Howard Zinn Audio & Video

Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up...

Mr. Zinn discusses his book A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present, published by Harper Perennial Library.

One year after tens of thousands of demonstrators shut down the WTO meetings in Seattle, we released an audio introduction to the New World Order & its discontents.

This makes for exciting listening and is on its own an invaluable contribution to understanding American history.

In May of 1886 Americans awoke to the news that a bomb had exploded a Chicago labor rally killing several policemen.

Howard Zinn, a professor emeritus of political science at Boston University, is the author of twenty books.

Americans have long embraced a notion of superiority, claims Howard Zinn. Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony described establishing “a city on a hill,” to serve the world as a beacon of liberty.

Professor Zinn talked about his writings and career, and he responded to calls from viewers during the course of the program. He was a former history professor at Spelman College and a former political science professor at Boston University.

UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler interviews historian and activist Howard Zinn.

Arundhati Roy is the author of The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1998.