effect on his political and social outlook.<ref name="auto"/> He also studied creative writing at [[Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn)|Thomas Jefferson High School]] in a special program established by principal and poet Elias Lieberman.<ref>[http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2004/apr04/issue/col_howardzinn.html Appel, Jacob M. Howard Zinn: Chronicling Lives from Spelman College to Boston U. ''Education Update'', April 2004]</ref> After graduating from high school in 1940, Zinn became an apprentice [[shipfitter]] in the [[New York Navy Yard]] at the age of 18. Concerns about low wages and hazardous working conditions compelled Zinn and several other apprentices to form the Apprentice Association. At the time, apprentices were excluded from [[trade unions]] and thus had little bargaining power, to which the Apprentice Association was their answer.<ref name="auto"/> The head organizers of the association, which included Zinn himself, would meet once a week outside of work to discuss strategy and read books that at the time were considered radical. Zinn was the Activities Director for the group. His time in this group would tremendously influence his political views and created for him an appreciation for unions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://howardzinn.org/howard-zinn-describes-work-in-the-navy-yards/|title=Howard Zinn Describes Work in the Navy Yards {{!}} HowardZinn.org|website=HowardZinn.org|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> ===World War II=== Eager to fight [[fascism]], Zinn joined the U.S. [[Army Air Force]] during World War II and was assigned as a [[bombardier (air force)|bombardier]] in the [[490th Bombardment Group]],<ref>''The Politics of History'' 2nd ed. by Howard Zinn (University of Illinois Press, 1990) pp. 258–274) {{ISBN|978-0-252-01673-8}}.</ref> bombing targets in [[Berlin]], [[Czechoslovakia]], and [[Hungary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100167600/extras/thebombexcerptcl.pdf|title=The Bomb|last=|first=|date=|website=|accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> As bombardier, Zinn dropped [[napalm]] bombs in April 1945 on [[Royan#Destruction of Royan|Royan]], a seaside resort in southwestern France.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zinn |first=Howard |title=Declarations of Independence |year=1990 |publisher=HarperPerennial |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-06-092108-8}}</ref> The [[anti-war]] stance Zinn developed later was informed, in part, by his experiences.[Actually, Royan was leveled by the RAF on January 5, 1945. 30 died during the April attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-royan.com/histoire/histoire-contemporaine/les-guerres/1576-la-liberation-de-royan-avril-1945.html|title=La Libération de Royan avril 1945|publisher=}}</ref>] On a post-doctoral research mission nine years later, Zinn visited the resort near [[Bordeaux]] where he interviewed residents, reviewed municipal documents, and read wartime newspaper clippings at the local library. In 1966, Zinn returned to Royan after which he gave his fullest account of that research in his book, ''The Politics of History''. On the ground, Zinn learned that the aerial bombing attacks in which he participated had killed more than a thousand French civilians as well as some German soldiers hiding near Royan to await the war's end, events that are described "in all accounts" he found as ''"une tragique erreur"'' that leveled a small but ancient city and "its population that was, at least officially, friend, not foe." In ''The Politics of History'', Zinn described how the bombing was ordered—three weeks before the war in Europe ended—by military officials who were, in part, motivated more by the desire for their own career advancement than in legitimate military objectives. He quotes the official history of the U.S. Army Air Forces' brief reference to the [[Eighth Air Force]] attack on Royan and also, in the same chapter, to the bombing of [[Plzeň]] in what was then [[Czechoslovakia]]. The official history stated that the famous [[Škoda Works|Skoda]] works in Pilsen "received 500 well-placed tons," and that "because of a warning sent out ahead of time the workers were able to escape, except for five persons."The Americans received a rapturous welcome when they liberated the city.<ref>https://dspace5.zcu.cz/bitstream/11025/11417/1/Misterova.pdf</ref> Zinn wrote: <blockquote>I recalled flying on that mission, too, as deputy lead bombardier, and that we did not aim specifically at the 'Skoda works' (which I would have noted, because it was the one target in Czechoslovakia I had read about) but dropped our bombs, without much precision, on the city of Pilsen. Two Czech citizens who lived in Pilsen at the time told me, recently, that several hundred people were killed in that raid (that is, Czechs)—not five.<ref>''The Politics of History'' p. 260.</ref></blockquote> Zinn said his experience as a wartime bombardier, combined with his research into the reasons for, and effects of the bombing of Royan and Pilsen, sensitized him to the ethical dilemmas faced by [[GI (military)|G.I.s]] during wartime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://progressive.org/mag_zinn0106 |title=Interview with Zinn |publisher=Progressive.org |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> Zinn questioned the justifications for military operations that inflicted massive civilian casualties during the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] bombing of cities such as [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|Dresden]], Royan, [[Bombing of Tokyo|Tokyo]], and [[Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] in World War II, [[Hanoi]] during the [[War in Vietnam]], and [[Baghdad]] during the war in [[Iraq]] and the civilian casualties during bombings in [[Afghanistan]] during the current war there. In his pamphlet, ''Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polymer.bu.edu/~amaral/Personal/zinn.html |title=Zinn ''Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence'' by Howard Zinn |accessdate=2008-01-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725072904/http://polymer.bu.edu/~amaral/Personal/zinn.html |archivedate=July 25, 2008 |df= }}</ref> written in 1995, he laid out the case against targeting civilians with aerial bombing. Six years later, he wrote: <blockquote>Recall that in the midst of the [[Gulf War]], the U.S. military bombed an [[Amiriyah shelter massacre|air raid shelter]], killing 400 to 500 men, women, and children who were huddled to escape bombs. The claim was that it was a military target, housing a communications center, but reporters going through the ruins immediately afterward said there was no sign of anything like that. I suggest that the history of bombing—and no one has bombed more than this nation—is a history of endless atrocities, all calmly explained by deceptive and deadly language like 'accident', 'military target', and '[[collateral damage]]'.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zinn |first=Howard |url=http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/28-7 |title="A Just Cause, Not a Just War" '&#39;The Progressive'&#39; December 2001 |publisher=Commondreams.org |date= |accessdate=2012-03-05}}</ref></blockquote> ===Education=== After World War II, Zinn attended [[New York University]] on the [[GI Bill]], graduating with a B.A. in 1951. At [[Columbia University]], he earned an M.A. (1952) and a Ph.D. in history with a minor in political science (1958). His masters' thesis examined the [[Ludlow massacre|Colorado coal strikes of 1914]].<ref name="EdUpdate2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2004/apr04/issue/col_howardzinn.html|title=Education Update - Howard Zinn:-Chronicling Lives from Spelman College to Boston U.|website=www.educationupdate.com}}</ref> His [[doctoral dissertation]] ''LaGuardia in Congress'' was a study of [[Fiorello LaGuardia]]'s congressional career, and it depicted "the conscience of the twenties" as LaGuardia fought for public power, the right to strike, and the redistribution of wealth by taxation. "His specific legislative program," Zinn wrote, "was an astonishingly accurate preview of the [[New Deal]]." It was published by the [[Cornell University]] Press for the [[American Historical Association]]. ''LaGuardia in Congress'' was nominated for the [[American Historical Association]]'s [[Beveridge Award|Beveridge Prize]] as the best English-language book on American history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29zinn.html|title=Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87|date=29 January 2010|work=The New York Times}}</ref> His professors at Columbia included [[Harry Carman]], [[Henry Steele Commager]], and [[David Herbert Donald|David Donald]].<ref name="EdUpdate2004"/> But it was Columbia historian [[Richard Hofstadter]]'s ''[[The American Political Tradition]]'' that made the most lasting impression. Zinn regularly included it in his lists of recommended readings, and, after [[Barack Obama]] was elected [[President of the United States]], Zinn wrote, "If Richard Hofstadter were adding to his book ''The American Political Tradition'', in which he found both 'conservative' and 'liberal' presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, maintaining for dear life the two critical characteristics of the American system, nationalism and capitalism, Obama would fit the pattern."<ref>[http://socialistworker.org/2008/11/05/what-next-for-the-struggle "What next for struggle in the Obama era?" ''The Socialist Worker'' November 5, 2008, Issue 684]</ref> In 1960–61, Zinn was a [[post-doctoral]] fellow in [[East Asian Studies]] at [[Harvard University]]. ===Academic career=== {{Quote box | quote = "We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness – embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television. This would seem to lead to a simple conclusion: that we all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas."