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Beacon Press You Cant Be Neutral on a Moving Train
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) A Peoples History of the United States
Book SynopsisThis is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. This powerful and controversial study turns orthodox American history upside down to portray the social turmoil behind the march of progress. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of America's greatest battles - the fights for fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality - were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through the Clinton years A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, is an insightful analysis of the most important events in US history.Trade Review"Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories. …the book is an excellent antidote to establishment history. Seldom have quotations been so effectively used; the stories of blacks, women, Indians, and poor laborers of all nationalities are told in their own words. While the book is precise enough to please specialists, it should satisfy any adult reader." LIBRARY JOURNAL (US)"…he tells an important and neglected part of the truth"Marcus Cunliffe, THE GUARDIAN"…he succeeds admirably in his second objective of 'disclosing those hidden episodes of the past when, even if in brief flashes, people showed their ability to resist, to join together, occasionally to win'"Charles Glass, NEW STATESMAN"Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history, and his text is studded with telling quotations from labor leaders, war resisters and fugitive slaves."Eric Foner, NEW YORK BOOK REVIEWTable of Contents1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress.2. Drawing the Color Line.3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition.4. Tyranny is Tyranny.5. A Kind of Revolution.6. The Intimately Oppressed.7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs.8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God.9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom.10. The Other Civil War. 11. Robber Barons and Rebels.12. The Empire and the People.13. The Socialist Challenge.14. War is the Health of the State.15. Self-help in Hard Times.16. A People's War? 17. "Or Does It Explode?"18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam.19.Surprises.20.The Seventies: Under Control?21. Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus.22. The Unreported Resistance.23.The Coming Revolt of the Guards.24. The Clinton Presidency. Afterword.Bibliography.Index.
£175.00
Hiru Argitaletxea Emma
Book Synopsisla obra de Howard Zinn, tan admirado ya como historiador -y luego como autobiógrafo- entre nosotros, es una llamada de atención hacia las virtualidades de un teatro político en nuestro tiempo, en un modo nada ortodoxo en relación con los postulados de Piscator y del posterior teatro documento, en la medida en que sus personajes son un mundo complejo y rico, y no meros portavoces de tendencias sociales y políticas; y la de Alberto de Casso comporta una ruptura con cierta moda española en el teatro más o menos experimental, incorporando a la escena un mundo, digamos, "atmosférico", que poco o nada tiene que ver con ese teatro -también digamos- "algebraico", que presenta situaciones en las que los personajes se pueden llamar 1, 2, 3... o bien A, B, C..., y ello en un mundo abstracto que puede ser cualquier parte, o quizás ninguna: Un tipo de drama "descarnado", en sus puros huesos, que acaso sea una mala herencia -ya se sabe que los grandes autores suelen ser, involuntariamente, malos mae
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AK Press Artists In A Time Of War
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University of Illinois Press The Politics of History
Book SynopsisIncludes a series of case studies and essays arguing for a radical approach to history and providing a revisionist interpretation of the historian's role.Trade Review"A powerful debamboozler." -- Richard Drinnon, Bucknell University
£17.99
Beacon Press You Cant Be Neutral on a Moving Train
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£15.29
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Howard Zinn On History
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£11.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc New Deal Thought American Heritage S
Book Synopsis A reprint of the 1966 Bobbs-Merrill edition. This anthology assembles the contemporary writings not only of the New Dealersthe men who devised and executed the programs of the government in the era of Franklin D. Rooseveltbut also of the social critics who gathered in various stances and at various distances around the Roosevelt fires. Here is a sampling of the famous movers and shakers of the 1930''s: Thurman Arnold, Henry Wallace, Rexford Tugwell, David Lilienthal, Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, Frances Perkins, John Maynard Keynes, and of course Roosevelt himself. Here too are the voices of those who thought the New Dealers were going too far such as Walter Lippmann and Raymond Moley, and of those who thought they were not going far enough; like John Dewey, W. E. B. DuBois, Norman Thomas, Lewis Mumford, and Carey McWilliams. In his Introduction Howard Zinn defines the boundaries of the New Deal''s experimentalism and attempts to explain why it sputtered out. The result is a book that captures the spirit of the New Dealhopeful, pragmatic, humaneyet remains hardheaded about its accomplishments and failures. Trade ReviewThe volume is primarily a collection of documents and . . . remains a vaulable resource. Containing 420 pages of documentation, it is divided into eleven sections . . . national economic planning, monopoly power and public enterprise, social welfare, and the interest groups which the New Deal failed to mobilize.--Stuart Kidd, Journal of American Studies
