“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.
“Wha...
Synopsis of Howard Zinn, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (Boston: Beacon Press, 1994; new ed. 2002). Discussed at Digging Deeper (www.ufppc.org) on April 21...
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES
1492–PRESENT HOWARD ZINN
Second Edition
1. Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress
Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from ...
A synopsis of Howard Zinn, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2007).
Discussed at Digging Deeper (www.ufppc.org) on April 28, 2008.
This is an early essay of mine, for an Advanced Placement US History class at Niles West High School, 1998. We were made to read Howard Zinn, who argued that the American Revolution was for the be...