<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0210-28.htm Changing Minds, One at a Time] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612075902/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0210-28.htm |date=2012-06-12 }} by Howard Zinn, Published in the March 2005 issue of ''The Progressive''.</ref> | source = — Howard Zinn, 2005 | align = right | width = 35% }} Zinn was professor of history at [[Spelman College]] in Atlanta from 1956 to 1963, and visiting professor at both the [[University of Paris]] and [[University of Bologna]]. At the end of the academic year in 1963, Zinn was fired from Spelman for insubordination.<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Duberman|title=Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCqmA95DdNkC&pg=PA199|year=2012|publisher=New Press}}</ref> His dismissal came from Dr. Albert Manley, the first African-American president of that college, who felt Zinn was radicalizing Spelman students.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Zinn for Beginners|last=Cogswell|first=David|publisher=For Beginners LLC|year=2009|isbn=978-1-934389-40-9|location=|page=43|via=}}</ref> In 1964, he accepted a position at [[Boston University]] (BU), after writing two books and participating in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. His classes in [[civil liberties]] were among the most popular at the university with as many as 400 students subscribing each semester to the non-required class. A professor of [[political science]], he taught at BU for 24 years and retired in 1988 at age 66. "He had a deep sense of fairness and justice for the underdog. But he always kept his sense of humor. He was a happy warrior," said Caryl Rivers, [[journalism]] professor at Boston University. Rivers and Zinn were among a group of faculty members who in 1979 defended the right of the school's clerical workers to strike and were threatened with dismissal after refusing to cross a picket line.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60R5D020100128 Activist, historian Howard Zinn dies at 87] by Ros Krasny at [[Reuters]] January 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-09.</ref> Zinn came to believe that the point of view expressed in traditional history books was often limited. Biographer [[Martin Duberman]] noted that when he was asked directly if he was a Marxist, Zinn replied, "Yes, I'm something of a Marxist." He especially was influenced by the liberating vision of the young Marx in overcoming alienation, and disliked Marx's later dogmatism. In later life he moved more toward [[anarchism]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Duberman|title=Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCqmA95DdNkC&pg=PA199|year=2012|publisher=New Press|page=199}}</ref> He wrote a history text, ''[[A People's History of the United States]]'', to provide other perspectives on American history. The book depicts the struggles of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] against European and U.S. conquest and expansion, slaves against [[slavery]], unionists and other workers against capitalists, women against [[patriarchy]], and African-Americans for [[civil rights]]. The book was a finalist for the [[National Book Award]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1981.html#.WYDLyceGOUk|title=National Book Awards 1981 - National Book Foundation|publisher=}}</ref> In the years since the first edition of ''A People's History'' was published in 1980, it has been used as an alternative to standard textbooks in many college history courses, and it is one of the most widely known examples of [[critical pedagogy]]. The ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' stated in 2006 that the book "routinely sells more than 100,000 copies a year."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/books/review/30donadio.html "Backlist to the Future"] by Rachel Donadio, July 30, 2006.</ref> In 2004, Zinn published ''[[Voices of a People's History of the United States]]'' with Anthony Arnove. ''Voices'' is a sourcebook of speeches, articles, essays, poetry and song lyrics by the people themselves whose stories are told in ''A People's History.'' In 2008, the [[Teaching for Change#Zinn Education Project|Zinn Education Project]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zinnedproject.org|title=Zinn Education Project|work=Zinn Education Project}}</ref> was launched to support educators using ''A People's History of the United States'' as a source for middle and high school history. The project was started when a former student of Zinn, who wanted to bring Zinn's lessons to students around the country, provided the financial backing to allow two other organizations, Rethinking Schools and [[Teaching for Change]] to coordinate the project. The project hosts a website with hundreds of free downloadable lesson plans to complement ''A People's History of the United States''. ''[[The People Speak (film)|The People Speak]]'', released in 2010, is a documentary movie based on ''A People's History of the United States'' and inspired by the lives of ordinary people who fought back against oppressive conditions over the course of the history of the United States. The film, narrated by Zinn, includes performances by [[Matt Damon]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Eddie Vedder]], [[Viggo Mortensen]], [[Josh Brolin]], [[Danny Glover]], [[Marisa Tomei]], [[Don Cheadle]], and [[Sandra Oh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/11/03/people-s-history-moves-small-screen |title=People's history moves small screen |publisher=Bu.edu |date=2009-11-04 |accessdate=2010-01-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117170720/http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/11/03/people-s-history-moves-small-screen |archivedate=2010-01-17 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howardzinn.org/related-projects/the-people-speak/|title=The People Speak|last=|first=|date=|website=Howard Zinn.org|publisher=howardzinn.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216180615/http://www.howardzinn.org/related-projects/the-people-speak/|archive-date=2017-02-16|dead-url=no|accessdate=2017-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zinnedproject.org/materials/people-speak-extended-edition-contents/|title=The People Speak – Extended Edition: Contents|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref> ===Civil Rights Movement=== From 1956 through 1963, Zinn chaired the Department of History and social sciences at [[Spelman College]]. He participated in the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and lobbied with historian August Meier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdYM3swGlg8C&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=howard+zinn+participated+in+the+Civil+Rights+Movement+and+lobbied+with+historian+August+Meie&source=bl&ots=edk7pVGQBe&sig=bA1BoPKhYPlTNAVXWHtpsM-H0j4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiouojN3rbVAhVGHT4KHTPxBOwQ6AEIWDAI#v=onepage&q=howard%20zinn%20participated%20in%20the%20Civil%20Rights%20Movement%20and%20lobbied%20with%20historian%20August%20Meie&f=false|title=The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> "to end the practice of the [[Southern Historical Association]] of holding meetings at [[racial segregation|segregated]] hotels."<ref>[https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/september-2003/in-memoriam-august-a-meier "In Memoriam: August A. Meier". September 2003 by David Levering Lewis.] [[American Historical Association]].</ref> While at Spelman, Zinn served as an adviser to the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC) and wrote about sit-ins and other actions by SNCC for ''[[The Nation]]'' and ''Harper's''.<ref>Carol Polsgrove, ''Divided Minds: Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement'' (2001), pp. 115, 196; "In Memory: Howard Zinn and the Civil Rights Movement," Carol Polsgrove on Writers' Lives, [http://carolpolsgrove.com/issue-2-winter-2010/]</ref> In 1964, [[Beacon Press]] published his book ''SNCC: The New Abolitionists''.<ref>[https://carolpolsgrove.com/issue-2-winter-2010/ Carol Polsgrove, ''Divided Minds'', p. 238.]</ref> Zinn collaborated with historian [[Staughton Lynd]] mentoring student activists, among them [[Alice Walker]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/01/31/alice_walker_says_goodbye_to_her_friend_howard_zinn/|title=Alice Walker says goodbye to her friend Howard Zinn - The Boston Globe|publisher=}}</ref> who would later write ''[[The Color Purple]],'' and [[Marian Wright Edelman]], founder and president of the [[Children's Defense Fund|Children’s Defense Fund]]. Edelman identified Zinn as a major influence in her life and, in that same journal article, tells of his accompanying students to a sit-in at the segregated white section of the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] state legislature.<ref>Edelman, Marian Wright. "Spelman College: A Safe Haven for A Young Black Woman." ''The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education'', no. 27 (2000): 118–123.</ref> Zinn also co-wrote a column in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' with fellow activist [[Eric Mann (civil rights organizer)|Eric Mann]], "Left Field Stands."<ref>{{cite book |last=Zinn |first=Howard |title=Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology |publisher=Perennial |date=1991 |pages=175–176 |isbn=978-0060921088}}</ref> Although Zinn was a tenured professor, he was dismissed in June 1963 after siding with students in the struggle against segregation. As Zinn described<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/finishing-school-pickets/ "Finishing School for Pickets" By Howard Zinn in ''The Nation'' August 6, 1960]</ref> in ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]],'' though Spelman administrators prided themselves for turning out refined "young ladies," its students were likely to be found on the picket line, or in jail for participating in the greater effort to break down segregation in public places in Atlanta. Zinn's years at Spelman are recounted in his autobiography ''You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times''. His seven years at Spelman College, Zinn said, "are probably the most interesting, exciting, most educational years for me. I learned more from my students than my students learned from me."