£42.50
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc New Deal Thought
Book Synopsis A reprint of the 1966 Bobbs-Merrill edition. This anthology assembles the contemporary writings not only of the New Dealersthe men who devised and executed the programs of the government in the era of Franklin D. Rooseveltbut also of the social critics who gathered in various stances and at various distances around the Roosevelt fires. Here is a sampling of the famous movers and shakers of the 1930''s: Thurman Arnold, Henry Wallace, Rexford Tugwell, David Lilienthal, Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, Frances Perkins, John Maynard Keynes, and of course Roosevelt himself. Here too are the voices of those who thought the New Dealers were going too far such as Walter Lippmann and Raymond Moley, and of those who thought they were not going far enough; like John Dewey, W. E. B. DuBois, Norman Thomas, Lewis Mumford, and Carey McWilliams. In his Introduction Howard Zinn defines the boundaries of the New Deal''s experimentalism and attempts to explain why it sputtered out. The result is a book that captures the spirit of the New Dealhopeful, pragmatic, humaneyet remains hardheaded about its accomplishments and failures. Trade ReviewThe volume is primarily a collection of documents and . . . remains a vaulable resource. Containing 420 pages of documentation, it is divided into eleven sections . . . national economic planning, monopoly power and public enterprise, social welfare, and the interest groups which the New Deal failed to mobilize.--Stuart Kidd, Journal of American Studies
£12.34
Haymarket Books Disobedience And Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law
Book SynopsisIn Disobedience and Democracy, the inimitable leftist thinker Howard Zinn lays out a clear and dynamic case for civil disobedience and protest as legitimate vehicles for social change. Zinn challenges the dominant arguments against forms of protest that challenge the status quo. He solidifies his argument, exploring the politics of direct action, nonviolent civil disobedience and strikes, while also offering lessons for protestors of the present and future generations. This book is a passionate, humanist argument for group-led change.Table of Contents1 First Fallacy 2 Second Fallacy 3 Third Fallacy 4 Fourth Fallacy 5 Fifth Fallacy 6 Sixth Fallacy 7 Seventh Fallacy 8 Eighth Fallacy 9 Ninth Fallacy
£14.24
März Verlag GmbH Die Bombe
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£17.00
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Howard Zinn On Race
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£9.49
PM Press 1492-1992: The Legacy fo Columbus
Book SynopsisIn this seminal recording, Zinn rewrites the history of America, giving voice to those often left out.
£15.90
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Terrorism And War
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£7.59
März Verlag GmbH Eine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes
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£36.00
Hiru Argitaletxea Estados Unidos Por quï tener esperanzas en
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£9.15
Taylor & Francis Ltd A Peoples History of the United States
Book SynopsisThis is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. This powerful and controversial study turns orthodox American history upside down to portray the social turmoil behind the march of progress. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People''s History is the only volume to tell America''s story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America''s women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of America''s greatest battles - the fights for fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women''s rights, racial equality - were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus''s arrival through the Clinton years A People''s History of the United States, which was nominated for the American BoTrade Review"Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories. …the book is an excellent antidote to establishment history. Seldom have quotations been so effectively used; the stories of blacks, women, Indians, and poor laborers of all nationalities are told in their own words. While the book is precise enough to please specialists, it should satisfy any adult reader." LIBRARY JOURNAL (US)"…he tells an important and neglected part of the truth"Marcus Cunliffe, THE GUARDIAN"…he succeeds admirably in his second objective of 'disclosing those hidden episodes of the past when, even if in brief flashes, people showed their ability to resist, to join together, occasionally to win'"Charles Glass, NEW STATESMAN"Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history, and his text is studded with telling quotations from labor leaders, war resisters and fugitive slaves."Eric Foner, NEW YORK BOOK REVIEWTable of Contents1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress.2. Drawing the Color Line.3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition.4. Tyranny is Tyranny.5. A Kind of Revolution.6. The Intimately Oppressed.7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs.8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God.9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom.10. The Other Civil War. 11. Robber Barons and Rebels.12. The Empire and the People.13. The Socialist Challenge.14. War is the Health of the State.15. Self-help in Hard Times.16. A People's War? 17. "Or Does It Explode?"18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam.19.Surprises.20.The Seventies: Under Control?21. Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus.22. The Unreported Resistance.23.The Coming Revolt of the Guards.24. The Clinton Presidency. Afterword.Bibliography.Index.
