Howard Zinn

Zinn, Howard

Radical American historian, documenting working class struggle both in the US.

Key articles: 
1877: The Great Railroad Strike
1970-1978: The US prisoners' movement
1983: The US invasion of Grenada
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1919: The murder of Wesley Everest

Wesley Everest

The story of the lynching of the American revolutionary unionist and former soldier Wesley Everest by "patriots."

Death of a Wobbly
Following the Seattle General Strike of 1919, in which the revolutionary rank-and-file union the Industrial Workers of the World was a key player, bosses and the US government stepped up the repression of the IWW.

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11 Sep 2006 by Steven.

1957-1975: The Vietnam War

Howard Zinn's short history of the war in Vietnam from the beginning of the Communist insurgency in 1957 until the defeat of US and South Vietnamese forces in 1975.

Following the partitioning of Vietnam into the pro-independence Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the North, and the US puppet state the Republic of Vietnam in the South in 1954 (see our short history of Vietnam from 1945 to 1957) elections were due to be held on re-unification.

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8 Sep 2006 by Steven.

A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn's superb history of the US, spanning over 500 years from Columbus's "discovery" of America in 1492 to the Clinton presidency in 1996.

This extensive work is available online thanks to History Is A Weapon, who OCRed the text, though we heartily recommend our readers to buy a hard copy.

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GI opposition to the Vietnam War, 1965-1973 - Howard Zinn

GIs demonstrate against the war

Historian Howard Zinn on the opposition to the Vietnam War by American soldiers. For a fuller introduction we recommend our article 1961-1973: GI Resistance in the Vietnam War

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22 Feb 2006 by libcom
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