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Zinn/zinn-con2.html |title=Interview with Zinn |publisher=Globetrotter.berkeley.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> While living in Georgia, Zinn wrote that he observed 30 violations of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth]] amendments to the [[United States Constitution]] in [[Albany, Georgia]], including the rights to [[freedom of speech]], [[freedom of assembly]] and [[equal protection]] under the law. In an article on the civil rights movement in Albany, Zinn described the people who participated in the [[Freedom Rides]] to end segregation, and the reluctance of President [[John F. Kennedy]] to enforce the law.<ref>[http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/oldzinn.htm Zmag.org] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.is/19990219104007/http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/oldzinn.htm |date=February 19, 1999 }}</ref> Zinn has also pointed out that the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] under [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], headed by [[J. Edgar Hoover]], did little or nothing to stop the segregationists from brutalizing civil rights workers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mediafilter.org/mff/fbi.html |title=Media Filter article on Zinn |publisher=Mediafilter.org |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120302072448/http://mediafilter.org/mff/fbi.html |archivedate=2012-03-02 |df= }}</ref> Zinn wrote about the struggle for civil rights, as both participant and historian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reportingcivilrights.org/authors/biblio.jsp?authorId=85 |title=Reporting Civil Rights, Part one: American Journalism 1941–1963 |publisher=The Library of America |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> His second book, ''The Southern Mystique,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum10.html |title=Interview with Zinn |publisher=Identitytheory.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> was published in 1964, the same year as his ''SNCC: The New Abolitionists'' in which he describes how the sit-ins against segregation were initiated by students and, in that sense, were independent of the efforts of the older, more established civil rights organizations. In 2005, forty-one years after his firing, Zinn returned to Spelman where he was given an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. He delivered the commencement address<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crmvet.org/comm/zinn05.htm|title=Against Discouragement: Spelman College Commencement Address, May 2005 By Howard Zinn|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208044458/http://www.crmvet.org/comm/zinn05.htm|archive-date=2005-12-08|dead-url=yes|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Victoria |last=Brittain |title=Howard Zinn's Lesson To Us All |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 January 2010 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jan/28/howard-zinn-america |location=London}}</ref> titled, "Against Discouragement" and said that "the lesson of that history is that you must not despair, that if you are right, and you persist, things will change. The government may try to deceive the people, and the newspapers and television may do the same, but the truth has a way of coming out. The truth has a power greater than a hundred lies."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/2728/graduation_day_with_howard_zinn |title=Tomgram: Graduation Day with Howard Zinn |publisher=Tomdispatch.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}} full text of "Against Discouragement."</ref> ===Anti-war efforts=== Zinn wrote one of the earliest books calling for the U.S. withdrawal from its war in [[Vietnam]]. ''Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal'' was published by Beacon Press in 1967 based on his articles in ''[[Commonweal (magazine)|Commonweal]]'', ''[[The Nation]],'' and ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]].'' In [[Noam Chomsky]]'s view, ''The Logic of Withdrawal'' was Zinn's most important book. "He was the first person to say—loudly, publicly, very persuasively—that this simply has to stop; we should get out, period, no conditions; we have no right to be there; it's an act of aggression; pull out. It was so surprising at the time that there wasn't even a review of the book. In fact, he asked me if I would review it in ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]'' just so that people would know about the book."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/28/howard_zinn_1922_2010_a_tribute|title=Howard Zinn (1922–2010): A Tribute to the Legendary Historian with Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove|work=Democracy Now!}}</ref> In December 1969, radical historians tried unsuccessfully to persuade the [[American Historical Association]] to pass an anti-Vietnam War resolution. "A debacle unfolded as [[Harvard University|Harvard]] historian (and AHA president in 1968) [[John K. Fairbank|John Fairbank]] literally wrestled the microphone from Zinn's hands."<ref>[http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2010/1002/1002tim1.cfm "Forty Years On: Looking Back at the 1969 Annual Meeting"] by Carl Mirra [http://www.adelphi.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?PID=0430 February 2010 issue of ''Perspectives on History'' published by the American Historical Association]</ref> In later years, Zinn was an adviser to the Disarm Education Fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disarm.org/who-we-are/disarm-staff|title=Disarm National Advisory Board. Retrieved 2010-03-09|publisher=}}</ref> ====Vietnam==== Zinn's diplomatic visit to Hanoi with Rev. [[Daniel Berrigan]], during the Tet Offensive in January 1968, resulted in the return of three American airmen, the first American POWs released by the North Vietnamese since the U.S. bombing of that nation had begun. The event was widely reported in the news media and discussed in a variety of books including ''Who Spoke Up? American Protest Against the War in Vietnam 1963–1975'' by Nancy Zaroulis and Gerald Sullivan.<ref>{{cite book |title=Who Spoke Up? American Protest Against the War in Vietnam 1963–1975 |publisher=Horizon Book Promotions |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-385-17547-0}}</ref> Zinn and the Berrigan brothers, Dan and [[Philip Berrigan|Philip]], remained friends and allies over the years. Also in January 1968, he signed the "[[Writers and Editors War Tax Protest]]" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the war.<ref>"Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''</ref> [[Daniel Ellsberg]], a former [[RAND Corporation|RAND]] consultant who had secretly copied ''[[The Pentagon Papers]]'', which described the history of the United States' military involvement in Southeast Asia, gave a copy to Howard and Roslyn Zinn.<ref>Ellsberg autobiography, Zinn autobiography.</ref> Along with [[Noam Chomsky]], Zinn edited and annotated the copy of ''The Pentagon Papers'' that Senator [[Mike Gravel]] read into the [[Congressional Record]] and that was subsequently published by [[Beacon Press]]. Announced on August 17<ref name="nyt081871">{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50D14F9355B1A7493CAA81783D85F458785F9 |title=Church Plans 4-Book Version of Pentagon Study |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1971-08-18 |accessdate=2007-12-30 |format=fee required}}</ref> and published on October 10, 1971, this four-volume, relatively expensive set<ref name="nyt081871"/> became the "Senator Gravel Edition," which studies from [[Cornell University]] and the [[Annenberg Center for Communication]] have labeled as the most complete edition of the Pentagon Papers to be published.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Pentagon Papers: A Critical Evaluation |first=George McT. |last=Kahn |journal=[[American Political Science Review]] |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=675–684 |date=June 1975 |doi=10.2307/1959096 |jstor=1959096}}</ref><ref name="usc-resources">{{cite web |url=http://www.topsecretplay.org/index.php/content/resources |title=Resources |work=Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers |publisher=[[Annenberg Center for Communication]] at [[University of Southern California]] |accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> The "Gravel Edition" was edited and annotated by [[Noam Chomsky]] and Howard Zinn, and included an additional volume of analytical articles on the origins and progress of the war, also edited by Chomsky and Zinn.