1997 Archives - Howard Zinn

Historical Interpretation

Talk by Howard Zinn. BookTV. Feb. 7, 1997.
On Feb. 7, 1997, playwright, historian and political activist Zinn talked about the interpretation of history and how our understanding of it affects the future. The event was held at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Introduction by Josh Gardner, senior history major.

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

By Howard Zinn. Book - Essays. Seven Stories Press. 1997, updated in 2009.
A volume of essays emphasizing six areas that have been important to Zinn's work since the late 1950s—race, class, war, law, and history.

Obedience, Activism, and Social Change

Howard Zinn interviewed by David Barsamian. Excerpt. The Progressive, July 1997. The Historic Unfulfilled Promise.
As we approach a new calendar year, we revisit Howard Zinn's warmth, humor, and optimism in this interview with David Barsamian from July 1997. Zinn discusses being considered non-scholarly in the academic world ("...if you write stuff that an ordinary person can read, you’re suspect"). Originally published in The Progressive, the following is excerpted from The Historic Unfulfilled Promise.

Outside the Classroom

Howard Zinn interviewed with David Barsamian. The Progressive. July 1997.
"When people get discouraged because they do something and nothing happens, they should really understand that the only way things will happen is if people get over the notion that they must see immediate success. If they get over that notion and persist, then they will see things happen before they even realize it."

Historian Howard Zinn on History and Politics

Talk by Howard Zinn. Democracy Now! June 10, 1997.
HOWARD ZINN: After you lived a little and struggled a little and been involved a little, you learn at some point along the line that that’s not quite democracy. It’s very far, very far from democracy. I remember seeing—that voting is a puny act in a society which is much, much more complex and where power and people have a much more intricate relationship than they could possibly have in a voting booth.

Year: 1997

Historical Interpretation

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

Obedience, Activism, and Social Change

Outside the Classroom

Historian Howard Zinn on History and Politics

Read, Learn, & Make History

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