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In 2020, Brut posted a 3-minute response to Trump's #ConstitutionDay attacks on Howard Zinn -- using remarks by Zinn on the importance of being honest with young people. (Clips are from NCSS 2008 conference keynote by Zinn.) #TeachTruth
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"We Should Be Honest with Young People" — Howard Zinn
In this three-minute clip, Zinn counters Trump’s assertion that teaching people’s history tries “to make students ashamed of their own history.” To the contrary. Watch and share.
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August 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In 2020, Brut posted a 3-minute response to Trump's #ConstitutionDay attacks on Howard Zinn -- using remarks by Zinn on the importance of being honest with young people. (Clips are from NCSS 2008 conference keynote by Zinn.) #TeachTruth
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While Zinn’s essays on the Civil Rights Movement & war are well known, his writing about prisons & with prisoners gets less attention, reflecting the invisibility of mass incarceration in this country.
Here are some of Zinn's essays, quotes, letters.
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Here are some of Zinn's essays, quotes, letters.
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Howard Zinn on Prisons and Prisoners
A sampling of Howard Zinn's essays, quotes, trial testimonies, and correspondence related to prisons and prisoners.
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August 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
While Zinn’s essays on the Civil Rights Movement & war are well known, his writing about prisons & with prisoners gets less attention, reflecting the invisibility of mass incarceration in this country.
Here are some of Zinn's essays, quotes, letters.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/howard-...
Here are some of Zinn's essays, quotes, letters.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/howard-...
Vulnerability of the Powerful, cont.
4. Control by a few over many depends on fragmentation of the many
5. In an advanced society, control depends on everyone working
6. Control requires the loyalty of guards and servants
🧵5/5
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4. Control by a few over many depends on fragmentation of the many
5. In an advanced society, control depends on everyone working
6. Control requires the loyalty of guards and servants
🧵5/5
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A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness - Howard Zinn
By Howard Zinn. From the Archives. Circa 1976. From Howard Zinn's folder of "Course Syllabi: 'Introduction to Political Theory,' 1968-1987" in the "Boston University" series housed at New York Univers...
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February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Vulnerability of the Powerful, cont.
4. Control by a few over many depends on fragmentation of the many
5. In an advanced society, control depends on everyone working
6. Control requires the loyalty of guards and servants
🧵5/5
View FROM THE ARCHIVE ⤵️:
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4. Control by a few over many depends on fragmentation of the many
5. In an advanced society, control depends on everyone working
6. Control requires the loyalty of guards and servants
🧵5/5
View FROM THE ARCHIVE ⤵️:
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Vulnerability of the Powerful by Howard Zinn, 1976
1. The more complicated the mechanism of control the more points of possible breakdown
2. Technology becomes arrogant, overconfident— ultimately it depends on human judgement
3. Control in mass society requires legitimacy, confidence, obedience
🧵4/5
1. The more complicated the mechanism of control the more points of possible breakdown
2. Technology becomes arrogant, overconfident— ultimately it depends on human judgement
3. Control in mass society requires legitimacy, confidence, obedience
🧵4/5
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Vulnerability of the Powerful by Howard Zinn, 1976
1. The more complicated the mechanism of control the more points of possible breakdown
2. Technology becomes arrogant, overconfident— ultimately it depends on human judgement
3. Control in mass society requires legitimacy, confidence, obedience
🧵4/5
1. The more complicated the mechanism of control the more points of possible breakdown
2. Technology becomes arrogant, overconfident— ultimately it depends on human judgement
3. Control in mass society requires legitimacy, confidence, obedience
🧵4/5
Powers of the Powerless by Howard Zinn, cont.
6. The power of morale, based on utopian visions, present comradeship.
7. The maintenance of subterranean communications, information.
🧵3/5
Original document & related 1976 "Introduction to Political Theory" syllabus⤵️:
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6. The power of morale, based on utopian visions, present comradeship.
7. The maintenance of subterranean communications, information.
🧵3/5
Original document & related 1976 "Introduction to Political Theory" syllabus⤵️:
www.howardzinn.org/collection/n...
A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness - Howard Zinn
By Howard Zinn. From the Archives. Circa 1976. From Howard Zinn's folder of "Course Syllabi: 'Introduction to Political Theory,' 1968-1987" in the "Boston University" series housed at New York Univers...
www.howardzinn.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Powers of the Powerless by Howard Zinn, cont.
6. The power of morale, based on utopian visions, present comradeship.
7. The maintenance of subterranean communications, information.
🧵3/5
Original document & related 1976 "Introduction to Political Theory" syllabus⤵️:
www.howardzinn.org/collection/n...
6. The power of morale, based on utopian visions, present comradeship.
7. The maintenance of subterranean communications, information.
🧵3/5
Original document & related 1976 "Introduction to Political Theory" syllabus⤵️:
www.howardzinn.org/collection/n...
Powers of the Powerless by Howard Zinn, cont.
3. Mobility works against a powerful, lumbering foe.
4. Timing, surprise.
5. The willingness to use time, that is, protracted, patient struggle, wearing the enemy down through endurance and sacrifice.
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3. Mobility works against a powerful, lumbering foe.
4. Timing, surprise.
5. The willingness to use time, that is, protracted, patient struggle, wearing the enemy down through endurance and sacrifice.
🧵2/5
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Powers of the Powerless by Howard Zinn, cont.
3. Mobility works against a powerful, lumbering foe.
4. Timing, surprise.
5. The willingness to use time, that is, protracted, patient struggle, wearing the enemy down through endurance and sacrifice.
🧵2/5
3. Mobility works against a powerful, lumbering foe.
4. Timing, surprise.
5. The willingness to use time, that is, protracted, patient struggle, wearing the enemy down through endurance and sacrifice.
🧵2/5
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January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Upcoming Event: FEB. 20, 2025 • 7pm EST • NEW YORK CITY
Voices of a People’s History Special Reading of "I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like"
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Voices of a People’s History Special Reading of "I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like"
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Voices of a People’s History · Lincoln Center
This special performance of Voices of a People’s History centers the voice and vision of Black women writers with musical and spoken word performances by Black…
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January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Upcoming Event: FEB. 20, 2025 • 7pm EST • NEW YORK CITY
Voices of a People’s History Special Reading of "I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like"
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Voices of a People’s History Special Reading of "I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like"
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Upcoming Event: FEB. 10, 2025 • 4pm PST/7pm EST • VIRTUAL
Reconstruction Robbery: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with Justene Hill Edwards and Jesse Hagopian
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Reconstruction Robbery: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with Justene Hill Edwards and Jesse Hagopian
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Reconstruction Robbery: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank
Historian Justene Hill Edwards will discuss her book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, a comprehensive account of the Freedman’s Bank and its depositors. This session i...
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January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Upcoming Event: FEB. 10, 2025 • 4pm PST/7pm EST • VIRTUAL
Reconstruction Robbery: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with Justene Hill Edwards and Jesse Hagopian
www.zinnedproject.org/news/the-ris...
Reconstruction Robbery: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with Justene Hill Edwards and Jesse Hagopian
www.zinnedproject.org/news/the-ris...