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71-677: He was the president of the National Writers Union from 1990 to 2003. In 2006, he unsuccessfully challenged incumbent U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, principally because of the incumbent's vote for the Iraq Resolution which gave then President George W. Bush the authority to invade Iraq . He is currently president of the Economic Future Group, a national consulting group. He also writes frequently for

142-633: A heart attack in 2010, at the age of 87. Zinn was born to a Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn , New York City , on August 24, 1922. His father, Eddie Zinn, born in Austria-Hungary , immigrated to the US with his brother Samuel before the outbreak of World War I . His mother, Jenny (Rabinowitz) Zinn, emigrated from the Eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk . His parents first became acquainted as workers at

213-468: A primary with Clinton, submitted approximately 40,000 of them on July 13. Tasini was endorsed by a number of prominent political activists, including Susan Sarandon , Cindy Sheehan , Barbara Ehrenreich , and Howard Zinn . On September 7, 2006, Gay City News endorsed Tasini's Senate candidacy, citing his support for same-sex marriage , and Clinton's stated opposition to legalizing same-sex marriage. In his campaign, Tasini emphasized his opposition to

284-655: A Marxist." He especially was influenced by the liberating vision of the young Marx in overcoming alienation, and disliked what he perceived to be Marx's later dogmatism. In later life he moved more toward anarchism . He wrote a history text, A People's History of the United States , to provide other perspectives on American history. The book depicts the struggles of Native Americans against European and U.S. conquest and expansion, slaves against slavery , unionists and other workers against capitalists, women against patriarchy , and African-Americans for civil rights . The book

355-634: A Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times . His seven years at Spelman College, Zinn said, "are probably the most interesting, exciting, most educational years for me. I learned more from my students than my students learned from me." While living in Georgia, Zinn wrote that he observed 30 violations of the First and Fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution in Albany, Georgia , including

426-495: A People's History of the United States with Anthony Arnove. Voices is a sourcebook of speeches, articles, essays, poetry and song lyrics by the people themselves whose stories are told in A People's History. In 2008, the Zinn Education Project was launched to support educators using A People's History of the United States as a source for middle and high school history. The project was started when William Holtzman,

497-528: A SNCC voter registration drive. The local newspaper, the Hattiesburg American , described the SNCC volunteers in town for the voter registration drive as "outside agitators" and told local blacks "to ignore whatever goes on, and interfere in no way..." At a mass meeting held during the visit to Hattiesburg, Zinn and another SNCC representative, Ella Baker , emphasized the risks that went along with their efforts,

568-426: A communications center, but reporters going through the ruins immediately afterward said there was no sign of anything like that. I suggest that the history of bombing—and no one has bombed more than this nation—is a history of endless atrocities, all calmly explained by deceptive and deadly language like "accident", "military target", and " collateral damage ". After World War II, Zinn attended New York University on

639-404: A former student of Zinn who wanted to bring Zinn's lessons to students around the country, provided the financial backing to allow two other organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change to coordinate the project. The project hosts a website with hundreds of free downloadable lesson plans to complement A People's History of the United States . The People Speak , released in 2010,

710-457: A group of faculty members who in 1979 defended the right of the school's clerical workers to strike and were threatened with dismissal after refusing to cross a picket line. Zinn came to believe that the point of view expressed in traditional history books was often limited. Biographer Martin Duberman noted that when he was asked directly if he was a Marxist , Zinn replied, "Yes, I'm something of

781-644: A joint industry-scientific-academic panel. He also was the founder of the Creators Federation, which sought to unite creators groups to work in concert. Tasini remains the president emeritus of the NWU. Tasini is a leading economics and labor writer who has analyzed economic and labor affairs for a wide variety of publications and organizations, including The Wall Street Journal , CNBC , Bloomberg Businessweek , Playboy , The Washington Post , The New York Times , The Los Angeles Times , and Newsday . He

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852-794: A labor and economy blog , Working Life . Tasini was born in Houston , Texas , though he spent much of his late childhood in Israel . Tasini's father, Betsalel Tasini, was a computer scientist who was born in Palestine and fought in the Haganah , Israel's pre-state army, and its strike force, the Palmach . Tasini lived with his father and stepmother in Israel for seven years and speaks fluent Hebrew. He completed high school in Israel studied at Tel Aviv University . While there, he

