Problematizing My Faves: Matt Taibbi on Howard Zinn
The worst thing is to claim to be objective. Of course, you can’t be. Historians should say what their values are, what they care about, what their background is, and let you know what is…
Tag: A People’s History of the United States
Children
Children in Albany, Georgia A small Deep South town Where the atmosphere of slavery still lingered Mass demonstrations took place In the winter of 1961 And again in 1962 Of twenty-two thousand black people in…
Refusal (Muhammad Ali)
I came across the following when preparing tonight’s session of our reading circle of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States (the chapters on the Black Freedom struggle and the Vietnam War). Why should…
450 Years Apart: From the Beginnings of Western Civilization in the Americas To Several Years Ago
(Or, How to Treat Those Who Are in Your Way, Actually or Potentially) Several of us are beginning to make our way through Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. A couple of…
Carpe Diem, U.S. Americans
You have a rich tradition of resistance. You need only read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States to remind yourself of this. Hundreds of thousands of you have survived the relentless propaganda…