Table of Contents
Introduction
1.Southern Influence in National Politics (Atlanta, GA, April 12, 1963)
2.Reform or Revolution (from a debate with William F. Buckley at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, January 11, 1971)
3.Thinking About Vietnam: Political Theory and Human Life (January 27, 1973)
4.Academic Freedom: Collaboration and Resistance (twenty-third T. B. Davie memorial lecture, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, July 23, 1982)
5.Second Thoughts on the First Amendment (University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, October 25, 1989)
6.1492–1992: The Legacy of Columbus (Madison, Wisconsin, October 9, 1991)
7.A People’s History of the United States (Reed College, Portland, Oregon, November 20, 1995)
8.The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, October 9, 1997)
9.U.S. Imperialism and the War with Spain (Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 30, 1998)
10.War and Democracy (Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, November 11, 1999)
11.Emma Goldman, Anarchism, and War Resistance (Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 29, 2002)
12.Bringing Democracy Alive (Shoreline Community College, Seattle, Washington, April 10, 2002)
13.Confronting Government Lies (General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June 28, 2003)
14.History Matters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 6, 2004)
15.The Myth of American Exceptionalism (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 14, 2005)
16.Just War (Rome, Italy, June 23, 2005)
17.The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism (Madison, Wisconsin, October 5, 2006)
18.Overcoming Obstacles (University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, November 30, 2006)
19.Civil Disobedience in the 21st Century (“Anatomy of War” conference, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, October 9, 2008)
20.Howard Zinn Talks to Social Studies Teachers (Keynote address, National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Houston, Texas, November 16, 2008)
21.The State of the Union 2009 (Back Pages Books, Waltham, Massachusetts, November 18, 2008)
22.Standing Up for Justice in the Age of Obama (Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC, February 2, 2009)
23.Talk on democracy and citizenship in Greece (French Institute, Athens, Greece, May 25, 2009)
24.Three Holy Wars (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, November 11, 2009)
Acknowledgments
About Howard Zinn
About Anthony Arnove
Works by Howard Zinn