<ref name="usc-resources"/> Beacon Press became the object of an [[FBI]] investigation;<ref name="uu2001">{{cite news |url=http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/6394.shtml |title=A courageous press confronts a deceptive government |author=Warren R. Ross |publisher=UU World |date=September–October 2001 |accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> an outgrowth of which was ''[[Gravel v. United States]]'' in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 1972;<ref name="uu2001"/> that the [[Speech or Debate Clause]] in the US Constitution did grant immunity to Gravel for his reading the papers in his subcommittee, and did grant some immunity to Gravel's congressional aide, but granted no immunity to [[Beacon Press]] in relation to its publishing the same papers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/12642/Gravel-v-United-States.html |title=Gravel v. United States |publisher=Jrank.org |accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> Zinn testified as an expert witness at Ellsberg's criminal trial for theft, conspiracy, and espionage in connection with the publication of the ''Pentagon Papers'' by ''The [[New York Times]]''. Defense attorneys asked Zinn to explain to the jury the history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam from World War II through 1963. Zinn discussed that history for several hours, and later reflected on his time before the jury. <blockquote>I explained there was nothing in the papers of military significance that could be used to harm the defense of the United States, that the information in them was simply ''embarrassing'' to our government because what was revealed, in the government's own interoffice memos, was how it had lied to the American public. ... The secrets disclosed in the Pentagon Papers might embarrass politicians, might hurt the profits of corporations wanting tin, rubber, oil, in far-off places. But this was not the same as hurting the nation, the people.<ref name="Zinn2010">{{cite book|first=Howard|last=Zinn|title=You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQAWYJcoQc0C&pg=PA161|year=2010|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=978-0-8070-9549-2|page=161}}</ref></blockquote> Most of the jurors later said that they voted for acquittal. However, the federal judge who presided over the case dismissed it on grounds it had been tainted by the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]] administration's [[Daniel Ellsberg#Fielding break-in|burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist]]. Zinn's testimony on the motivation for government secrecy was confirmed in 1989 by [[Erwin Griswold]], who as U.S. solicitor general during the Nixon administration, sued ''The New York Times'' in the Pentagon Papers case in 1971 to stop publication.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/21/opinion/op-blanton21 |title=The lie behind the secrets |author=Blanton, Tom |date=2006-05-21 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2013-07-28}}</ref> Griswold persuaded three Supreme Court justices to vote to stop ''The New York Times'' from continuing to publish the Pentagon Papers, an order known as "[[prior restraint]]" that has been held to be illegal under the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]. The papers were simultaneously published in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', effectively nullifying the effect of the prior restraint order. In 1989, Griswold admitted there had been no national security damage resulting from publication.<ref name="latimes" /> In a column in the ''Washington Post'', Griswold wrote: "It quickly becomes apparent to any person who has considerable experience with classified material that there is massive over-classification and that the principal concern of the classifiers is not with national security, but with governmental embarrassment of one sort or another." Zinn supported the G.I. antiwar movement during the U.S. war in Vietnam. In the 2001 film ''[[Unfinished Symphony: Democracy and Dissent]]'', Zinn provides a historical context for the 1971 antiwar march by [[Vietnam Veterans against the War]]. The marchers traveled from [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], [[Massachusetts]], to [[Battle of Bunker Hill|Bunker Hill]], "which retraced [[Paul Revere]]'s ride of 1775 and ended in the massive arrest of 410 veterans and civilians by the Lexington police." The film depicts "scenes from the 1971 Winter Soldier hearings,<ref>{{cite book |title=Winter Soldier Investigation |year=1971}}</ref> during which former G.I.s testified about "atrocities" they either participated in or said they had witnessed committed by U.S. forces in Vietnam.<ref>[http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/unfinished.pdf Cineaste] pp. 91, 96. Retrieved 2010-03-09.</ref> ====Iraq==== [[File:Howard Zinn.jpg|220px|thumb|left|Howard Zinn speaking at [[Marlboro College]] February 2004]] Zinn opposed the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq and wrote several books about it. In an interview with ''[[The Brooklyn Rail]]'' he said, <blockquote>We certainly should not be initiating a war, as it's not a clear and present danger to the United States, or in fact, to anyone around it. If it were, then the states around Iraq would be calling for a war on it. The Arab states around Iraq are opposed to the war, and if anyone's in danger from Iraq, they are. At the same time, the U.S. is violating the U.N. charter by initiating a war on Iraq. Bush made a big deal about the number of resolutions Iraq has violated—and it's true, Iraq has not abided by the resolutions of the Security Council. But it's not the first nation to violate Security Council resolutions. Israel has violated Security Council resolutions every year since 1967. Now, however, the U.S. is violating a fundamental principle of the U.N. Charter, which is that nations can't initiate a war—they can only do so after being attacked. And Iraq has not attacked us.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hamm|first=Theodore|title=Howard Zinn in Conversation with Theodore Hamm|journal=The Brooklyn Rail|date=Autumn 2002|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2002/10/express/howard-zinn-with-theodore-hamm}}</ref></blockquote> He asserted that the U.S. would end Gulf War II when resistance within the military increased in the same way resistance within the military contributed to ending the U.S. war in Vietnam. Zinn compared the demand by a growing number of contemporary U.S. military families to end the war in Iraq to parallel demands "in the Confederacy in the Civil War, when the wives of soldiers rioted because their husbands were dying and the plantation owners were profiting from the sale of cotton, refusing to grow grains for civilians to eat."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=20715|title=Tomdispatch Interview: Howard Zinn, The Outer Limits of Empire - TomDispatch|publisher=}}</ref> Zinn believed that U.S. President George W. Bush and followers of [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], the former leader of [[al-Qaeda in Iraq]], who was personally responsible for beheadings and numerous attacks designed to cause civil war in Iraq, should be considered moral equivalents.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Prager|first1=Dennis|title=What the left thinks: Howard Zinn, Part II|url=http://www.dennisprager.com/what-the-left-thinks-howard-zinn-part-ii/|website=DennisPrager.com|accessdate=20 March 2018|quote="DP: So do you feel that, by and large, the Zarqawi-world and the Bush-world are moral equivalents? HZ: I do."}}</ref> Jean-Christophe Agnew, Professor of History and American Studies at [[Yale University]], told the ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' in May 2007 that Zinn’s historical work is "highly influential and widely used."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/21049 |title=Zinn calls for activism |publisher=Yale Daily News |date=2007-05-03 |accessdate=2010-01-28 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016182602/http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/21049 |archivedate = 2007-10-16}}</ref> He observed that it is not unusual for prominent professors such as Zinn to weigh in on current events, citing a resolution opposing the war in Iraq that was recently ratified by the [[American Historical Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.historians.org/news/166/iraq-war-resolution-is-ratified-by-aha-members |title=American Historical Association Blog: Iraq War Resolution is Ratified by AHA Members |publisher=Blog.historians.org |date=2007-03-12 |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> Agnew added: "In these moments of crisis, when the country is split—so historians are split."<ref>{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Lea |url=http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/963/ |title=Historian Howard Zinn Calls for Activism – CommonDreams.org |publisher=CommonDreams.org |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> ===Socialism=== Zinn described himself as "something of an [[anarchism|anarchist]], something of a [[socialism|socialist]]. Maybe a [[democratic socialism|democratic socialist]]."<ref name="flag.blackened.net"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/> He suggested looking at socialism in its full historical context as a popular, positive idea that got a bad name from its association with [[Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Communism]]. In [[Madison, Wisconsin]], in 2009, Zinn said: {{Quote|Let's talk about socialism. I think it's very important to bring back the idea of socialism into the national discussion to where it was at the turn of the [last] century before the Soviet Union gave it a bad name. Socialism had a good name in this country. Socialism had [[Eugene Debs]]. It had [[Clarence Darrow]]. It had [[Mary Harris Jones|Mother Jones]]. It had [[Emma Goldman]]. It had several million people reading socialist newspapers around the country. Socialism basically said, hey, let's have a kinder, gentler society. Let's share things. Let's have an economic system that produces things not because they're profitable for some corporation, but produces things that people need. People should not be retreating from the word socialism because you have to go beyond capitalism.<ref name = "ZirinHP">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-zirin/howard-zinn-the-historian_b_439757.html Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History] by [[Dave Zirin]], ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', January 28, 2010.</ref>}} ===FBI files=== [[File:Occupy Oakland Nov 12 2011 PM 40.