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Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn is the author of A People’s History of the United States and, most recently, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress.

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Finishing School for Pickets (Historical Events)
Howard Zinn
SNCC: The Battle-Scarred Youngsters (Historical Events)

A report from the front lines of the civil rights battle in Greenwood, Mississippi--a very dangerous place to be.

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In Defense of Studs Terkel (Cultural Criticism and Analysis)

Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.

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Spend the Bailout Money on the Middle Class (Economy)

Take a tip from the New Deal: invest that $700 billion in jobs and mortgage aid for those who need it most.

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Beyond the New Deal (Cultural Criticism and Analysis, History, The Left, Politics)

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.

Howard Zinn
The Optimism of Uncertainty (Politics)

This article was adapted from The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear (Basic Books, www.theimpossible.org).

Parts of this essay also appeared in You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, in On History and on www.zmag.org.

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The Others (Regions and Countries, Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism, War on Terrorism, Society)

What if we could see the Afghan dead as we've seen the September 11 victims?

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