Synopses & Reviews
The most bold and empowered words of America’s past are resurrected here by some of the leading voices of the present. Inspired and heartrending, Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove, John Sayles, Sarah Jones, Paul Robeson Jr., Lili Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Leslie Silva, and Brian Jones perform the rousing words of dissent that have shaped and quickened the pulse of a nation.
This audio CD consists of twenty-one readings thoughtfully selected by Zinn and Arnove from Voices of a People’s History of the United States, the long-awaited primary source companion to Zinn’s seminal A People’s History of the United States. Among them, a spirited Lili Taylor as a willful Susan B. Anthony objects to her arrest for “knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote,” Paul Robeson Jr. delivers his father’s unread statement before the House Un-American Activities Committee from the height of the McCarthy era, and Sarah Jones reads Native American resister and Shawnee leader Tecumseh’s stirring appeal to the Osage people to unite against colonial forces.
At times heartwarming, other times wrenching, but always moving, these lively renditions bring the brazen spirit of rebellion into your living room.
Synopsis
Bold and empowering words from Americas struggles, past and present, are resurrected here by some of our leading living voices. An all-star cast joines authors Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove to perform the rousing words of dissent that have shaped and quickened the pulse of a nation.
This audio CD consists of sixteen readings thoughtfully selected by Zinn and Arnove from Voices of a Peoples History of the United States, the long-awaited primary source companion to Zinns seminal A Peoples History of the United States. The voices of our history are given new voices, the brazen spirit of rebellion and resistance are alive and well again.
Synopsis
Howard Zinn and friends dramatize America's alternative history
About the Author
Anthony Arnove is the author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, editor of Iraq Under Siege and The Essential Chomsky, and coauthor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States and Terrorism and War. He is the codirector of The People Speak with Chris Moore and Howard Zinn. Historian and activist Howard Zinn's visionary telling of our history is widely considered one of the most important and influential of our era. In A People's History of the United States, A Young People's History of the United States, Voices of a People's History of the United States, and, in Spanish, La otra historia de los Estados Unidos, Zinn affirms the power of the people to influence the course of events. Zinn's other books include the newly updated The Zinn Reader, Terrorism and War with Anthony Arnove, the autobiographical You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, and the play Marx in Soho.