Jobs with Justice Blog » historian http://www.jwjblog.org Building a movement for workers' rights & economic justice. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:16:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Howard Zinn, August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010 http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/01/howard-zinn-august-24-1922-january-27-2010/ http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/01/howard-zinn-august-24-1922-january-27-2010/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:40:55 +0000 jwjnational http://www.jwjblog.org/?p=1262

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of historian, author, teacher, and activist Howard Zinn. 

Howard was a long time supporter of Jobs with Justice.  He was arrested in in 1996 as part of a Jobs with Justice delegation peacefully supporting striking immigrant workers at the Richmark factory in Everett, MA. 

Howard Zinn inspired the Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice “Voices of a People’s History” performance and inspired our “Voices of Working People’s History” May Day Celebration.  You can listen to Howard deliver a heart-wrenching and spirited reading of his work  incorporating a rich selection of quotations and rememberances of labor history in Western Massachusetts on the W. Mass JwJ website.

His leadership, insight, and inspiration will be greatly missed.

Obituaries:

  • Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87
  • Howard Zinn, Historian, Dies at 87

    • More information will be forthcoming at www.howardzinn.org.

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