Online Works of Howard Zinn

Excepts from books written by Zinn:

• Third World Traveler - featuring excerpts from a large number of Zinn's books and essays.
• Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress - the first chapter of A People's History of the United States.
• Drawing the Color Line - the second chapter of A People's History of the United States.
• The Ludlow Massacre - an excerpt from pages 346-349 of A People's History, which I think is chapter 13 or 14.
• A People's War? - the sixteenth chapter of A People's History.
• The Clinton Presidency and the Crisis of Democracy - The latest chapter in The Twentieth Century.
• Going South - the first chapter of You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Zinn's autobiography. Courtesy of ZNet.
• The Modern Era of Law - from Declarations of Independence.
• Introduction to Law and Order: a Chapter on Civil Disobedience - from Declarations of Independence.
• The Uses of Scholarship - an excerpt from The Zinn Reader: Writings on Civil Disobedience and Democracy.

Essays and other miscellany by Zinn:

• Two essays on the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath:
  • Violence Doesn't Work
  • A Just Cause, Not a Just War
• Timothy McVeigh's Path to the Death Chamber
• Academic Freedom: Collaboration and Resistance - the transcript of a speech given by Zinn to the University of Cape Town on July 23, 1982.
• Howard Zinn's ZNet HomePage - a treasure trove of interesting articles and essays by Zinn. This page contains links to some of the articles and essays on the ZNet site.
• A Campaign Without Class - a piece about the lack of class warfare in the 2000 US residential election.
• Campaign 2000: The Silence Of The Candidates Is What I Want To Talk About - an article about the silence of Presidential candidates on pressing international problems.
• The Diverted Left - a fairly dated piece about leftists complicated relationship with Clinton appearing on a message board in February 1999.
• The Federal Bureau of Intimidation - an essay about the harassment tactics of the FBI.
• Columbus and Western Civilization - an essay about what Columbus Day means. This is not the same as the first chapter of A People's History of the United States.
• Lessons of Vietnam, - an essay about how bad war is, as the Vietnam War demonstrates.
• A Speech on the Dec. 98 Bombing of Iraq
• A Diplomatic Solution - Zinn's take on Kosovo, dated May 1999, printed in The Progressive.
• A Few Points on the Kosovo Situation - some comments by Zinn published on ZNet, dated April 5, 1999.
• Kosovo: Where are We Headed? - A series of quotes about the situation in Kosovo, dated April 1999.
• Emmarabilia: A Testimonial by Howard Zinn - A short commentary on the life of Emma Goldman, about whom Zinn wrote a play.
• People Still Have Power - Excerpts from a short speech by Howard Zinn about how the establishment isn't as powerful as you might think.