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The FBI File on Howard Zinn: 3 Historical Highlights

By David KnowlesJul 30th 2010 – 7:53PM

(July 30) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation today released 423 pages of its file on leftist historian Howard Zinn. The FBI started its file on Zinn in 1949, during the McCarthy era, over the author's suspected ties to the Communist Party of the United States. The feds interviewed Zinn, who died last year, in the...

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Jeff Biggers: Tucson's Mexican American Studies Director Sean Arce Wins National Zinn Education Award

By Jeff Biggers Apr 03rd 2012 - 01:13PM

While the Daily Show brilliantly reminded millions of viewers last night of the disgraceful racist elements behind the attack on Tucson's acclaimed and now outlawed Mexican American Studies program, educators across the nation recalled a teaching moment.

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  • 04/10/12 How They Used To: In Memory of Victor Pontes-Macedo... Source: Jump The Turnstyle When initially crying about how the loving and enlightened MC Exposition exited this weekend, I couldn't help but to also water for the lesser artists who remain, and who use their platforms to echo the nonsense that he eschewed through his final verse.
  • 04/03/12 Jeff Biggers: Tucson's Mexican American Studies... Source: The Huffington Post While the Daily Show brilliantly reminded millions of viewers last night of the disgraceful racist elements behind the attack on Tucson's acclaimed and now outlawed Mexican American Studies program, educators across the nation recalled a teaching moment.

Background on howard zinn

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist.

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