Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
Author | : Howard Zinn |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 1080 |
Release | : 2014-12-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781609805937 |
ISBN-13 | : 1609805933 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition written by Howard Zinn and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn. New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her 35-year prison sentence); Naomi Klein, speaking from the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Liberty Square; a member of Dream Defenders, a youth organization that confronts systemic racial inequality; members of the Undocumented Youth movement, who occupied, marched, and demonstrated in support of the DREAM Act; a member of the Day Laborers movement; Chicago Teachers Union strikers; and several critics of the Obama administration, including Glenn Greenwald, on governmental secrecy.