£53.99
Pepitas de calabaza La otra historia de los Estados Unidos
Book SynopsisCélebre por su prosa ágil y clara, así como por sus fuentes bien documentadas, La otra historia de los Estados Unidos es el único título que cuenta la historia de los Estados Unidos desde el punto de vista de las mujeres, los obreros, los afroamericanos, los nativos americanos, los trabajadores pobres y los jornaleros inmigrantes. Como muestra el historiador Howard Zinn, muchas de las grandes batallas de su país ?las luchas por sueldos justos, las jornadas de ocho horas, las leyes para regular el trabajo infantil, los estándares de seguridad y salud en el trabajo, el sufragio universal, los derechos de la mujer, la igualdad racial? se llevaron a cabo desde las bases, haciendo frente a una oposición feroz.Desde la llegada de Cristóbal Colón hasta el 11S, La otra historia de los Estados Unidos, que fue nominada al American Book Award en 1981, presenta un esclarecedor análisis de los acontecimientos más importantes de la historia de este país.
£60.37
Almuzara No Puedes Ser Neutral En Un Tren En Marcha
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£21.85
Seven Stories Press,U.S. A Young People's History Of The United States:
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£17.09
PM Press War And Civil Disobedience
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£15.90
Seven Stories Press,U.S. The Young People's History Of The United States,
Book SynopsisZinn's lively, clear prose guides readers through the wars and revolutions of the 20th century.
£11.39
The New Press Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations About
Book SynopsisAmerican history told from the bottom up by Howard Zinn himself—and the perfect all-ages introduction to his eye-opening viewpoint, published on Zinn’s hundredth birthdayTruth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of conversations with the late Howard Zinn and “an eloquently hopeful introduction for those who haven’t yet encountered Zinn’s work” (Booklist). Here is an unvarnished, yet ultimately optimistic, tour of American history—told by someone who was often an active participant in it. Viewed through the lens of Zinn’s own life as a soldier, historian, and activist and using his paradigm-shifting A People’s History of the United States as a point of departure, these conversations explore the American Revolution, the Civil War, the labor battles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, U.S. imperialism from the Indian Wars to the War on Terrorism, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and the fight for equality and immigrant rights—all from an unapologetically radical standpoint. Longtime admirers and a new generation of readers alike will be fascinated to learn about Zinn’s thought processes, rationale, motivations, and approach to his now-iconic historical work. Zinn’s humane (and often humorous) voice—along with his keen moral vision—shine through every one of these lively and thought-provoking conversations. Battles over the telling of our history still rage across the country, and there’s no better person to tell it than Howard Zinn. Trade ReviewNo historian—and few public figures—have ever made radical politics as deliriously and deliciously attractive as Howard Zinn. These conversations with Ray Suarez resurrect Howard for a new generation, including those youth who are fed up with politics as usual. Buy it for the young rabble rouser in your life. As Howard liked to say, ‘We must know our history not only to have knowledge of the past, but to change the future.’”Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States and sports editor, The Nation In this short, rich volume, Zinn connects the dots from the abolitionists to Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement, leads the reader to question whether there is any ‘good war,’ and encourages us all to see civil disobedience as important as voting in a democracy. It is a guidebook for organizers.”Deborah Menkart, executive director of Teaching for Change and co-director of the Zinn Education Project Truth Has a Power of Its Own is a virtual epilogue to Zinn’s classic work, A People’s History of the United States, and it eloquently shows that Zinn’s mission was not to demonstrate our exceptionalism or our superiority. Instead, he urges us to look squarely at our stained past for the glimmers of human decency and courage which so often have welled up among the ordinary people historians too often ignore.”Frances Fox Piven, distinguished professor of political science emerita, The Graduate Center, City University of New York The conversations in Truth Has a Power of Its Own sing with Howard Zinn’s wisdom, humanity, and wit. Zinn explains how despite unspeakable brutality and exploitation throughout U.S. history, we find hope rising from the social movements that have sought equality and justice. This is a marvelous introduction to the history—a people’s history—of our country.”Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor, Rethinking Schools, and co-director of the Zinn Education Project
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Peoples History of the United States
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£17.24
Haymarket Books Failure To Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic
Book SynopsisHoward Zinn has illuminated American history and politics like none other. He wrote on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements and was one of America's best known and most beloved - or most hated - activists for both causes. In this timely reprint of Failure to Quit, Howard Zinn discusses a wide range of historical and political topics, from the role of the Supreme Court in US history to the nature of higher education today. Zinn's most accessible, most pertinent and most popular essays have been collected in a celebration of this great activist's legacy.