923-411: A peaceful rally, mounted police charged the marchers. Zinn was hit and knocked unconscious. This would have a profound effect on his political and social outlook. Howard Zinn studied creative writing at Thomas Jefferson High School in a special program established by principal and poet Elias Lieberman . Zinn initially opposed entry into World War II , influenced by his friends, by the results of

994-472: A seaside resort in western France. The anti-war stance Zinn developed later was informed, in part, by his experiences. On a post-doctoral research mission nine years later, Zinn visited the resort near Bordeaux where he interviewed residents, reviewed municipal documents, and read wartime newspaper clippings at the local library. In 1966, Zinn returned to Royan after which he gave his fullest account of that research in his book, The Politics of History . On

1065-511: A simple conclusion: that we all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas." — Howard Zinn, 2005 Zinn was professor of history at Spelman College in Atlanta from 1956 to 1963, and visiting professor at both the University of Paris and University of Bologna . At the end of

1136-606: A subject probably in their minds since a well-known civil rights activist, Medgar Evers , had been murdered getting out of his car in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, only six months earlier. Evers had been the state field secretary for the NAACP. Zinn was also involved in what became known as Freedom Summer in Mississippi in the summer of 1964. Freedom Summer involved bringing 1,000 college students to Mississippi to work for

1207-492: Is a documentary movie based on A People's History of the United States and inspired by the lives of ordinary people who fought back against oppressive conditions over the course of the history of the United States. The film, narrated by Zinn, includes performances by Matt Damon , Morgan Freeman , Bob Dylan , Bruce Springsteen , Eddie Vedder , Viggo Mortensen , Josh Brolin , Danny Glover , Marisa Tomei , Don Cheadle , and Sandra Oh . From 1956 through 1963, Zinn chaired

1278-671: Is a trade union in the United States for freelance and contract writers founded on 19 November 1981. Organized into 17 local chapters nationwide, it had been Local 1981 of the United Automobile Workers , AFL–CIO since merging with them in 1992. On 11 May 2020, the NWU disaffiliated with the UAW. NWU is affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Authors Forum (IAF), and

1349-681: Is the creator and publisher of Working Life , a central source of information, analysis and debate within organized labor and the general policy community, and one of the first blogs to devote itself entirely to work and the economy. Tasini is the author of five books: The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America (2015); It's Not Raining, We’re Being Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis (2010); The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves and The Looting of America (2009); They Get Cake, We Eat Crumbs: The Real Story Behind Today's Unfair Economy (1997); and The Edifice Complex: Rebuilding

1420-557: Is the subject of perennial debate within the NWU.) There is a National Executive Board (NEB), consisting of the 11 officers of the National Executive Committee plus the chairs of the 17 local chapters. The NEB meets annually to approve the annual budget and to review the implementation of policies adopted by the Delegate Assembly. Contested elections for the National Executive Committee officers have occasionally been

1491-450: The 2003 invasion of Iraq and called for universal health care and curbs on corporate power as part of what he termed "New Rules For the Economy". He wrote a book called It's Not Raining, We're Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis in 2010, voicing his opinions about the current debt crises. On May 13, 2010 Tasini announced that he would now be running for Congress, hoping to win

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1562-603: The Artists Rights Society , Association of American Editorial Cartoonists , Illustrator's Partnership of America, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators , the Stock Artists Alliance , and the Advertising Photographers of America, among others) in opposing both The Orphan Works Act of 2008 and The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 . Known collectively as " Artists United Against

1633-649: The Children's Defense Fund . Edelman identified Zinn as a major influence in her life and, in the same journal article, tells of his accompanying students to a sit-in at the segregated white section of the Georgia state legislature. Zinn also co-wrote a column in The Boston Globe with fellow activist Eric Mann , "Left Field Stands". Although Zinn was a tenured professor, he was dismissed in June 1963 after siding with students in

