Howard Zinn

The Historic Unfulfilled Promise (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Howard Zinn's views on social movements, freedom, history, democracy and our own human potential are educational and transformative. In few places is his voice more clear and accessible than in the dozens of articles he penned for The Progressive magazine from 1980 to 2009, offered together here in book form for the first time.

Whether encouraging people to organize, critiquing the government or speaking on behalf of working people who struggle to survive in an economy rigged to benefit the rich and powerful, Zinn's historical clarity, unflappable optimism and unshakable questions reverberate throughout The Historic Unfulfilled Promise: "Have our political leaders gone mad?" "What kind of country do we want to live in?" "Has the will of the people been followed?" The Historic Unfulfilled Promise is a genuine work of conscience, rich in ideas, charged with energy; an invaluable introduction for the uninitiated and a must-have for Zinn's fans.

"Passionate, iconoclastic, and wrly humorous . . . [Zinn] sometimes proves astounding in his almost clairvoyant analysis."-Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

"A sharp and insightful collection from one of the country's most visible historians and critics."-Booklist

"A useful introduction to one of America's great scholar-activists."-Kirkus Reviews

"Howard Zinn's life and work are an unforgettable model, sure to leave a permanent stamp on how history is understood and how a decent and honorable life should be lived."-Noam Chomsky

"Proudly, unabashedly radical . . . Mr. Zinn delighted in debating ideological foes, not the least his own college president, and in lancing what he considered platitudes, not the least that American history was a heroic march toward democracy."-New York Times

"For Howard, democracy was one big public fight and everyone should plunge into it. That's the only way, he said, for everyday folks to get justic-by fighting for it."-Bill Moyers

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: City Lights Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780872865877
• Artikelnr.: 38240857

Autorenporträt

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010) was a historian, playwright and activist. He wrote the classic A People's History of the United States, "a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories," that has sold over two million copies to date. Zinn was a prolific writer and penned many books including The Bomb and A Power Governments Cannot Suppress. He was widely acknowledged in popular culture; A People's History was even depicted in The Sopranos and The Simpsons.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents 1. A Showcase of Repression June 1980 2. A Murderous World February 1989 3. Organizing the Organized November 1990 4. Outside the Classroom July 1997 Interview with David Barsamian 5. One Iraqi
s Story February 1999 6. A Diplomatic Solution May 1999 7. Their Atrocities
and Ours July 1999 8. Delusion 2000: How the candidates view the world March 2000 9. One Radical Who Did It All: Sender Garlin April 2000 10. Artists of Resistance July 2001 11. Operation Enduring War March 2002 12. What War Looks Like October 2002 13. Our Job Is a Simple One: Stop Them December 2002 14. A Chorus Against War March 2003 15. Dying for the Government June 2003 16. Humpty Dumpty Will Fall August 2003 17. An Occupied Country October 2003 18. The Logic of Withdrawal January 2004 19. Opposing the War Party May 2004 20. What Do We Do Now? June 2004 21. Our War on Terrorism November 2004 22. Harness That Anger January 2005 23. Changing Minds, One at a Time March 2005 24. After the War January 2006 25. Why War Fails November 2006 26. Impeachment by the People February 2007 27. Are We Politicians or Citizens? May 2007 28. Kurt Vonnegut Remembered June 2007 29. Election Madness March 2008 30. The Obama Difference October 2008 31. Changing Obamäs Mindset May 2009 32. A Just Cause ? A Just War July 2009 33. The Nobel
s Feeble Gesture January 2010 About the Authors Index