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Occupy Oakland]], November 12, 2011, Howard Zinn quotation]] On July 30, 2010, a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] (FOIA) request resulted in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) releasing a file with 423 pages of information on Howard Zinn’s life and activities. During the height of [[McCarthyism]] in 1949, the FBI first opened a domestic security investigation on Zinn (FBI File # 100-360217), based on Zinn’s activities in what the agency considered to be communist [[front groups]], such as the [[American Labor Party]],<ref>"Zinn, who died in January and was best known for his influential A People’s History of the United States, was studying at New York University on the GI Bill when J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI opened its first files on him. He was working as vice chairman for the Brooklyn branch of the American Labor Party and living at 926 Lafayette Avenue in what is an area now considered the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn." ''[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/07/30/howard-zinns-fbi-files-reveal-communist-allegations.html The Daily Beast]'' July 30, 2010</ref> and informant reports that Zinn was an active member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA).<ref name="Progress">[http://progressive.org/dispatches/fbi-s-file-howard-zinn/ The FBI’s File on Howard Zinn] by Matthew Rothschild, ''[[The Progressive]]'', July 31, 2010</ref> Zinn denied ever being a member and said that he had participated in the activities of various organizations which might be considered Communist fronts, but that his participation was motivated by his belief that in this country people had the right to believe, think, and act according to their own ideals.<ref name = "Progress" /> According to journalist [[Chris Hedges]], Zinn "steadfastly refused to cooperate in the anti-communist witchhunts in the 1950s."<ref>[[Chris Hedges|Hedges, Chris]] (1 August 2010). [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_feds_fear_thinkers_like_howard_zinn_20100801 Why the Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn]. ''[[Truthdig]].'' Retrieved 30 January 2014.</ref> Later in the 1960s, as a result of Zinn's campaigning against the [[Vietnam War]] and his influence on [[Martin Luther King|Martin Luther King, Jr.]], the FBI designated him a high security risk to the country by adding him to the [[FBI Index|Security Index]], a listing of American citizens who could be summarily arrested if a [[state of emergency]] were to be declared.<ref name = "Progress" /><ref>[http://vault.fbi.gov/Howard%20Zinn%20 FBI — Howard Zinn]. Vault.fbi.gov. Retrieved on 2013-08-04.</ref> The FBI memos also show that they were concerned with Zinn’s repeated criticism of the FBI for failing to protect blacks against white mob violence. Zinn's daughter said she was not surprised by the files; "He always knew they had a file on him."<ref name = "Progress" /> ===Personal life=== [[File:HowardZinn.jpg|thumb|Zinn at Pathfinder Book Store, Los Angeles, August 2000]] Zinn married Roslyn Shechter in 1944. They remained married until her death in 2008. They had a daughter, Myla, and a son, [[Jeff Zinn|Jeff]].<ref name="bost-death">{{Citation| last = Feeney| first = Mark| author-link = Mark Feeney| last2 = Marquard | first2 = Brian | title = Historian-activist Zinn dies| publisher = [[Boston.com]]| date = January 28, 2010 | url = http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/01/28/historian_activist_zinn_dies/?page=full | access-date = 2016-12-28}}</ref> ==Death== Zinn was swimming in a hotel pool when he died of an apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29zinn.html "Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87" ''The New York Times'' January 29, 2010]</ref> in [[Santa Monica, California]], on January 27, 2010, at age 87. He had been scheduled to speak at [[Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)|Crossroads School]] and [[Santa Monica Museum of Art]] for an event titled "A Collection of Ideas... [[the People Speak]]."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-howard-zinn28-2010jan28,0,5610858.story Howard Zinn dies at 87; author of best-selling ''People's History of the United States'': Activist collapsed in Santa Monica, where he was scheduled to deliver a lecture.] by Robert J. Lopez, January 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-09.</ref> In one of his last interviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigthink.com/howardzinn/|title=Howard Zinn|work=Big Think}}</ref> Zinn stated that he would like to be remembered "for introducing a different way of thinking about the world, about war, about human rights, about equality," and <blockquote> for getting more people to realize that the power which rests so far in the hands of people with wealth and guns, that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it. At certain points in history, they have used it. Black people in the South used it. People in the women's movement used it. People in the anti-war movement used it. People in other countries who have overthrown tyrannies have used it. </blockquote> He said he wanted to be known as "somebody who gave people a feeling of hope and power that they didn't have before."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/01/29-2|title=Howard Zinn: How I Want to Be Remembered...|work=Common Dreams}}</ref> ==Notable recognition== *2008 Howard Zinn was selected as a special senior advisor to [[Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann]], the [[president of the United Nations General Assembly]] 63rd session. *Established by a former [[Boston University]] student of Zinn's and two nonprofit organizations (Rethinking Schools and [[Teaching for Change]]) while he was alive, the Zinn Education Project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zinnedproject.org/|title=Zinn Education Project|work=Zinn Education Project}}</ref> is Howard Zinn's legacy to middle- and high-school teachers and their students. The project offers classroom teachers free lessons based on ''[[A People's History of the United States]]'' and like-minded history texts. ==Awards== {{Quote box | quote = "I can't think of anyone who had such a powerful and benign influence. His historical work changed the way millions of people saw the past. The happy thing about Howard was that in the last years he could gain satisfaction that his contributions were so impressive and recognized."<ref name="HP"/> | source = — [[Noam Chomsky]] | align = right | width = 38% }} For his leadership in the Peace Movement, Zinn received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award in 1996. He received the [[Thomas Merton Award]] and, in 1998, the [[Eugene V. Debs]] Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/foundation.html |title=Eugene V Debs Foundation Member Awards |accessdate=2009-04-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505034745/http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/foundation.html |archivedate=May 5, 2008 |df= }}. Retrieved 2010-03-09.</ref> Also in 1998, he won the Firecracker Alternative Booksellers (FAB) Award in the Politics category for ''The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://sevenstories.com/books/3799-the-zinn-reader|title=The Zinn Reader|website=sevenstories.com}}</ref> and Zinn won the [[Lannan Literary Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lannan.org/bios/howard-zinn|title=Lannan Foundation – Howard Zinn|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Lannan.org}}</ref> for nonfiction. The following year he won the [[Upton Sinclair]] Award, which honors social activism. In 2003, Zinn was awarded the ''Prix des Amis du [[Monde diplomatique]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amis.monde-diplomatique.fr/article.php3?id_article=252 |title=Prix des Amis du Monde diplomatique 2003 – Les Amis du Monde diplomatique |publisher=Amis.monde-diplomatique.fr |date= |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> for the French version of his seminal work, ''Une histoire populaire des Etats-Unis.'' On October 5, 2006, Zinn received the Haven's Center Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.wisc.edu/zinn-to-receive-havens-center-award/|title=Zinn to receive Havens Center award (October 4, 2006)|last=|first=|date=2006-10-04|website=|publisher=News.wisc.edu}}</ref> ==Controversy and critiques== In early 2017, Arkansas Representative [[Kim Hendren]] (R) submitted a "Bill introduced to ban Howard Zinn books from Arkansas public schools."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2017/2017R/Bills/HB1834.pdf|title=House Bill 1834- For An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN- ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FROM INCLUDING IN ITS CURRICULUM OR COURSE MATERIALS FOR A PROGRAM OF STUDY BOOKS OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL AUTHORED BY OR CONCERNING HOWARD ZINN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.|website=State of Arkansas|accessdate=March 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/03/02/bill-introduced-to-ban-howard-zinn-books-from-arkansas-public-schools|title=Bill introduced to ban Howard Zinn books from Arkansas public schools|date=March 2, 2017|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> In July 2013, the [[Associated Press]] revealed that former Republican [[Indiana Governor]] [[Mitch Daniels]] asked for assurance from his education advisors that Zinn's works were not taught in K–12 public schools in the state.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/17/e-mails-reveal-censorship-efforts-by-mitch-daniels-as-indiana-governor/|title=E-mails reveal censorship efforts by Mitch Daniels as Indiana governor|work=Washington Post|date=July 17, 2013|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> The AP had gained access to Daniels' emails under a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request. Daniels also wanted a "cleanup" of K–12 professional development courses to eliminate "propaganda and highlight (if there is any) the more useful offerings."