1704-582: The GI Bill , graduating with a BA in 1951. At Columbia University , he earned an MA (1952) and a PhD in history with a minor in political science (1958). His master's thesis examined the Colorado coal strikes of 1914 . His doctoral dissertation Fiorello LaGuardia in Congress was a study of Fiorello La Guardia 's congressional career, and it depicted "the conscience of the twenties" as LaGuardia fought for public power,

1775-734: The Nye Committee , and by his ongoing reading. However, these feelings shifted as he learned more about fascism and its rise in Europe . The book Sawdust Caesar had a particularly large impact through its depiction of Mussolini . After graduating from high school in 1940, Zinn took the Civil Service exam and became an apprentice shipfitter in the New York Navy Yard at the age of 18. Concerns about low wages and hazardous working conditions compelled Zinn and several other apprentices to form

1846-472: The Škoda Works in Plzeň "received 500 well-placed tons", and that "because of a warning sent out ahead of time the workers were able to escape, except for five persons. "The Americans received a rapturous welcome when they liberated the city. Zinn wrote: I recalled flying on that mission, too, as deputy lead bombardier, and that we did not aim specifically at the 'Skoda works' (which I would have noted, because it

1917-722: The American Labor Movement to Face the Global Economy (1995). He wrote a paper on The Audacity of Timidity in which he is stated to be the Executive Director of the Labor Research Association . On December 6, 2005, Tasini officially announced his bid to challenge Senator Clinton for the Democratic nomination in the New York 2006 Senate election . Tasini, who needed to collect 15,000 valid signatures to force

1988-528: The Apprentice Association. At the time, apprentices were excluded from trade unions and thus had little bargaining power, to which the Apprentice Association was their answer. The head organizers of the association, which included Zinn himself, would meet once a week outside of work to discuss strategy and read books that at the time were considered radical. Zinn was the Activities Director for

2059-423: The Democratic primary garnering 2,389 votes, or 5% of the total vote. In January 2018, Tasini published a message via Twitter that referenced both a fatal train crash involving Republican lawmakers and the decision by Representative Trey Gowdy not to seek re-election, which read, in part, "God is working hard today to clean up the stink." National Writers Union National Writers Union ( NWU )

2130-826: The Department of History and Social Sciences at Spelman College . He participated in the Civil Rights Movement and lobbied with historian August Meier "to end the practice of the Southern Historical Association of holding meetings at segregated hotels." While at Spelman, Zinn served as an adviser to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and wrote about sit-ins and other actions by SNCC for The Nation and Harper's . In 1964, Beacon Press published his book SNCC: The New Abolitionists . In 1964 Zinn, with

2201-604: The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO). The NWU seeks to defend the rights of, and improve the economic and working conditions for, all writers. It offers advocacy, contract advice, grievance assistance, a job hotline, member education, press passes for qualified members, writer alerts and warnings, and access to group rate health and dental insurance (in certain geographic areas). The union also issues various publications and an irregular journal called American Writer . Ultimate power in

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2272-556: The NWU is probably the 2001 victory in Tasini v. Times , in which the United States Supreme Court in a decisive 7–2 ruling affirmed the copyright privileges of freelance writers whose works were originally published in periodicals and then licensed by the publishers to electronic databases without explicit permission of, or compensation to, the writers. In 2008, NWU joined over 60 other art licensing businesses (including

2343-554: The NWU published a statement by a number of author organizations regarding the Internet Archive's Open Library project. The NWU was concerned that freely distributing copies of authors' works violated the protections that those authors get from copyright laws. The statement called for "a dialogue among writers, authors, publishers, and librarians on how to enable and create the digital libraries we all want, in ways that fully respect authors’ rights" The Freelance Solidarity Project

2414-589: The NWU rests in the biennial Delegate Assembly (DA), subject to the provisions of the UAW 's constitution. Delegates are elected to the assembly by local chapters and serve a term of two years. Each chapter is allocated a number of delegates according to the size of its membership. The DA sets over-all union strategy and policy, charters new locals, and establishes national working bodies that carry out union activities. Delegates are unpaid volunteers. The National Executive Committee (NEC) consists of 11 officers directly elected by

