American Author, political scientist, teacher, activist, historian, and social critic Howard Zinn died at age 87 on January 27, 2010.
Zinn penned the best selling book A People's History of the United States. Howard Zinn, Professor Emeritus in the Political Science Department at Boston University died on January 27, 2010 from a heart attack.http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/howard_zinn_his.html
Zinn's experience as an U.S. Air Force bombardier during World War II led him to be highly critical of armed combat. He was active in the Vietnam anti-war and American Civil Rights movements, and also worked as a labor union organizer.
Zinn's philosophies lean toward socialism and his writings often detail the experiences of cultural groups that have traditionally been marginalized.
In Zinn's book “A People’s History of the United States” (1980), he takes the time to try to convince the reader that rights and freedoms we have today, have a basis in the roots of rebellion and encourages mankind not to just accept that everything must be as it seems the system intends it must be. http://www.tuftsdaily.com/take-notice-the-time-is-ours-1.2165258
Zinn's Documentary ""Voices of a People's History of the United States,", an A-E documentary takes a look at the history of American through those who challenged it along the way. The documentary hears from abolitionist,feminists, radicals and those whose existence at their moments caused confrontation. The documentary includes segments from stars like Morgan Freeman, Marisa Tomei, and Sean Penn. Musicians Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and John Legend are a part of the show also.
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"I am hopeful. But hope rests on doing something. If you're not doing anything to change things, you have no right to be hopeful." - Howard Zinn
What the Classroom Doesn't Teach About the American Empire
This video presented by Howard Zinn offers his position on how he felt after his own role in being a bombadier and he view of America as an Empire. Narrated by Viggo Mortensen. Zinn compares America's march across the continent and the Louisiana Purchase to ethnic cleansing based on the removal of the people living there at the time of the acquisition.
Bruce Springsteen This Land Was Made for You and Me
The performance in this video is an earlier version of a Bruce Springsteen performance. Bruce performed This Land Was made for You and Me for Voices of a People's History of the United States
