Today in Labor History August 24, 1922: Howard Zinn, American historian, author, teacher and activist was born on this day. Zinn has written over 20 books, including his most well-known book, “A People's History of the United States” (1980). He has described himself as an anarchist and as a democratic socialist. He was initially opposed to U.S. involvement in WWII, but later enlisted to help fight fascism. However, after napalm-bombing a town in France, he later learned that over 1,000 civilians had been killed. This experience reinforced the anti-war stance he would maintain for the rest of his life. In the 1960s, he was heavily involved in the SNCC and Freedom Summer. Zinn has mentored many famous activists and writers, including Alice Walker and Marian Wright Edelman. In 2008, the Zinn Education Project launched to support teachers using “A People’s History” in their curriculum. He died in 2010 from an apparent heart attack.
Be sure to come to the annual Howard Zinn Book fair this December 7, 2025, (10am-6pm) at San Francisco City College, Mission Campus. There will be lots of great writers and workshops. This year’s theme is “Fight Supremacy: Actions Against Authoritarianism.” I will be hosting a working-class writers panel with San Francisco Poet Laureate and activist Tongo Eisen-Martin, poet Daphne Gottlieb, educator and author Jenny Worley, and possibly more tbd.
https://www.zinnbookfair.org/2025
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Trump’s #WhiteNationalism and the #Future of #History
Being a #historian during Trump 2.0 is to witness a renewal of #debunked #mythologies and #outdated ideas made fresh by a state apparatus deeply invested in protecting the #historical reputation of #whiteness.
https://portside.org/2025-08-15/trumps-white-nationalism-and-future-history
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Israel's targeted massacres of journalists, Anne Applebaum, and the Fediverse
As we recoil in horror at the targeted killing of Anas Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleagues, as Israel gets away with the targeted massacres of hundreds of journalists, let us remember that all the way back in 2002, the distinguished award-winning American "journalist" and "historian" Anne Applebaum had advocated for the targeted killing of Palestinian journalists by Israel. Since then, she has continued receiving accolades from the Western establishment—she won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004, she was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2021.So much progress is lost in this world holding ground against malice
For #Ukraine the cost is measured in human lives instead of wasted time
Not a full accounting yet, but we can see who is passing from us in this world for the vital struggle against the ego, narcissism, and greed of monsters
#RIP Ihor Klymovych, cultural activist
"#Artist, #historian Ihor Klymovych was killed fighting for #Kharkiv Oblast"
Many lost
Many more will be lost
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https://gwaramedia.com/en/artist-historian-ihor-klymovych-was-killed-fighting-for-kharkiv-oblast/
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