2485-597: The SNCC in December 1963 and was envisioned by Zinn as having a curriculum that ranged from novels to books about "major currents" in 20th-century world history, such as fascism, communism, and anti-colonial movements. This occurred while Zinn was in Boston. Zinn also attended an assortment of SNCC meetings in 1964, traveling back and forth from Boston. One of those trips was to Hattiesburg, Mississippi , in January 1964 to participate in

2556-502: The SNCC, began developing an educational program so that the 200 volunteer SNCC civil rights workers in the South, many of whom were college dropouts, could continue with their civil rights work and at the same time be involved in an educational system. Up until then many of the volunteers had been dropping out of school so they could continue their work with SNCC. Other volunteers had not spent much time in college. The program had been endorsed by

2627-486: The U.S. Orphan Works Acts ," the diverse organizations joined forces to oppose the bills, which the groups believe "permits, and even encourages, wide-scale infringements while depriving creators of protections currently available under the Copyright Act." In 2017, the NWU sued Ebony magazine for $ 200,000 on behalf of writers who were owed money. The suit was settled with writers being paid $ 74,000. In February 2019,

2698-422: The United States . Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist , something of a socialist . Maybe a democratic socialist ." He wrote extensively about the civil rights movement , the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States . His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 1994), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of

2769-784: The War in Vietnam 1963–1975 by Nancy Zaroulis and Gerald Sullivan. Zinn and the Berrigan brothers, Dan and Philip , remained friends and allies over the years. Also in January 1968, he signed the " Writers and Editors War Tax Protest " pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the war. In December 1969, radical historians tried unsuccessfully to persuade the American Historical Association to pass an anti-Vietnam War resolution. "A debacle unfolded as Harvard historian (and AHA president in 1968) John Fairbank literally wrestled

2840-461: The Writers Union. Despite its name, wrote Peterson, on behalf of the NWU and President Jonathan Tasini, the union was in fact not legally a "labor organization," since its members are freelancers. Peterson's position was felt by many members to undermine two decades of work in establishing the NWU as writers' legitimate bargaining representative under Federal labor law. The best-known activity of

2911-475: The academic year in 1963, Zinn was fired from Spelman for insubordination. His dismissal came from Albert Manley, the first African-American president of that college, who felt Zinn was radicalizing Spelman students. In 1964, he accepted a position at Boston University (BU), after writing two books and participating in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. His classes in civil liberties were among

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2982-569: The bombing was ordered—three weeks before the war in Europe ended—by military officials who were, in part, motivated more by the desire for their own career advancement than in legitimate military objectives. He quotes the official history of the US Army Air Forces' brief reference to the Eighth Air Force attack on Royan and also, in the same chapter, to the bombing of Plzeň in what was then Czechoslovakia . The official history stated that

3053-524: The book." Zinn's diplomatic visit to Hanoi with Reverend Daniel Berrigan , during the Tet Offensive in January 1968, resulted in the return of three American airmen, the first American POWs released by the North Vietnamese since the U.S. bombing of that nation had begun. The event was widely reported in the news media and discussed in a variety of books including Who Spoke Up? American Protest Against

3124-609: The burning of Mount Zion Methodist Church in Neshoba County when two carloads of KKK members led by deputy sheriff Cecil Price abducted and murdered them. Two months later, after their bodies were located, Zinn and other representatives of the SNCC attended a memorial service for the three at the ruins of Mount Zion Methodist Church. Zinn collaborated with historian Staughton Lynd mentoring student activists, among them Alice Walker , who would later write The Color Purple , and Marian Wright Edelman , founder and president of

3195-664: The ethical dilemmas faced by GIs during wartime. Zinn questioned the justifications for military operations that inflicted massive civilian casualties during the Allied bombing of cities such as Dresden , Royan, Tokyo , and Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, Hanoi during the War in Vietnam , and Baghdad during the war in Iraq and the civilian casualties during bombings in Afghanistan during

3266-440: The ground, Zinn learned that the aerial bombing attacks in which he participated had killed more than a thousand French civilians as well as some German soldiers hiding near Royan to await the war's end, events that are described "in all accounts" he found as "une tragique erreur" that leveled a small but ancient city and "its population that was, at least officially, friend, not foe." In The Politics of History , Zinn described how

