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Howard Zinn
Born
in Brooklyn, New York, New York, The United States
August 24, 1922
Died
January 27, 2010
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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1980
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141 editions
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You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
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published
1994
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3 editions
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Voices of a People's History of the United States
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2004
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28 editions
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
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1997
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10 editions
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The Twentieth Century: A People's History
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published
1984
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13 editions
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A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
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published
2006
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6 editions
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Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
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published
1990
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10 editions
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Artists in Times of War and Other Essays
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published
2000
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14 editions
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Marx in Soho: A Play on History
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published
1999
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23 editions
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Terrorism and War (Open Media Series)
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2002
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5 editions
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In Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin's latest book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, she draws upon...
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“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.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
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What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
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