Posts tagged “voices of a people’s history”
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Teachers for Social Justice Conference
November 12, 2011
VOICES Chicago will be at this year’s Teachers for Social Justice conference on November 19th in Chicago, IL, where they will be giving away 1,000 FREE Educators Toolkits, which includes The People Speak DVD, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn,…Tags: howard zinn, howard zinn on race, la otra historia, teachers for social justice, teaching with voices, the people speak, voices chicago, voices of a people's history
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VOICES Chicago project
October 24, 2011
VOICES is a non-profit arts, education and social justice organization active throughout the United States. It was founded in Chicago in 2007 by a group of activists, artists and educators, led by historian Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove, who together… -
Kenneth Bernstein on Voices of a People’s History and Zinn Education Project
April 5, 2011
. . . [Howard Zinn] wanted to wrest control of the past away from those who did not less know or understand the entire truth of our nation. It is up to those of us in the present to continue his task of reclaiming the full past, lest we surrender the future to those who do not value the ordinary people, who fear and despise the collective action - of unions, of the civil rights movement, of the anti-war movement, of the women’s rights movement, of the movements for the rights of all who have been oppressed and left out. . . . We have many tasks to take on. Certainly winning elections is a major part. But so is how we educate our children. So is reaching out to adults who did not have the opportunity to truly learn our history and help them connect. You can help in this task in many ways. You can support the Zinn Educational Project.
—Kenneth J. BernsteinTags: articles, daily kos, howard zinn, kenneth j. bernstein, teaching with voices of a people's history, the people speak, voices of a people's history, zinn education project
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Howard Zinn’s 423-page FBI file released
July 30, 2010
Q: What is the greatest tribute an activist can be given?
A: The enmity of those in power.To that end, the FBI has today offered a great tribute to the late, great Howard Zinn, in the form of a 423-page declassified FBI file, covering Zinn’s activities from 1949 to 1974: essentially a list — vetted by America’s “best and brightest” and their faithful assistants of the period — of everything Howard Zinn did during the McCarthy Era, the Vietnam War, and all points in between to stymie the government and promote social justice and a more open society.
Happy reading — and thanks, Howard; you will be forever missed.
Tags: fbi file, history, howard zinn, politics/government, voices of a people's history, young people's history, zinn reader
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Zinn Education Project
April 7, 2010
The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States and other materials for teaching in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The website offers more than 85 free,…
Tags: education, howard zinn, voices of a people's history, young people's history of the united states, zinn education project, zinn reader
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Howard Zinn wins 2010 Ridenhour Prize for Courage
March 16, 2010
Howard Zinn has been posthumously awarded the 2010 Ridenhour Prize for Courage, “presented to an individual in recognition of his or her courageous and life-long defense of the public interest and passionate commitment to social justice.” Past recipients have included Gloria Steinem, Bill Moyers, Daniel Ellsberg, and former President Jimmy Carter. From the Ridenhour website:
Howard Zinn is awarded The Ridenhour Courage Prize for his determination to showcase the hidden heroes of social movements throughout history, his refusal to accept the history of only the powerful and victorious, his steadfast belief in the potential for a better world, his unflinching moral stance on fighting whatever he perceived was wrong in society, his fight to inspire students to believe that together they could make democracy come alive, and, in the words of his former student Alice Walker, “his way with resistance.”
Again — forever — congratulations to Howard Zinn for his life and work.
Tags: awards, howard zinn, ridenhour prize, voices of a people's history
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Howard Zinn: “We Cannot Tolerate War”
January 27, 2010
Courtesy of Democracy Now, watch this footage of Howard Zinn’s speech at Boston University on November 11, 2009, on the subject of America’s three “Holy Wars”: The American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II.
Tags: democracy now, howard zinn, speeches, voices of a people's history, war
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Howard Zinn on Obama’s first year as president
January 22, 2010
From Howard Zinn, in response to The Nation’s asking what the highs and lows of Obama’s first year in office have been:
I’ve been searching hard for a highlight. The only thing that comes close is some of Obama’s rhetoric; I don’t see any kind of a highlight in his actions and policies.
As far as disappointments, I wasn’t terribly disappointed because I didn’t expect that much. I expected him to be a traditional Democratic president. On foreign policy, that’s hardly any different from a Republican–as nationalist, expansionist, imperial and warlike. So in that sense, there’s no expectation and no disappointment.
Tags: articles, howard zinn, nation, obama, voices of a people's history
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Howard Zinn on Bill Moyers Journal
December 11, 2009
Howard Zinn will appear on Bill Moyers Journal Friday night to talk about his new film The People Speak, the historical sources that inspired it, and more. Friday, December 11 at 9pm ET; check local listings here.
Tags: bill moyers, howard zinn, interviews, pbs, television, voices of a people's history
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Harris Yulin and Q’orianka Kilcher on Howard Zinn and The People Speak
December 10, 2009
On December 10, actors Harris Yulin and Q’orianka Kilcher joined GRITtv to talk about The People Speak, Howard Zinn, and the experience of bringing Voices of a People’s History to life. See the video below.
Tags: grittv, harris yulin, howard zinn, laura flanders, qorianka kilcher, the people speak, videos, voices of a people's history
“voices of a people’s history” Posts
- Oct 24, VOICES Chicago project
- Apr 5, Kenneth Bernstein on Voices of a People’s History and Zinn Education Project
- Jul 30, Howard Zinn’s 423-page FBI file released
- Apr 7, Zinn Education Project
- Mar 16, Howard Zinn wins 2010 Ridenhour Prize for Courage
- Jan 27, Howard Zinn: “We Cannot Tolerate War”
- Jan 22, Howard Zinn on Obama’s first year as president
- Dec 11, Howard Zinn on Bill Moyers Journal
- Dec 10, Harris Yulin and Q’orianka Kilcher on Howard Zinn and The People Speak