3337-615: The group. His time in this group would tremendously influence his political views and created for him an appreciation for unions. Eager to fight fascism , Zinn joined the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and became an officer. He was assigned as a bombardier in the 490th Bombardment Group , bombing targets in Berlin , Czechoslovakia , and Hungary . As bombardier, Zinn dropped napalm bombs in April 1945 on Royan ,

3408-520: The membership. The NEC administers the union between meetings of the National Executive Board (NEB), oversees union staff, initiates new union activities, and implements strategies, campaigns, projects, and policies adopted by the Delegate Assembly. The President is paid a full-time salary and the Vice presidents and Financial Secretary/Treasurer are paid part-time salaries. (The question of salaries

3479-417: The most popular at the university with as many as 400 students subscribing each semester to the non-required class. A professor of political science , he taught at BU for 24 years and retired in 1988 at age 66. "He had a deep sense of fairness and justice for the underdog. But he always kept his sense of humor. He was a happy warrior," said Caryl Rivers, journalism professor at BU. Rivers and Zinn were among

3550-443: The older, more established civil rights organizations. In 2005, forty-one years after he was sacked from Spelman, Zinn returned to the college, where he was given an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. He delivered the commencement address, titled "Against Discouragement", and said that "the lesson of that history is that you must not despair, that if you are right, and you persist, things will change. The government may try to deceive

3621-517: The opinion of Noam Chomsky , The Logic of Withdrawal was Zinn's most important book: "He was the first person to say—loudly, publicly, very persuasively—that this simply has to stop; we should get out, period, no conditions; we have no right to be there; it's an act of aggression; pull out. It was so surprising at the time that there wasn't even a review of the book. In fact, he asked me if I would review it in Ramparts just so that people would know about

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3692-504: The people, and the newspapers and television may do the same, but the truth has a way of coming out. The truth has a power greater than a hundred lies." Zinn wrote one of the earliest books calling for the U.S. withdrawal from its war in Vietnam . Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal was published by Beacon Press in 1967 based on his articles in Commonweal , The Nation , and Ramparts . In

3763-727: The right to strike, and the redistribution of wealth by taxation. "His specific legislative program," Zinn wrote, "was an astonishingly accurate preview of the New Deal ." It was published by the Cornell University Press for the American Historical Association . Fiorello LaGuardia in Congress was nominated for the American Historical Association's Beveridge Prize as the best English-language book on American history. His professors at Columbia included Harry Carman , Henry Steele Commager , and David Donald . But it

3834-473: The rights to freedom of speech , freedom of assembly and equal protection under the law. In an article on the civil rights movement in Albany, Zinn described the people who participated in the Freedom Rides to end segregation, and the reluctance of President John F. Kennedy to enforce the law. Zinn said that the Justice Department under Robert F. Kennedy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation , headed by J. Edgar Hoover , did little or nothing to stop

3905-439: The same factory. During the Great Depression , his father worked as a ditch digger and window cleaner, and for a brief time, his parents ran a neighborhood candy store, barely earning a living. For many years, Zinn's father was in the waiters ' union and worked as a waiter for weddings and bar mitzvahs . Both parents were factory workers with limited education when they met and married, and there were no books or magazines in

3976-422: The seat held by Charles Rangel , who has been a representative of the 15th district for 17 years. According to a press release announcing his candidacy, Tasini stated that he plans to "remain entirely energized about our mission to change the country". Tasini was endorsed by prominent actors and political activists, including Richard Dreyfuss and Armand Assante . On September 14, 2010, Tasini finished fifth in

4047-404: The segregationists from brutalizing civil rights workers. Zinn wrote about the struggle for civil rights, as both participant and historian. His second book, The Southern Mystique , was published in 1964, the same year as his SNCC: The New Abolitionists in which he describes how the sit-ins against segregation were initiated by students and, in that sense, were independent of the efforts of

4118-418: The series of apartments where they raised their children. Zinn's parents introduced him to literature by sending 10 cents plus a coupon to the New York Post for each of the 20 volumes of Charles Dickens ' collected works. As a young man, Zinn made the acquaintance of several young Communists from his Brooklyn neighborhood. They invited him to a political rally being held in Times Square . Despite it being