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.teachingforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/zep_archive_huffpost_mitchdaniels_071613.pdf|title=Mitch Daniels Sought To Censor Public Universities, Professors|newspaper=Huffington Post|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> In one of the emails, Daniels expressed contempt for Zinn upon his death:<ref>{{cite web|last=Ohlheiser|first=Abby|title=Former Governor, Now Purdue President, Wanted Howard Zinn Banned in Schools|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/07/former-ind-gov-daniels-now-purdue-president-wanted-howard-zinn-banned-schools/67256/|publisher=Atlantic Wire|date=July 16, 2013|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> {{quote frame|This terrible anti-American academic has finally passed away...The obits and commentaries mentioned his book, ''A People’s History of the United States'', is the ‘textbook of choice in high schools and colleges around the country.’ It is a truly execrable, anti-factual piece of disinformation that misstates American history on every page. Can someone assure me that it is not in use anywhere in Indiana? If it is, how do we get rid of it before more young people are force-fed a totally false version of our history?}} At the time the emails were released, Daniels was serving as the president of [[Purdue University]]. In response, 90 Purdue professors issued an [[open letter]] expressing their concern.<ref name=thenation>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/175592/whos-afraid-radical-history#|title=Who&#039;s Afraid of Radical History?|work=The Nation|date=August 5, 2013|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Franck|first=Mathew|title=Mitch Daniels Can Count|url=http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/07/23/mitch-daniels-can-count/|publisher=First Things|date=July 23, 2013|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130722/NEWS/130729928/1005|title=Purdue profs 'troubled' by Mitch Daniels' Zinn comments|last=LoBianco|first=Tom|date=July 22, 2013|work=News-sentinel|accessdate=August 23, 2017|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803011414/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130722%2FNEWS%2F130729928%2F1005|archivedate=August 3, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/22/censoring_howard_zinn_former_indiana_gov|title=Censoring Howard Zinn: Former Indiana Gov. Tried to Remove "A People's History" from State Schools|date=July 22, 2013|work=Democracy Now|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> Because of Daniels' attempt to suppress Zinn's book, the former governor was accused of [[censorship]], to which Daniels responded by saying that his views were misrepresented, and that if Zinn were alive and a member of the Purdue faculty, he would defend his [[free speech]] rights and right to publish.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krull|first=John|title=Daniels says issue is not freedom but Zinn's scholarship|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jul/25/daniels-says-issue-is-not-freedom-but-zinns/|publisher=Evansville Courier & Press|date=July 25, 2013|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> Stanford professor Sam Wineburg is also critical of Zinn's research. Reviewing a critique by Wineburg, reviewer David Plotnikoff credits Wineburg for showing that "[''A People's History''] perpetrates the same errors of historical practice as the tomes it aimed to correct," for "Zinn's desire to cast a light on what he saw as historic injustice was a crusade built on secondary sources of questionable provenance, omission of exculpatory evidence, leading questions and shaky connections between evidence and conclusions,"<ref>{{cite news|last=Plotnikoff|first=David|title=Zinn's influential history textbook has problems, says Stanford education expert|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/december/wineburg-historiography-zinn-122012.html|publisher=Stanford University News|date=December 20, 2012|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> for which he provides many examples.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wineburg|first1=Samuel|title=Undue Certainty|url=http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Wineburg.pdf|publisher=American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO |accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> Conservative author [[Daniel J. Flynn]] likewise charges Zinn with presenting biased history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flynn|first1=Daniel J.|title=Howard Zinn's Biased History|url=http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1493|website=History News Network|publisher=George Mason University|date=June 9, 2003|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> [[Michael Kazin]], professor at Georgetown University, also faults Zinn, stating that "''A People's History'' is bad history, albeit gilded with virtuous intentions. Zinn reduces the past to a [[Manichaeism|Manichean]] fable."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kazin|first1=Michael|title=Howard Zinn's Disappointing History of the United States|url=http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/4370|website=History News Network|publisher=George Washington University|date=February 9, 2010|accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref> ==References in popular culture== ===In film=== *Actors [[Matt Damon]] and [[Ben Affleck]], who grew up near Zinn and were family friends, gave ''A People's History'' a plug in their Academy Award-winning screenplay for ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' (1997).<ref name="HP" /> *''A People's History'' was the basis for the 2007 documentary ''Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind''.<ref name="HP" /> *An interview with Zinn is featured in the documentary film [[Sacco and Vanzetti (2006 film)|''Sacco and Vanzetti'']] (2007). *The 2010 Spanish film ''También la lluvia'' (''Even the Rain''), depicting the struggle of the indigenous people of [[Bolivia]] against the privatization of their water supply, is dedicated to his memory. *An Interview with Zinn is featured in the documentary film [[I Am (2010 American documentary film)|"''I Am''"]] (2010). *An interview with Zinn is featured in the documentary film ''[[Hit & Stay]]'' (2013). *Zinn's book ''A People's History of The United States'' is criticized in [[Dinesh D'Souza]]'s movie, ''[[America: Imagine the World Without Her]]'', released July 3, 2014. *One of the characters in the coming-of-age story, [[Lady Bird (film)|''Lady Bird'']] (2017), is seen reading Howard Zinn's book ''A People's History of the United States.'' *''A People's History of the United States'' is recommended by <nowiki>[[John Leguizamo]]</nowiki> in "John Leguizamo Is Here to Explain Latino History for You"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/john-leguizamo-latin-history-morons|title=John Leguizamo Is Here to Explain Latino History for You|work=Vogue|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en}}</ref>. Leguizamo's one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80225421|title=John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons {{!}} Netflix Official Site|website=www.netflix.com|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>, is currently streaming on Netflix. ===In television=== *''A People's History'' briefly appears in ''[[The Sopranos]]'' season 4 episode "[[Christopher (The Sopranos)|Christopher]]." *''A People's History'' briefly appears in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode 411. * Who is Howard Zinn was the answer to a ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' question on October 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHoN9Qo-dU&feature=youtu.be&t=15m27s|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> ===In music=== *Rapper '''Brother Ali''' mentions Howard Zinn in his song "Lookin'at Me Sideways" on his heralded 2007 album The Undisputed Truth. "Organic vegetables, mix em with fast food I'm Howard Stern meets Howard Zinn"* *Punk rock record label [[Alternative Tentacles]] released ''Apocalypse Always!'' in 2002, a compilation CD featuring many punk rock bands and a spoken word track by Zinn. * [[Eddie Vedder]]'s relationship with Zinn inspired the [[Pearl Jam]] song "Down" from the album ''[[Lost Dogs (album)|Lost Dogs]]''.<ref name="Jam2013">{{cite book|author=Pearl Jam|authorlink=Pearl Jam|title=Pearl Jam Twenty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWa9AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281|year=2013|publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]]|isbn=978-1-4391-6937-7|pages=281–282}}</ref> *Musician [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s bleak album ''[[Nebraska (album)|Nebraska]]'' was inspired in part by ''A People's History''.<ref name="HP" /> *In the [[System Of A Down]]'s "Deer Dance," a song about police brutality against peaceful protest, Zinn is paraphrased in the line, "We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train," and in their song "A.D.D (American Dream Denial)" from their album ''Steal This Album!'': "There is no flag large enough, to hide the shame of a man in cuffs." *[[Viggo Mortensen]] and [[Buckethead]] used snippets of one of Zinn's speeches in the song "What Kind of Nation" from their album ''Intelligence Failure''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdrsmusic.com/viggo.htm |title=Viggo Mortensen |author= |publisher=TDRS Music |date=2007-11-23 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.percevalpress.com/intel_failure.html |title=Intelligence Failure |author= |publisher=Perceval Press |year=2007 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/BucketheadViggo-Mortensen-Intelligence-Failure/release/2023349 |title=Buckethead & Viggo – Intelligence Failure |author= |publisher=Discogs |year=2010 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> *The song [[Franco Un-American]], on the 2003 album ''[[The War on Errorism]]'' by American punk rock band [[NOFX]], references lead singer [[Fat Mike]] reading Howard Zinn as part of learning more about the world: "I never looked around, never second-guessed, then I read some Howard Zinn, now I'm always depressed."