£10.44
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Howard Zinn On War
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£11.39
Seven Stories Press,U.S. The Unraveling Of The Bush Presidency
Book SynopsisIn this concise pamphlet, renowned historian Howard Zinn presents his account of the last six years of US history.
£6.48
Henry Holt & Company Inc A Peoples History of American Empire
Book SynopsisAdapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics formSince its landmark publication in 1980, A People''s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies, become required classroom reading throughout the country, and been turned into an acclaimed play. More than a successful book, A People''s History triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official versions with their emphasis on great men in high places to chronicle events as they were lived, from the bottom up.Now Howard Zinn, historian Paul Buhle, and cartoonist Mike Konopacki have collaborated to retell, in vibrant comics form, a most immediate and relevant chapter of A People''s History: the centuries-long story of America''s actions in the world. Narrated by Zinn, this version opens with the events of 9/11 and then jumps back to explore the cycles o
£24.00
AK Press Instant-mix Imperial Democracy: (Buy One Get One
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£16.85
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Voices Of A People's History Of The United
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£17.99
PM Press A Living Spirit Of Revolt: The Infrapolitics of
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£16.19
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Readings From Voices Of A People's History Of The
Book SynopsisThe past is brought to life as leading voices like Danny Glover, Paul Robeson Jr. and Kurt Vonnegut read 21 selections from the primary source companion to Zinn's seminal A People's History of the United States.
£11.57
powerHouse Books,U.S. Our Voices, Our Streets: American Protests
Book SynopsisA collection of images covering a decade of American expression that began with the inauguration of George W. Bush and ends with the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon.
£35.99
Seven Stories Press,U.S. A Young People's History Of The United States:
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£24.00
Princeton University Press The Higher Law
Book SynopsisIncludes thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Henry D Thoreau that represent various stages in his twenty-two years of active writing. This title offers a microcosm of Thoreau's literary career. It allows the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Howard Zinn ix The Service 3 Paradise (To Be) Regained 19 Herald of Freedom 49 Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum 59 Resistance of Civil Government 63 Slavery in Massachusetts 91 A Plea for Captain John Brown 111 Martyrdom of John Brown 139 The Last Days of John Brown 145 Life without Principle 155 Reform and the Reformers 181 Index by Paul O. Williams 199
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Seven Stories Press,U.S. La historia del pueblo de Estados Unidos para
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£20.36
PM Press Theory And Practice: Conversations with Noam
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£20.58
Haymarket Books Emma
Book SynopsisWith his with and unique ability to illuminate history from below, Howard Zinn dramatizes the life of a remarkable woman. Emma Goldman, the anarchist, feminist and free spirit, was exiled from the United States because of her outspoken views. She seemed tireless as she travelled, discussing birth control (A woman should decide for herself'), the falsity of marriage as an institution ('Nothing to do with love'), patriotism ('the last refuge of a scoundrel') and more. This book will be of interest to feminists, historians and revolutionaries alike.'Trade Review"Howard Zinn's play about Emma Goldman, is a small miracle. Here is a drama that holds down the heroics, polemics and didacticism to which works about heroes and heroines are prone. True, Emma is idealized; she is loving, honest, selfless, daring, but she is also human and believable."—Walter Goodman, New York Times"Howard Zinn's play about Emma Goldman, is a small miracle. Here is a drama that holds down the heroics, polemics and didacticism to which works about heroes and heroines are prone. True, Emma is idealized; she is loving, honest, selfless, daring, but she is also human and believable."Walter Goodman, New York Times
£10.44
City Lights Books A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Book SynopsisZinn's upbeat look at our political moment and inspiring flashes of democracy, resistance, and hope.
£14.98
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Passionate Declarations
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£14.44
Seven Stories Press,U.S. A Young People's History Of The United States
Book SynopsisZinn's classic revised and updated for a young adult audience.