4189-406: The struggle against segregation. As Zinn described in The Nation , though Spelman administrators prided themselves for turning out refined "young ladies", its students were likely to be found on the picket line, or in jail for participating in the greater effort to break down segregation in public places in Atlanta. Zinn's years at Spelman are recounted in his autobiography You Can't Be Neutral on

4260-424: The subject of great controversy within the NWU, and a considerable level of acrimony has inevitably developed. In particular, during one re-election attempt, a president was charged with using union funds to promote his campaign. The charge went to the US Department of Labor, but the department refused to hear the case after Lowell Peterson, a United Auto Workers lawyer, insisted that Federal labor law did not apply to

4331-485: The summer in various roles as civil rights activists. Part of the program involved organizing "Freedom Schools". Zinn's involvement included helping to develop the curriculum for the Freedom Schools. He was also concerned that bringing 1,000 college students to Mississippi to work as civil rights activists could lead to violence and killings. As a consequence, Zinn recommended approaching Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and President Lyndon Johnson to request protection for

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4402-597: The two critical characteristics of the American system, nationalism and capitalism, Obama would fit the pattern." In 1960–61, Zinn was a post-doctoral fellow in East Asian Studies at Harvard University . "We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness – embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television. This would seem to lead to

4473-405: The war there. In his pamphlet, Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence written in 1995, he laid out the case against targeting civilians with aerial bombing. Six years later, he wrote: Recall that in the midst of the Gulf War , the US military bombed an air raid shelter , killing 400 to 500 men, women, and children who were huddled to escape bombs. The claim was that it was a military target, housing

4544-424: The young civil rights volunteers. Protection was not forthcoming. Planning for the summer went forward under the umbrella of the SNCC, the Congress of Racial Equality ("CORE") and the Council of Federated Organizations ("COFO"). On June 20, 1964, just as civil rights activists were beginning to arrive in Mississippi, CORE activists James Chaney , Andrew Goodman , and Michael Schwerner were en route to investigate

4615-475: Was Columbia historian Richard Hofstadter 's The American Political Tradition that made the most lasting impression. Zinn regularly included it in his lists of recommended readings, and, after Barack Obama was elected President of the United States , Zinn wrote, "If Richard Hofstadter were adding to his book The American Political Tradition , in which he found both 'conservative' and 'liberal' Presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, maintaining for dear life

4686-446: Was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1981. In the years since the first publication of A People's History in 1980, it has been used as an alternative to standard textbooks in many college history courses, and it is one of the most widely known examples of critical pedagogy . The New York Times Book Review stated in 2006 that the book "routinely sells more than 100,000 copies a year." In 2004, Zinn published Voices of

4757-439: Was also involved in Histadrut , a trade union. He earned a degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles . From 1990 to April 2003, he served as president of the National Writers Union ( UAW Local 1981). In 1993, Tasini was the lead plaintiff in the case of New York Times Co. v. Tasini , in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the copyright claims of writers whose work

4828-457: Was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College , and a political science professor at Boston University . Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of

4899-478: Was organized by NWU in September 2019 with the aim of organizing freelance , permalance, staff, and contract workers . FSP is overseen by a twelve-member committee that aims to set industry wide standards for freelancers. Howard Zinn This is an accepted version of this page Progressive Era Repression and persecution Anti-war and civil rights movements Contemporary Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)

4970-444: Was republished in electronic databases without their permission. The ruling set an important precedent that lead to a class-action lawsuit settlement of $ 18 million. He also served in a wide variety of additional author and labor advocacy positions, including as a board member of the International Federation of Journalists and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,

5041-442: Was the one target in Czechoslovakia I had read about) but dropped our bombs, without much precision, on the city of Pilsen. Two Czech citizens who lived in Pilsen at the time told me, recently, that several hundred people were killed in that raid (that is, Czechs)—not five. Zinn said his experience as a wartime bombardier, combined with his research into the reasons for, and effects of the bombing of Royan and Pilsen, sensitized him to

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