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nofx/franco+un+american_20101673.html |title=Franco Un-american lyrics |author=NOFX |publisher=LyricsFreak |year=2004 |accessdate=2012-03-08}}</ref> *[[Lupe Fiasco]] samples part of Howard Zinn's speech "War and Social Justice" on the Introduction track of his 2011 mixtape "Friend of the People: I Fight Evil." * Rapper [[Vinnie Paz]] samples quotes from Howard Zinn's speech; "You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train" on his album released in 2012; ''[[God of the Serengeti]]'' on the track of the same name.<ref>{{youtube|xxznlv13ZW4|Howard Zinn – You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train}}</ref> ==Bibliography== ===Author=== *''LaGuardia in Congress'' (1959) {{OCLC|642325734}}. <!-- pre-isbn books... the ISBNs are for later editions --> *''The Southern Mystique'' (1962) {{OCLC|423360}}. *''SNCC: The New Abolitionists'' (1964) {{OCLC|466264063}}. *''New Deal Thought'' (editor) (1965) {{OCLC|422649795}}. *''Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal'' (1967) {{OCLC|411235}}. *''Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order'' (1968, re-issued 2002) {{ISBN|978-0-89608-675-3}}. *''The Politics of History'' (1970) (2nd edition 1990) {{ISBN|978-0-252-06122-6}}. *''The Pentagon Papers'' Senator Gravel Edition. Vol. Five. Critical Essays. Boston. Beacon Press, 1972. 341p. plus 72p. of Index to Vol. I–IV of the Papers, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, editors. {{ISBN|978-0-8070-0522-4}}. *''Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works'' (Editor) (1974) {{ISBN|978-0-688-00284-8}}. *''Justice? Eyewitness Accounts'' (1977) {{ISBN|978-0-8070-4479-7}}. *''[[A People's History of the United States]]: 1492 – Present'' (1980), revised (1995)(1998)(1999)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2010) {{ISBN|978-0-06-052837-9}}. <!-- ISBN is for 2003 edition....later ones not in WorldCat --> *''Playbook'' by Maxine Klein, [[Lydia Sargent]] and Howard Zinn (1986) {{ISBN|978-0-89608-309-7}}. *''Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology'' (1991) {{ISBN|978-0-06-092108-8}}.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z6p4AAAAMAAJ Declarations of independence: cross-examining American ideology] By Howard Zinn.</ref> *''A People's History of the United States: The Civil War to the Present'' Kathy Emery and Ellen Reeves, Howard Zinn (2003 teaching edition) Vol. I: {{ISBN|978-1-56584-724-8}}. Vol II: {{ISBN|978-1-56584-725-5}}. *''Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian'' (1993) {{ISBN|978-1-56751-013-3}}. *''You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times'' (autobiography)(1994) {{ISBN|978-0-8070-7127-4}} *''A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts'' by Howard Zinn and George Kirschner (1995) {{ISBN|978-1-56584-171-0}}. *''Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20080725072904/http://polymer.bu.edu/~amaral/Personal/zinn.html (pamphlet, 1995)] {{ISBN|978-1-884519-14-7}}. *''The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy'' (1997) {{ISBN|978-1-888363-54-8}}; 2nd edition (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-870-8}}. *''The Cold War & the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years'' ([[Noam Chomsky]] (Editor) Authors: [[Ira Katznelson]], [[R. C. Lewontin]], [[David Montgomery (historian)|David Montgomery]], [[Laura Nader]], Richard Ohmann,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6589-X.html |title=Politics of Knowledge: Richard Ohmann |publisher=UPNE |date=2010-01-21 |accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> Ray Siever, [[Immanuel Wallerstein]], Howard Zinn (1997) {{ISBN|978-1-56584-005-8}}. *''[[Marx in Soho|Marx in Soho: A Play on History]]'' (1999) {{ISBN|978-0-89608-593-0}}. *''The Future of History: Interviews With David Barsamian'' (1999) {{ISBN|978-1-56751-157-4}}. *''Howard Zinn on War'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-049-8}}. *''Howard Zinn on History'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-048-1}}. *''La Otra Historia De Los Estados Unidos'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-054-2}}. *''Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century'' (Dana Frank, Robin Kelley, and Howard Zinn) (2002) {{ISBN|978-0-8070-5013-2}}. *''Terrorism and War'' (2002) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-493-9}}. (interviews, Anthony Arnove (Ed.)) *''The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace'' Editor (2002) {{ISBN|978-0-8070-1407-3}}. *''Emma: A Play in Two Acts About Emma Goldman, American Anarchist'' (2002) {{ISBN|978-0-89608-664-7}}. *''Artists in Times of War'' (2003) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-602-5}}. *''The 20th century: A People's History'' (2003) {{ISBN|978-0-06-053034-1}}. *''A People's History of the United States: Teaching Edition Abridged'' (2003 updated) {{ISBN|978-1-56584-826-9}}. *''Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice'' (2003) {{ISBN|978-0-06-055767-6}}. *''Howard Zinn On Democratic Education'' [[Donaldo Macedo]], Editor (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-59451-054-0}}. *''The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known'' (2004) {{ISBN|978-0-06-057826-8}}. *''Voices of a People’s History of the United States'' (with Anthony Arnove, 2004) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-647-6}}; 2nd edition (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-916-3}}. *''A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom'' by David Williams, Howard Zinn (Series Editor) (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-59558-018-4}}. *''A Power Governments Cannot Suppress'' (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-87286-475-7}}. *''Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics'' (2006) Howard Zinn and David Barsamian. *''[[A People's History of American Empire]]'' (2008) by Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki and [[Paul Buhle]]. {{ISBN|978-0-8050-8744-4}}. *''A Young People's History of the United States'', adapted from the original text by Rebecca Stefoff; illustrated and updated through 2006, with new introduction and afterword by Howard Zinn; two volumes, [[Seven Stories Press]], New York, 2007. **''Vol. 1: Columbus to the Spanish–American War''. {{ISBN|978-1-58322-759-6}}. **''Vol. 2: Class Struggle to the War on Terror''. {{ISBN|978-1-58322-760-2}}. **One-volume edition (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-869-2}}. *''The Bomb'' ([[City Lights Bookstore|City Lights Publishers]], 2010) {{ISBN|978-0-87286-509-9}}. *''The Historic Unfulfilled Promise'' (City Lights Publishers, 2012) {{ISBN|978-0-87286-555-6}}. *''Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009'' (Haymarket Books, 2012) {{ISBN|978-1-60846-259-9}}. ===Contributor=== *''Ars Americana Ars Politica: Partisan Expression in Contemporary American Literature and Culture''. by [[Peter Swirski]] (2010) {{ISBN|978-0-7735-3766-8}}. *''Admirable Radical: Staughton Lynd and Cold War Dissent, 1945–1970 (2010), Kent State University Press by Carl Mirra {{ISBN|978-1-60635-051-5}}. *''A Gigantic Mistake'' by [[Mickey Z]] (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-930997-97-4}}. *''A People's History of the Supreme Court'' by [[Peter H. Irons]] (2000) {{ISBN|978-0-14-029201-5}}. *''A Political Dynasty In North Idaho, 1933–1967'' by Randall Doyle (2004) {{ISBN|978-0-7618-2843-3}}. *''American Political Prisoners: Prosecutions Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts'' by [[Stephen M. Kohn]] (1994) {{ISBN|978-0-275-94415-5}}. *''American Power and the New Mandarins'' by [[Noam Chomsky]] (2002) {{ISBN|978-1-56584-775-0}}. *''Broken Promises Of America: At Home And Abroad, Past And Present: An Encyclopedia For Our Times'' by ([[Douglas F. Dowd]] (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-56751-313-4}}. *''Deserter From Death: Dispatches From Western Europe 1950–2000'' by [[Daniel Singer (journalist)|Daniel Singer]] (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-56025-642-7}}. *''Ecocide of Native America: Environmental Destruction of Indian Lands and Peoples'' by Donald Grinde, Bruce Johansen (1994) {{ISBN|978-0-940666-52-8}}. *''Eugene V. Debs Reader: Socialism and the Class Struggle'' by William A. Pelz (2000) {{ISBN|978-0-9704669-0-7}}. *''From a Native Son: Selected Essays in Indigenism, 1985–1995'' by [[Ward Churchill]] (1996) {{ISBN|978-0-89608-553-4}}. *''Green Parrots: A War Surgeon's Diary'' by [[Gino Strada]] (2005) {{ISBN|978-88-8158-420-8}}. *''Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear And The Selling Of American Empire'' by [[Sut Jhally]] editor, Jeremy Earp editor (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-56656-581-3}}. *''If You're Not a Terrorist…Then Stop Asking Questions!'' by [[Micah Ian Wright]] (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-626-1}}. *''Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal'' by Anthony Arnove (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-59558-079-5}}. *''Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney'' Dennis Loo (Editor), Peter Phillips (Editor), Seven Stories Press: 2006 {{ISBN|978-1-58322-743-5}}. *''Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader'' by [[Alexander Berkman]] Gene Fellner, editor (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-662-9}}. *''Long Shadows: Veterans' Paths to Peace'' by David Giffey editor (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-891859-64-9}}. *''Masters of War: Latin America and United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years'' by Clara Nieto, Chris Brandt (trans) (2003) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-545-5}}. *''Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated'' by [[James Mann (writer)|James Mann]], editor (2004) {{ISBN|978-3-283-00487-3}}. *''Prayer for the Morning Headlines: On the Sanctity of Life and Death'' by [[Daniel Berrigan]] (poetry) and Adrianna Amari (photography) (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-934074-16-9}}. *''Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-9-11 Anti-terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties'' by Nancy Chang, [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] (2002) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-494-6}}. *''Soldiers In Revolt: GI Resistance During The Vietnam War'' by [[David Cortright]] (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-931859-27-1}}. *''Sold to the Highest Bidder: The Presidency from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush'' by Daniel M. Friedenberg (2002) {{ISBN|978-1-57392-923-3}}. *''The Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman'' Intro by [[Norman Mailer]], Afterword by HZ (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-56858-197-2}}. *''The Case for Socialism'' by Alan Maass (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-931859-09-7}}. *''The Forging of the American Empire: From the Revolution to Vietnam, a History of U.S. Imperialism'' by [[Sidney Lens]] (2003) {{ISBN|978-0-7453-2101-1}}. *''The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform'' by [[Henry David Thoreau]], Wendell Glick, editor (2004) {{ISBN|978-0-691-11876-5}}. *''The Iron Heel'' by [[Jack London]] (1971) {{ISBN|978-0-14-303971-6}}. *''The Sixties Experience: Hard Lessons about Modern America'' by [[Edward P. Morgan]] (1992) {{ISBN|978-1-56639-014-9}}. *''You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want'' by [[Micah Ian Wright]] (2003) {{ISBN|978-1-58322-584-4}}. *''A People's History of the American Revolution'' by [[Ray Raphael]] (2002) {{ISBN|978-0-06-000440-8}}. ''Howard Zinn Foreword for New Press People's History Series''. ===Recordings=== *''A People's History of the United States'' (1999) *''Artists in the Time of War'' (2002) *''Heroes & Martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti, and the Revolutionary Struggle'' (2000) *''Stories Hollywood Never Tells'' (2000) *''You Can't Blow Up A Social Relationship'', CD including Zinn lectures and performances by rock band Resident Genius (Thick Records, 2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Howard-Zinn-Resident-Genius-You-Cant-Blow-Up-A-Social-Relationship/release/6117420|title=Howard Zinn, Resident Genius - You Can't Blow Up A Social Relationship|website=Discogs}}</ref> ===Theatre=== *''[[Emma (play)|Emma]]'' (1976) *''[[Daughter of Venus]]'' (1985) *''[[Marx in Soho]]'' (1999) ==See also== * [[List of peace activists]] * ''[[A People's History of American Empire]]'' * ''[[A People's History of the United States]]'' * [[Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (film)|''Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train'']], based on his autobiography of the same name ==Further reading== * Duberman, Martin. ''Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left''. ([[The New Press]], 2012). * Ellis, Deb and Mueller, Denis. ''[[Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (film)|Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train]]''. (film 2004) ** {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507103518/http://firstrunfeatures.com/product418.html |date=May 7, 2006 |title=FRF's Judith Mizrachy interviews Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, directors of the film ''Howard Zinn: You can't be neutral on a moving train'' }}. Retrieved 2010-03-09. * Greenberg, David. "Agit-Prof: Howard Zinn's influential mutilations of American history," [https://newrepublic.com/article/112574/howard-zinns-influential-mutilations-american-history ''The New Republic'' March 19, 2013] * Joyce, Davis D. ''Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision''. ([[Prometheus Books]], 2003). * Lynd, Staughton. ''Doing History from the Bottom Up; On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below.'' Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2014. === Interviews === * [https://archive.is/20130630143818/http://welcometoflavorcountry.com/2013/04/01/an-interview-with-howard-zinn/ 2001 Interview with Howard Zinn about ''A People's History of the United States'', religion, and movies] * [https://www.guernicamag.com/a_peoples_history_of_howard_zi/ Interview with ''Guernica: a magazine of arts and politics'']. * [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1524095 ''The Tavis Smiley Show'': "Howard Zinn and the Omissions of U.S. History"], November 27, 2003, National Public Radio. * [http://www.legalleft.org/?page_id=137 Howard Zinn speaks on "Confronting Empire" at [[Harvard Law School]] in March 2008] * [http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/an-interview-with-howard-zinn-on-anarchism-rebels-against-tyranny/ An Interview with Howard Zinn on Anarchism: Rebels Against Tyranny] by [[AK Press]] * [http://www.cwmorse.org/archives/perspectives.on.anarchist.theory.vol7.no1-spring2003.pdf "War is the Health of the State: An Interview with Howard Zinn"], By Paul Glavin & Chuck Morse, ''Perspectives on Anarchist Theory'', Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2003 * "A Great Faith in Human Beings." In Klin, Richard and Lily Prince (photos), ''Something to Say: Thoughts on Art and Politics in America''. (Leapfrog Press, 2011) === Obituaries === * [http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2010/01/helene-atwan-the-loss-of-howard-zinn.html#more Helene Atwan, director of Beacon Press on "The Loss of Howard Zinn" January 29, 2010]. * [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29zinn.html Howard Zinn, Historian, is Dead at 87], By Michael Powell, [[New York Times]], January 28, 2010 * [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28zinn.html?mcubz=1 New York Times obituary January 27, 2010] * [http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/howard-zinn-death-of-an-historian/ Obituary] in the ''[[Oxonian Review]]'' === Videos === * [http://bigthink.com/ideas/1228 The Legacy of Howard Zinn ] – video by [[Big Think]] * [http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/1/8/howard_zinn_three_holy_wars Howard Zinn on why there are no just wars: "Holy Wars"] – video by ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' * {{YouTube|Arn3lF5XSUg|''Empire or Humanity?: What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire''}}; by Howard Zinn; Narrated by Viggo Mortensen * [http://www.zinnedproject.org/why#video Howard Zinn’s talk to teachers at the 2008 National Conference for the Social Studies (NCSS)] hosted by the Zinn Education Project * [https://www.c-span.org/video/?196261-1/power-governments-suppress Zinn Speaking About his Book ~ ''A Power Governments Cannot Suppress''] – one-hour speech by [[C-SPAN]] * {{YouTube|DbaizDSg1YU|Howard Zinn on Marxism, Anarchism, and the Paris Commune}} interviewed by Sasha Lilley, November 5, 2009 * [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/28/howard_zinn_1922_2010_a_tribute Howard Zinn (1922–2010): A Tribute to the Legendary Historian with Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove] * [[American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals]] documentary featuring interviews with Howard Zinn and others * [http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=359 Zinn on Class in America] – Interview series on [[The Real News]] (TRNN) (6 videos) – April 2009 * [http://www.mediaed.org/new-release-howard-zinns-emma/ Interview with Howard Zinn] [[Media Education Foundation]] (MEF) – July 2005 ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== {{Portal bar|Anarchism|Biography|Boston|Liberalism|Social and political philosophy|Socialism|United States|University}} {{Commons category}} {{wikiquote}} * [http://howardzinn.org HowardZinn.org] * {{IMDb name|0957016}} * [http://progressive.org/topics/howard-zinn/ Column archive] at ''[[The Progressive]]'' * {{C-SPAN|howardzinn}} ** [http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/155006-1/Howard-Zinn ''Booknotes'' interview with Zinn on ''A People's History of the United States, 1492–Present'', March 12, 2000.] ** [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Zin ''In Depth'' interview with Zinn, September 1, 2002] * {{worldcat id|lccn-n79-59761}} * {{NYTtopic|people/z/howard_zinn}} * [http://vault.fbi.gov/Howard%20Zinn%20/ "Howard Zinn,"] [[FBI]] Records: The Vault, vault.fbi.gov/ * [http://zinnedproject.org Zinn Education Project] * [http://carolpolsgrove.com/issue-2-winter-2010/ "In memory: Howard Zinn and the Civil Rights Movement"] in "Carol Polsgrove on Writers' Lives" * [http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Wineburg.pdf "Undue Certainty" by Samuel Wineburg] *[http://www.zero-books.net/books/zinnophobia Zinnophobia: The Battle Over History in Education, Politics, and Scholarship] *[http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/index/howard_zinns_southern_diary Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary: Sit-ins, Civil Rights, and Black Women's Student Activism] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zinn, Howard}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:Activists for African-American civil rights]] [[Category:Alternative Tentacles artists]] [[Category:American anarchists]] [[Category:American anti–Vietnam War activists]] [[Category:American anti-war activists]] [[Category:American feminist writers]] [[Category:American Marxists]] [[Category:American media critics]] 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