Howard Zinn Digital Collection
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Promote material about Howard Zinn (1922–2010) to 21st century historians, scholars, & activists. Managed by http://HowardZinn.org • http://facebook.com/howardzinn
Aug 6 & 9 mark the anniversary of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings. In THE BOMB, Howard Zinn offers his reflections & political analysis of these events, & how they transformed him from an order-taking WWII bombardier to an anti-authoritarian, anti-war historian.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Aug 6 & 9 mark the anniversary of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings. In THE BOMB, Howard Zinn offers his reflections & political analysis of these events, & how they transformed him from an order-taking WWII bombardier to an anti-authoritarian, anti-war historian.
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"Whenever injustices have been remedied, wars halted, women & Black people & Native American given their due, it has been because 'unimportant' people spoke up, organized, protested, and brought democracy alive"–Howard Zinn
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July 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Whenever injustices have been remedied, wars halted, women & Black people & Native American given their due, it has been because 'unimportant' people spoke up, organized, protested, and brought democracy alive"–Howard Zinn
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
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"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FROM THE ARCHIVES
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
Howard Zinn, Our Favorite Teacher
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
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Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Howard Zinn, Our Favorite Teacher
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
Today, Jan. 27, marks the 15th anniversary of Howard Zinn's death. Learn how historian, researchers, and activists are keeping Zinn's spirit alive. Subscribe to the newsletter (conta.cc/3E5WEbp) at www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign-up/
January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Today, Jan. 27, marks the 15th anniversary of Howard Zinn's death. Learn how historian, researchers, and activists are keeping Zinn's spirit alive. Subscribe to the newsletter (conta.cc/3E5WEbp) at www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign-up/
Howard Zinn, Our Favorite Teacher
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
January 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Howard Zinn, Our Favorite Teacher
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
Andrea Jeffries: "I loved his story about choosing the topic for his doctoral thesis. He was wandering around the NY Public Library...when he noticed a crew unloading boxes.
-What’s in the boxes?
-The papers of Fiorello LaGuardia."
www.howardzinn.org/about/howard...
The Howard Zinn Archives Indexed to Improve Research
In Oct. 2024, Lauren Cooper & Cole Stallone completed item-level cataloging the Howard Zinn Papers at NYU's Tamiment Library. Thru 1.8K folders, they recorded 29.8K items & counted 183K pages (366 reams of paper)
www.howardzinn.org/archival-mil...
In Oct. 2024, Lauren Cooper & Cole Stallone completed item-level cataloging the Howard Zinn Papers at NYU's Tamiment Library. Thru 1.8K folders, they recorded 29.8K items & counted 183K pages (366 reams of paper)
www.howardzinn.org/archival-mil...
January 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Howard Zinn Archives Indexed to Improve Research
In Oct. 2024, Lauren Cooper & Cole Stallone completed item-level cataloging the Howard Zinn Papers at NYU's Tamiment Library. Thru 1.8K folders, they recorded 29.8K items & counted 183K pages (366 reams of paper)
www.howardzinn.org/archival-mil...
In Oct. 2024, Lauren Cooper & Cole Stallone completed item-level cataloging the Howard Zinn Papers at NYU's Tamiment Library. Thru 1.8K folders, they recorded 29.8K items & counted 183K pages (366 reams of paper)
www.howardzinn.org/archival-mil...
People’s History at #aha25 in New York
Folks from HowardZinn.org and @zinnedproject.bsky.social will have a booth at the American Historical Association Conference this weekend. Stop by and learn about current projects, the Zinn archives, and grab some stickers, pens, and postcards.
Folks from HowardZinn.org and @zinnedproject.bsky.social will have a booth at the American Historical Association Conference this weekend. Stop by and learn about current projects, the Zinn archives, and grab some stickers, pens, and postcards.
January 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People’s History at #aha25 in New York
Folks from HowardZinn.org and @zinnedproject.bsky.social will have a booth at the American Historical Association Conference this weekend. Stop by and learn about current projects, the Zinn archives, and grab some stickers, pens, and postcards.
Folks from HowardZinn.org and @zinnedproject.bsky.social will have a booth at the American Historical Association Conference this weekend. Stop by and learn about current projects, the Zinn archives, and grab some stickers, pens, and postcards.
"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."—Howard Zinn, 2004
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November 28, 2024 at 5:12 PM
"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."—Howard Zinn, 2004
www.howardzinn.org/collection/t...
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