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Harry Targ : Academic Freedom and the Mitch Daniels/Howard Zinn Kerfuffle

Political cartoon by Gary Varvel / Indianapolis Star Academic freedom under fire: The Mitch Daniels/Howard Zinn kerfuffle If education at any level is to be shaped by the principle of academic freedom it must encourage student exposure to varieties of … Continue reading

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Historian Martin Duberman on ‘Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left’

Martin Duberman. Image from Lambda Literary.Rag Radio podcast:Historian Martin Duberman discusseshis new biography of Howard Zinn By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | November 1, 2012 Historian Martin Duberman discussed his new book, Howard Zinn: A Life on the … Continue reading

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Howard Zinn on the 4th of July : Put Away the Flags

Image by Darren Wamboldt / Shutterstock / Journal of the American Enterprise Institute.The self-deception of exceptionalism:Put away the flags By Howard Zinn / July 3, 2010 [People’s historian Howard Zinn died on January 7, 2010. This piece was originally distributed … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on ‘The Bomb’ : Howard Zinn Speaks From the Dead

The Bomb:Howard Zinn’s last callTo rebel against war By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2010 The Bomb by Howard Zinn (City Lights Open Media, San Francisco, August 2010); paperback, 100 pp; $8.95. In his lifetime, Howard … Continue reading

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Redefining History : Howard Zinn Challenged the Paradigm

The “Domino Theory” was a prevailing historical paradigm at the time of the Vietnam War. Image from A People’s History of American Empire, by Howard Zinn, Paul Buhle and Mike Konopacki. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Rejecting the dominant paradigm:How … Continue reading

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Howard Zinn : Why We Must Not Be Discouraged

Howard Zinn, 1922-2010.On commitment,And believing in Saints By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / February 1, 2010 See ‘Against discouragement: Howard Zinn at Spelman’ by Howard Zinn, Below. I met many memorable individuals who stopped by the Oleo Strut … Continue reading

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Book Ends : Writers Salinger and Zinn Made a Difference

“The Man in the Books,” by Andre Martins de Barros / Found Shit.Two writers who changed us:J. D. Salinger and Howard ZinnBy Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / January 29, 2010 It is impossible to predict whose writing … Continue reading

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People’s Historian : The Singular Legacy of Howard Zinn

Historian and activist Howard Zinn, 1922-2010.How the great Howard ZinnMade all our lives better No American historian has had a more lasting positive impact on our understanding of the true nature of our country… By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag … Continue reading

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