£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Peoples History of the United States
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£21.59
City Lights Books The Bomb City Lights Open Media
Book SynopsisAs a World War II combat soldier, Howard Zinn took part in the aerial bombing of Royan, France. Two decades later, he was invited to visit Hiroshima and meet survivors of the atomic attack. In this short and powerful book, Zinn offers his deep personal reflections and political analysis of these events, their consequences, and the profound influence they had in transforming him from an order-taking combat soldier to one of our greatest anti-authoritarian, antiwar historians. This book was finalized just prior to Zinn''s passing in January 2010, and is published on the sixty-fifth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.Simultaneous publication this August in the U.S. and Japan commemorates the 65th anniversary of the USA''s two atomic bombings of Japan by calling for the abolition of all nuclear weapons and an end to war as an acceptable solution to human conflict.Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history …Trade Review"His writings and speeches, coupled with the example of his brave activism, have inspired and changed the lives of countless people, young and old. Certainly much of his power lies in the seeming contradiction between his unflinching criticism of almost every established idea and his unflinching optimism--what he himself called his 'absurdly cheerful approach to a violent and unjust world.'"--Douglas Lummis, CounterPunch "Occasioned by the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Zinn's final work (completed just before his death in January 2010), combines a discussion of the horrors of atomic warfare with a glimpse at the carnage in Royan, which included the deaths of over 1,000 civilians in one of the first uses of napalm...Zinn's call to reject disproportionate violence in war remains unalloyed and relevant to today's conflicts."--Brendan Driscoll, Booklist "The late Howard Zinn's new book The Bomb is a brilliant little dissection of some of the central myths of our militarized society."--David Swanson, LA Progressive "This is in all likelihood the final original book by long-time VFP member and WWII vet Zinn. It has a publication date of August 2010 to mark the 65th anniversary of America's two atomic bombings of Japan. The much-loved, greatly admired Zinn died in January, 2010 at 88, just a month after completing this volume."--Will Shapira, Veterans for Peace "Zinn's last book is a modest appeal to humanity: War is miserable, and we have to stop it."--Micah Uetricht, In These Times "It's my favorite...He wrote the book to remind himself and to remind us that anybody can throw the wrench in the machinery, and we often should."--Bill Moyers "Part history, part memoir, part sermon, The Bomb is meant to wake up citizens, to rouse them to reject 'the abstractions of duty and obedience' and to refuse to heed the call of war."--Jonah Raskin, The Rag Blog
£9.49
Haymarket Books The Southern Mystique
Book SynopsisThe South has long been surrounded in mystique. In this powerful volume, drawing on Zinn's own experiences teaching in the South and working within the Southern civil rights movement, Zinn challenges the stereotypes surrounding the South, race relations, and how change happens in history. With a new introduction from the author.Trade Review"Seminal" —Washington Post “[Zinn] details the complex social relationships that existed across the color line, while simultaneously rejecting the idea that racism was a uniquely southern affliction.” —Imani Perry
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The People Speak
Book SynopsisCelebrates the history of America in the words of famous and not-so-famous Americans, including selections by Christopher Columbus, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Eugene Debs, a Lowell Mill worker, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and a Gulf War resister, interspersed with commentary by the author. Origina
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Haymarket Books Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawl
Book SynopsisAs the first book to call for an immediate withdrawal from Vietnam, Howard Zinn's Vietnam includes a powerful speech which he believed President Lyndon Johnson should have delivered to lay out the case for ending the war. Of the many books that challenged the Vietnam War, Howard Zinn's Vietnam stands out as one of the greatest - and indeed the most influential. The writings in this book helped spark a national debate on the war; few aside from Zinn could reach so many with such passion and such conciseness.
