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Howard Zinn: “I Wish Obama Would Listen...
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Legendary historian Howard Zinn joins us to talk about war, torture and the
teaching of history. Zinn says Obama had Obama heeded the lessons of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., he wouldn’t be escalating US attacks abroad and
increasing the size of the US military budget. We also play excerpts of the
forthcoming documentary, The People Speak, featuring dramatic readings
based on Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a
People’s History of the United States. [includes rush transcript]

Guest:

Howard Zinn, historian and author of many books, including A People’s
History of the United States. He is co-director of the forthcoming
documentary The People’s Voice.
Rush Transcript
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AMY GOODMAN: My next guest for the rest of the hour is Howard Zinn, one of
the country’s most celebrated historians. His classic work, A People’s
History of the United States, changed the way we look at history in
America. First published a quarter of a century ago, the book has sold over
a million copies and continues to sell more copies each successive year.

After serving as a shipyard worker and then an Air Force bombardier in
World War II, Howard Zinn went on to become a lifelong dissident and peace
activist. He went to college under the GI Bill, received his PhD from
Columbia. He was active in the civil rights movement and many of the
struggles for social justice over the past half-century. He taught at
Spelman College, the historically black college for women in Atlanta, was
fired for insubordination for standing up for the women. He is now
Professor Emeritus at Boston University and was recently honored by
Spelman.

Howard Zinn has received the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award,
the Upton Sinclair Award, and the Lannan Literary Award. He is the author
of many books, including the People’s History Series; a seven-volume
series on the Radical ’60s; several collections of essays on art, war,
politics and history; and the plays Emma and Marx in Soho.

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