Zinn Testifies at the Trial of CIA Protesters
Testimony by Howard Zinn. From Trial of CIA Protesters, 1987.
On Nov. 25, 1986, 60 people—including Amy Carter and Abbie Hoffman—were arraigned on charges of disorderly conduct stemming from a sit-in to block CIA campus recruiting at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, an act of protest of the CIA's role in Central America. Howard Zinn testified as an expert on civil disobedience.
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On Nov. 25, 1986, 60 people—including Amy Carter and Abbie Hoffman—were arraigned on charges of disorderly conduct stemming from a sit-in to block CIA campus recruiting at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, an act of protest of the CIA's role in Central America. Howard Zinn testified as an expert on civil disobedience.