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You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Howard Zinn
2 CDs Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at Harvard.
How Social Change Happens
Howard Zinn
Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at Harvard.
Reflections
Howard Zinn
Zinn reflects on war and how his views changed from being “a gung-ho eager bombardier” in World War II. He says, “There’s no ideological reason, no territorial reason, no reason that can justify the cruelty of war. The means of war have reached the point where they overwhelm any possible decent ends.” Then he adds, […]
The Use & Abuse of History
Howard Zinn
Thomas Carlyle, the 19th century English essayist, described history as a “distillation of rumor.” How is the past constructed? Who does the constructing? What is included, occluded and omitted? What values and attitudes are promoted? Is history, as some would contend, a collection of neutral observations amassed by disinterested scholars? History is in fact a […]
Emma Goldman: A Dangerous Woman
Howard Zinn
Recorded at Radcliffe College.
One Step Ahead of the Landlord
Howard Zinn
Join Howard Zinn as he talks about his background, formative experiences and the path he took. He says, “I grew up in the slums of Brooklyn, a working class family. My parents were immigrants. My father came from Austria, my mother from Asiatic Russia, Siberia. I remember moving all the time. We were always one […]
Democracy, Dissent and Disobedience
Howard Zinn
2 CDs A classic Zinn lecture with Q&A. Introduced by Alfred McCoy, Zinn gives the Harvey Goldberg lecture. Goldberg, who died in 1987, was a legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor. Zinn connects the 3 Ds – democracy, dissent and disobedience. He talks about what happens to galvanize people to form movements and struggle for […]
Talking It Up
Howard Zinn, Dave Zirin
Recorded during the 100th anniversary celebration of The Progressive. Zinn wrote a column for the magazine and Zirin is a current columnist. “There’s no sports writer like Dave Zirin,” Zinn declares. And he’s right. A rollicking funny and simultaneously insightful session where Zirin asks the questions and Zinn provides the answers. Zinn calls Obama “a […]
An Evening with Zinn & Terkel
Howard Zinn, Studs Terkel
A fun, informative and inspirational program with two of America’s greatest raconteurs and keepers of the past. These enduring and endearing figures talk about breaking segregation in the South, individual and social change, hierarchy of values, media, propaganda, history and memory, etc. The introduction is by Alice Walker, noted poet and novelist, and former student […]
Debate on Just War
Howard Zinn, Jeff Jacoby
2 CDs Howard Zinn is joined by Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, Tracey Stark of Emerson College, and Denis Atwater of Suffolk University in a lively discussion of just war. Stark reviews the basic theories of just war and says the invasion of Iraq does not meet the general criteria. Atwater denounces Zinn as someone who “lives in a […]
Debate on the CIA
Howard Zinn, Richard Haass
Recorded at the JFK Presidential Library.
Voices of a People’s History
Howard Zinn
2 CDs Traditional history is dominated by generals, presidents, and other so-called important people. When we read in standard texts about the sinking of the Spanish Armada, we learn King Philip wept. Oral historian Studs Terkel asks, “Were there no other tears?” Historians have difficulty matching the eloquence of those who experienced events firsthand such […]

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