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Howard Zinn

Born August 24, 1922Died January 27, 2010

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, *A Young People's History of the United States*. Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, *You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train* (Beacon Press, 2002), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at age 87. **Source**: [Howard Zinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn) on Wikipedia.

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altarykh alshby llwlayat almthdt: aljz althany

altarykh alshby llwlayat almthdt: aljz althany

with shban mkawy

Against Police Violence: Writers of Conscience Speak Out

Against Police Violence: Writers of Conscience Speak Out

with Huey P. Newton, Angela Y. Davis and Paco Ignacio Taibo II

altarykh alshby llwlayat almthdt: aljz alawl

altarykh alshby llwlayat almthdt: aljz alawl

with shban mkawy

Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations about A People's History

Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations about A People's History

2019

with Ray Suarez

Truth Has a Power of Its Own

Truth Has a Power of Its Own

2019

with Ray Suarez

Howard Zinn Speaks

Howard Zinn Speaks

2012
Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009

Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009

2012
Artists in Times of War

Artists in Times of War

2011
Howard Zinn on Race

Howard Zinn on Race

2011
The Other Civil War

The Other Civil War

2011
The Bomb

The Bomb

2010
La Bombe: De L'inutilite Des Bombardements Aeriens

La Bombe: De L'inutilite Des Bombardements Aeriens

2010

with Nicolas Calve

A Young People's History of the United States

A Young People's History of the United States

2009
A Young People's History of the United States: Revised and Updated

A Young People's History of the United States: Revised and Updated

2009
A People's History for the Classroom

A People's History for the Classroom

2008

with Bill Bigelow

The Unraveling of the Bush Presidency

The Unraveling of the Bush Presidency

2007
Just War: by Howard Zinn

Just War: by Howard Zinn

2006
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

2006
Voices of a people's history of the United States

Voices of a people's history of the United States

2004

with Anthony Arnove

Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice

Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice

2003
Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You

Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You

2003

with Norman Solomon, Reese Erlich and Sean Penn

A People's History of the United States: Highlights from the Twentieth Century

A People's History of the United States: Highlights from the Twentieth Century

2003
The Power of Nonviolence

The Power of Nonviolence

2002
Terrorism and War

Terrorism and War

2002
Une histoire populaire des Etats-Unis d'Amerique

Une histoire populaire des Etats-Unis d'Amerique

2002
Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century

Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century

2001

with Robin D.G. Kelley and Dana Frank

Howard Zinn on History

Howard Zinn on History

2000
Heroes & Martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti and the Revolutionary Struggle

Heroes & Martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti and the Revolutionary Struggle

2000
Stories Hollywood Never Tells

Stories Hollywood Never Tells

2000
Artists in Times of War and Other Essays

Artists in Times of War and Other Essays

2000
Howard Zinn on War

Howard Zinn on War

2000
The Future of History

The Future of History

1999
Marx in Soho: A Play on History

Marx in Soho: A Play on History

1999
Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian

Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian

1999
A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution

A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution

1999
The Zinn Reader

The Zinn Reader

1997
Uprooting Racism

Uprooting Racism

1995
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

1994
Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader

Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader

1992
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology

Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology

1990
Emma

Emma

1986
SNCC: The New Abolitionists

SNCC: The New Abolitionists

1985
The Twentieth Century: A People's History

The Twentieth Century: A People's History

1984
A People's History of the United States
A-

A People's History of the United States

1980·2 grades

with Kathy Emery

Storia del popolo americano: Dal 1492 a oggi

Storia del popolo americano: Dal 1492 a oggi

1980
Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works

Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works

1974
Anarchy and order

Anarchy and order

1971
The Politics of History

The Politics of History

1970
Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order

Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order

1968
Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal

Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal

1967

Graphic novels1

Una historia Popular Del Imperio Americano: Una Adaptacion Grafica

Una historia Popular Del Imperio Americano: Una Adaptacion Grafica

2008