£13.49
Haymarket Books Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009
Book SynopsisHoward Zinn has illuminated American history like none other. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University, he wrote more than 20 books, including A People's History of the United States. He was also a known anti-war and civil rights activist. Now, for the first time ever, Howard Zinn's speeches have been collected in book form. The book includes speeches on protest movements, racism, war and American democracy. It will be an invaluable resource for a new generation of students discovering his work, as well as those Zinn moved during his lifetime.Trade ReviewReading Howard’s spoken words I feel that I am almost hearing his voice again. Even in writing its unique appeal comes through his stunning pitch-perfect ability to capture the moment and the concerns and needs of the audience whoever they may be, always enlightening, often stirring, an amalgam of insight, critical history, wit, blended with charm and appeal. I’ve heard Howard speak to tens of thousands at demonstrations, to small groups of homeless people, to activists enduring brutal treatment, and at many other times and places. Always just the right tone and message, always inspiring, a gift to all of us to be treasured.” Noam Chomsky Few people changed more lives than Howard Zinn. He changed them as an author, as a play write and as a filmmaker. But he also changed them face-to-face, as a speaker. With ferocious moral clarity and mischievous humor, Howard turned routine anti-war rallies into profound explorations of state violence and he turned staid academic conferences into revival meetings for social change. Collected here for the first time, Howard’s speeches spanning an extraordinary life of passion and principle come to us at the moment when we need them most: just as a global network of popular uprisings searches for what comes next. We could ask for no wiser a guide than Howard Zinn.” Naomi Klein, author The Shock Doctrine Howard Zinn there was no one like him. And to hear him speak was like listening to music that you loved lyrical, uplifting, honest. If you never got to hear him speak, this book will move you in profound ways. Although Howard’s voice’ is no longer with us, his true voice will live on forever. And I know he would love it for each of you to find your voice, too, and to be heard. Perhaps this book will provide you with some inspiration.” Michael Moore Howard Zinn was one of us, the best part of us. Enjoy these speeches. Hear his voice. Then hear your own, hear it closely.” Josh Brolin One of my favorite expressions from Nicaragua is: Struggle is the highest form of song.’ In that case Howard Zinn is one of our great singers and these speeches are righteous songs filled with the boldness, vision, humor, depth and urgings of his profoundly human voice. Howard sang a different America, an invisible America, an America of the 99 percent. He sang of the lies and deceit of the government and the impossibility and horror of wars made in America’s name. He sang of a dream, a deeper dream that is now rising in the streets. I cannot think of a more important set of songs to be singing at this time.” Eve Ensler Howard Zinn’s speeches, beautifully gathered together here by Anthony Arnove, are a joy and an inspiration.” Marisa Tomei Howard Zinn’s towering legacy will forever be as a historian who made history. He made history because his books, his actions, and especially his speeches inspired ordinary people to do extraordinary things. We fight onward today in a remarkable tradition of struggle. For many of us, we first became aware of this tradition by sitting in a packed, musty meeting hall and listening to stories of heart, humor, and heroism, as communicated by Howard Zinn.” Dave Zirin "The first time I heard Howard Zinn speak I was a student in the deep South, and amazed that anyone could stay alive long enough to say such things. He was completely fearless, totally relaxed, making joking asides as he went straight to the bloody heart of Empire. How much time it has saved me, having him as a teacher my second year in college. Reading this book brings back memories of those times when Howie spoke to sometimes shocked crowds of people who, before hearing him, had thought historians should be silent about current affairs or, at most, write quiet books. Howard Zinn was a free man. Delightful because of this. Howard Zinn Speaks is a book to savor. It is wise, humorous, serious, without one moment of hesitation in tackling the basic notions about who we are as a people, a country, and a world. Elder brother, great teacher. Presente." Alice Walker "I hesitate to comment on Howard Zinn Speaks because of my unshakable and overt bias for anything Zinn. I don't think it'd be fair honestly to gloat about his work in such a way. But then again having a Zinn bias just means you favor truth and justice over lies and oppression." Lupe Fiasco "These speeches make great reading for students and teachersespecially when read aloud." Rethinking Schools“Reading Howard’s spoken words I feel that I am almost hearing his voice again. Even in writing its unique appeal comes through — his stunning pitch-perfect ability to capture the moment and the concerns and needs of the audience whoever they may be, always enlightening, often stirring, an amalgam of insight, critical history, wit, blended with charm and appeal. I’ve heard Howard speak to tens of thousands at demonstrations, to small groups of homeless people, to activists enduring brutal treatment, and at many other times and places. Always just the right tone and message, always inspiring, a gift to all of us to be treasured.” —Noam Chomsky “Few people changed more lives than Howard Zinn. He changed them as an author, as a play write and as a filmmaker. But he also changed them face-to-face, as a speaker. With ferocious moral clarity and mischievous humor, Howard turned routine anti-war rallies into profound explorations of state violence and he turned staid academic conferences into revival meetings for