Check out this interview with Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social and his new biography on Howard Zinn!

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 2d ago

We speak to author Dave Zirin about his new book, "The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn," which chronicles the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn.

"Let the dead of past wars be honored. Let those who live pledge themselves never to embark on mass slaughter again." -- Howard Zinn @zinndigital.bsky.social Boston Globe cancelled Zinn's bi-weekly column after this #MemorialDay essay. Read in full ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/wh...

Whom Will We Honor Memorial Day?

Article. By Howard Zinn. 1976. Essay urging readers to rethink Memorial Day, who we honor, and what resources we prioritize.

zinnedproject.org

"Books That Define a Nation" @harpercollins.bsky.social released a special edition of “A People’s History,” part of New American Classics series that incl. books by Zora Neale Hurston, Rachel Carson, Ursula K. Le Guin, bell hooks, Nikki Giovanni, Imani Perry +more! www.howardzinn.org/people-histo...

New American Classic Edition of "A People's History" - Howard Zinn

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, HarperCollins published a special edition of A People's History of the United States as part of their American Classics series.

howardzinn.org

April 20, 1914 marks the anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre. Howard Zinn: "The culminating act of perhaps the most violent struggle between corporate power and laboring men in American history. Despite 5K pages of testimony...it remains an obscure event..." 📽️ & 📖 www.howardzinn.org/collection/l...

Ludlow Massacre - Howard Zinn

Interview with Howard Zinn. Clip from Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train. First Run Features. 2004. On April 20, 1914, the Colorado National Guard attacked a tent colony of 1,200 stri...

howardzinn.org

#tdih 1979, the Boston University faculty union called a strike. Howard Zinn was one of the strike committee co-chairs. Read ⬇️ about the strike from Zinn's autobiography, "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train." 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bo...

April 5, 1979: Boston University Strike

Boston University refused to approve negotiated contract, so the faculty union called a strike, with Howard Zinn as co-chair of strike committee. Other staff and librarians also went on strike that sp...

zinnedproject.org

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame [nor the crime] of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn, @zinndigital.bsky.social

On the anniversary of Howard Zinn's death in 2010, we share updates about forthcoming books, a new film, online classes, booth displays, performances, and events that carry forward Zinn’s legacy of activism. More in the newsletter sent 2-4x/year. Subscribe at www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign-up/

PEOPLE'S HISTORY in the DIGITAL AGE: If you're at the Nat'l Council for the Social Studies conf Dec. 5-6, stop by! This booth features HowardZinn.org + 11 groups w/ digital collections of the voices & histories missing from mainstream history. Swag + photo exhibit! www.howardzinn.org/peoples-hist...

People's History in the Digital Age at 2025 NCSS Conference - Howard Zinn

HowardZinn.org will share a booth with the SNCC Legacy Project, Colored Conventions Project, and nine other groups under the banner of “People’s History in the Digital Age” at the National Council for...

howardzinn.org

"The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn" is ready for pre-order! Researched and written by Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social, the new biography of @zinndigital.bsky.social will be released by Penguin Random House in August of 2026. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn

Book — Non-fiction. By Dave Zirin. 2026. 400 pages. A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the t...

zinnedproject.org

“‘There are certain historical moments when learning is more compressed and intense than others,’ wrote Howard Zinn, a month after 9/11. The historian was writing in a moment of tremendous, escalating violence, and he sensed more death & destruction looming.”–James Folta lithub.com/why-you-shou...

Why you should read Howard Zinn’s Artists in Times of War now.

“There are certain historical moments when learning is more compressed and intense than others,” wrote Howard Zinn, a month after 9/11. The historian was writing in a moment of tremendous, escalati…

lithub.com

In 2020, Brut posted a 3-minute response to Trump's #ConstitutionDay attacks on Howard Zinn -- using remarks by Zinn on the importance of being honest with young people. (Clips are from NCSS 2008 conference keynote by Zinn.) #TeachTruth Watch ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/other-h...

"We Should Be Honest with Young People" — Howard Zinn

In this three-minute clip, Zinn counters Trump’s assertion that teaching people’s history tries “to make students ashamed of their own history.” To the contrary. Watch and share.

zinnedproject.org

While Zinn’s essays on the Civil Rights Movement & war are well known, his writing about prisons & with prisoners gets less attention, reflecting the invisibility of mass incarceration in this country. Here are some of Zinn's essays, quotes, letters. www.zinnedproject.org/news/howard-...

Howard Zinn on Prisons and Prisoners

A sampling of Howard Zinn's essays, quotes, trial testimonies, and correspondence related to prisons and prisoners.

zinnedproject.org

Born #tdih Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was a historian, professor, playwright, activist. Author of APHUS, he wrote many books incl. "Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal" & "SNCC: The New Abolitionists." Also trial testimonies on civil disobedience history. 🧵 Read: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ho...

“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn

Happy Birthday to Howard Zinn, historian, activist, and author of A People’s History of the United States. His life’s work gave voice to ordinary people, challenged power, and reminded us that real change comes from collective struggle from below.

Historian and anti-war activist Howard Zinn was born on this day in 1922.

