First in a double podcast episode about the life and work of Howard Zinn,
historian, World War II veteran and activist, in his own words, 100 years
since his birth.
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Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States and other
texts, was one of the most influential historians in the US in the 20th-
century, inspiring a generation to study history from below, including us.
Born in New York in August 1922, we are releasing these episodes for the
centenary of his birth, as part of a series of Howard Zinn 100 events. In
these episodes, Zinn tells the story of his life, his activism, his ideas and
his work in his own words, in what was one of his last, if not the last,
interview before his sudden death in 2010. This little-known interview was
conducted by Sasha Lilley, and excerpts from it are used with permission of
Lilley and PM Press.
A DVD video of the full interview is available here in our online store:
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conversations-with-noam-chomsky-and-howard-zinn-dvd
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here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780062397348
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Full show notes, sources acknowledgements and a transcript on the webpage for
this episode here: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e69-70-howard-
zinn-100/
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