social change. Collected here for the first time, Howard’s speeches — spanning an extraordinary life of passion and principle — come to us at the moment when we need them most: just as a global network of popular uprisings searches for what comes next. We could ask for no wiser a guide than Howard Zinn.” —Naomi Klein, author The Shock Doctrine “Howard Zinn — there was no one like him. And to hear him speak was like listening to music that you loved — lyrical, uplifting, honest. If you never got to hear him speak, this book will move you in profound ways. Although Howard’s ‘voice’ is no longer with us, his true voice will live on forever. And I know he would love it for each of you to find your voice, too, and to be heard. Perhaps this book will provide you with some inspiration.” —Michael Moore “Howard Zinn was one of us, the best part of us. Enjoy these speeches. Hear his voice. Then hear your own, hear it closely.” —Josh Brolin “One of my favorite expressions from Nicaragua is: ‘Struggle is the highest form of song.’ In that case Howard Zinn is one of our great singers and these speeches are righteous songs filled with the boldness, vision, humor, depth and urgings of his profoundly human voice. Howard sang a different America, an invisible America, an America of the 99 percent. He sang of the lies and deceit of the government and the impossibility and horror of wars made in America’s name. He sang of a dream, a deeper dream that is now rising in the streets. I cannot think of a more important set of songs to be singing at this time.” —Eve Ensler “Howard Zinn’s speeches, beautifully gathered together here by Anthony Arnove, are a joy and an inspiration.” —Marisa Tomei “Howard Zinn’s towering legacy will forever be as a historian who made history. He made history because his books, his actions, and especially his speeches inspired ordinary people to do extraordinary things. We fight onward today in a remarkable tradition of struggle. For many of us, we first became aware of this tradition by sitting in a packed, musty meeting hall and listening to stories of heart, humor, and heroism, as communicated by Howard Zinn.” —Dave Zirin "The first time I heard Howard Zinn speak I was a student in the deep South, and amazed that anyone could stay alive long enough to say such things. He was completely fearless, totally relaxed, making joking asides as he went straight to the bloody heart of Empire. How much time it has saved me, having him as a teacher my second year in college. Reading this book brings back memories of those times when Howie spoke to sometimes shocked crowds of people who, before hearing him, had thought historians should be silent about current affairs or, at most, write quiet books. Howard Zinn was a free man. Delightful because of this. Howard Zinn Speaks is a book to savor. It is wise, humorous, serious, without one moment of hesitation in tackling the basic notions about who we are as a people, a country, and a world. Elder brother, great teacher. Presente." –Alice Walker "I hesitate to comment on Howard Zinn Speaks because of my unshakable and overt bias for anything Zinn. I don't think it'd be fair honestly to gloat about his work in such a way. But then again having a Zinn bias just means you favor truth and justice over lies and oppression." –Lupe Fiasco "These speeches make great reading for students and teachers—especially when read aloud." —Rethinking SchoolsTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 1. Southern Influence in National Politics (Atlanta, GA, April 12, 1963) 2. Reform or Revolution (from a debate with William F. Buckley at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, January 11, 1971) 3. Thinking About Vietnam: Political Theory and Human Life (January 27, 1973) 4. Academic Freedom: Collaboration and Resistance (twenty-third T. B. Davie memorial lecture, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, July 23, 1982) 5. Second Thoughts on the First Amendment (University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, October 25, 1989) 6. 1492–1992: The Legacy of Columbus (Madison, Wisconsin, October 9, 1991) 7. A People’s History of the United States (Reed College, Portland, Oregon, November 20, 1995) 8. The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, October 9, 1997) 9. U.S. Imperialism and the War with Spain (Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 30, 1998) 10. War and Democracy (Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, November 11, 1999) 11. Emma Goldman, Anarchism, and War Resistance (Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 29, 2002) 12. Bringing Democracy Alive (Shoreline Community College, Seattle, Washington, April 10, 2002) 13. Confronting Government Lies (General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June 28, 2003) 14. History Matters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 6, 2004) 15. The Myth of American Exceptionalism (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 14, 2005) 16. Just War (Rome, Italy, June 23, 2005) 17. The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism (Madison, Wisconsin, October 5, 2006) 18. Overcoming Obstacles (University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, November 30, 2006) 19. Civil Disobedience in the 21st Century (“Anatomy of War” conference, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, October 9, 2008) 20. Howard Zinn Talks to Social Studies Teachers (Keynote address, National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Houston, Texas, November 16, 2008) 21. The State of the Union 2009 (Back Pages Books, Waltham, Massachusetts, November 18, 2008) 22. Standing Up for Justice in the Age of Obama (Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC, February 2, 2009) 23. Talk on democracy and citizenship in Greece (French Institute, Athens, Greece, May 25, 2009) 24. Three Holy Wars (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, November 11, 2009) Acknowledgments About Howard Zinn About Anthony Arnove Works by Howard Zinn
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