#OtD 24 Aug 1922 radical historian and activist Howard Zinn was born to a Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn, NYC. Author of A People's History of the United States, Zinn did much to popularise the history of ordinary people and our struggles workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e69-...

Kicking off Monday: A new series of @zinnedproject.bsky.social “Teach the Black Freedom Struggle” online classes. Events are free. ASL interpretation provided. Learn more & sign up: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-b... Join our email list for more news: www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign...

Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes

Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators.

zinnedproject.org

Check out the 2025–2026 schedule of Voices of a People’s History performances. More news & events in our newsletter. Subscribe at: www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign... www.howardzinn.org/voices-perfo...

Voices of a People's History Performances, 2025–2026 - Howard Zinn

Dates for 2025–2026 performances for Voices of a People’s History have been announced with events planned in Edinburgh and New York.

howardzinn.org

"When A People’s History of the U.S. came out, it literally rocked the boat. Instead of starting where most histories of the Americas start—on the deck of Columbus’s ship—Howard Zinn flipped the script, focusing on what the people standing on the shore would have seen"–BklynPLibrary bit.ly/brp-zinn

The Legacy of Howard Zinn's Radical History - Howard Zinn

On August 4, 2025, the podcast Borrowed and Returned aired an episode called “The Legacy of Howard Zinn’s Radical History.” From the introduction: "When Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United ...

howardzinn.org

Looking forward to the new Howard Zinn biography from Dave Zirin (@edgeofsports.bsky.social) due next summer! -- Stay up to date about all the Zinn-related news & events by joining the email list (emails sent 2-4x/year): www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign...

Contact / Sign Up - Howard Zinn

E-newsletter List​

howardzinn.org

Dave Zirin@edgeofsports.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Thank you so much to the incredible people at Teaching for Change for including a mention of the next book, arriving Summer 2026. Honored to write it. Honored that an organization I respect so much is the first to give it a public shout. www.howardzinn.org/2026-new-how...

Aug 6 & 9 mark the anniversary of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings. In THE BOMB, Howard Zinn offers his reflections & political analysis of these events, & how they transformed him from an order-taking WWII bombardier to an anti-authoritarian, anti-war historian. www.howardzinn.org/collection/t...

"Whenever injustices have been remedied, wars halted, women & Black people & Native American given their due, it has been because 'unimportant' people spoke up, organized, protested, and brought democracy alive"–Howard Zinn 📖 www.howardzinn.org/collection/v... 📺 www.howardzinn.org/collection/t...

"The Declaration...says that government is not sacred, that it is set up to give people an equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and that if it fails to do this, we have the right to 'alter or abolish it.'"– Howard Zinn, July 4, 1975 www.howardzinn.org/collection/s...

The Spirit of Rebellion - Howard Zinn

By Howard Zinn, from The Zinn Reader Writing a column to appear in the July 4, 1975, issue of the Boston Globe, I wanted to break away from the traditional celebrations of Independence Day, in which t...

howardzinn.org

#tdih 1914: National Guard fired on Colorado tent colony of striking miners. Howard Zinn learned of the Ludlow story from Woody Guthrie ballad, not his history classes, leading Zinn to write and teach people's history. #TeachTruth Short film and more ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lu...

April 20, 1914: Ludlow Massacre

The National Guard fired on striking miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado.

zinnedproject.org

#tdih 1979, the Boston University faculty union called a strike. Howard Zinn was one of the strike committee co-chairs. Read ⬇️ about the strike from Zinn's autobiography, "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train." 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bo...

April 5, 1979: Boston University Strike

Boston University refused to approve negotiated contract, so the faculty union called a strike, with Howard Zinn as co-chair of strike committee. Other staff and librarians also went on strike that sp...

zinnedproject.org

FROM THE ARCHIVES "A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976 Powers of the Powerless: (the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics) 1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal. 2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources. 🧵1/5

Today, Jan. 27, marks the 15th anniversary of Howard Zinn's death. Learn how historian, researchers, and activists are keeping Zinn's spirit alive. Subscribe to the newsletter (conta.cc/3E5WEbp) at www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign-up/

“I’m a radical historian & I like radical because radical means getting to the roots of something,” Howard Zinn to Jim Sullivan in 2008. Read more via @forward.bsky.social, written for the 15th anniversary of Howard Zinn's death (1/27/2010). ⬇️ @zinndigital.bsky.social forward.com/culture/6903...

He was a Jewish leftist like Sandy Koufax — remembering Howard Zinn

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we c...

forward.com

In a 1968 video editorial on @wgbh.org, Howard Zinn (@zinndigital.bsky.social ) nominated Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Woman and Man of the Year because they “both refused to play the game” by speaking out against the Vietnam War. #TeachTruth Watch ⬇️ www.howardzinn.org/collection/z...

Howard Zinn Lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Their Resistance (1968) - Howard Zinn

Op-ed by Howard Zinn. Clip from “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” WGBH Boston. 1968. Originally broadcast on “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” on WGBH Boston, Howard Zinn lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin ...

howardzinn.org