A Just Cause, Not a Just War
Howard ZinnI believe two moral judgments can be made about the present "war": The September 11 attack constitutes a crime against humanity and cannot be justified, and the bombing of Afghanistan is...
View ArticleViolence Doesn't Work
Howard ZinnThe images on television have been heartbreaking. People on fire leaping to their deaths from a hundred stories up. People in panic and fear racing from the scene in clouds of dust and...
View ArticleThe Obama Difference
Howard ZinnIt seems that Barack Obama and John McCain are arguing over which war to fight. McCain says: Keep the troops in Iraq until we “win.” Obama says: Withdraw some (not all) troops from Iraq and...
View ArticleHoward Zinn Defends Studs Terkel from Red-Baiting in the Times
Howard ZinnReading Edward Rothstein’s sour commentary on Studs Terkel in the New York Times on November 2 I was surprised that Rothstein, presumably a sophisticated thinker, seems to believe one can...
View ArticleHoward Zinn's Urgent Plea to You
Howard ZinnI’ll be blunt: The Progressive magazine needs your support. It’s one of our most important voices, and yet it is facing an acute cash-flow crisis right now.
View ArticleUntold Truths About the American Revolution
Howard ZinnThe American Revolution was not a simple affair of all of us against all of them. And who actually gained from it? Not the Indians.
View ArticleChanging Obama's Mindset
Howard ZinnObama has not gotten out of the militaristic missionary mindset. So he has to be pulled by the people who elected him, by the people who are enthusiastic about him, to renounce that mindset.
View ArticleDistilled Zinn
Howard Zinn"Yes, we’re dreamers. We want it all. We want a peaceful world. We want an egalitarian world. We don’t want war. We don’t want capitalism. We want a decent society."
View ArticlePut away the flags
Howard ZinnOn this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be...
View ArticleHoward Zinn on Memorial Day, from Our Archives
Howard ZinnAnother Memorial Day. Another war. Yes, let's honor those who died in the nation's many wars. But if we do not want to keep adding to the soldiers' graves, let's also ask why they died.We...
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On Memorial Day, Words from the Late Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn"Let the dead of all our wars be honored. Let the living pledge themselves never to embark on mass slaughter again." Topics: DemocracyForeign PolicyMilitarismIraqWar and Peace
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Dissent at the War Memorial
Howard ZinnIn honor of Veterans Day 2014, we present from our archive a 2004 essay by Howard Zinn on just and unjust war. He writes, "I am finding that I am not the only veteran of World War II who...
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A Just Cause ≠ A Just War
Howard ZinnHoward Zinn died five years ago today. This classic essay on nonviolence is adapted from his speech on May 2, 2009, at The Progressive’s 100th anniversary conference.Topics:...
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Howard Zinn’s July 4 Wisdom Stands the Test of Time
Howard ZinnWe need to assert our allegiance to the human race...Topics: War and Peace
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