Failure to Quit
Reflections of an Optimistic Historian

Here, Howard Zinn discusses a wide range of historical and political topics, from the role of the Supreme Court in US history to the nature of contemporary higher education, arguing that propaganda can be exposed and authority challenged.

Here, Howard Zinn discusses a wide range of historical and political topics, from the role of the Supreme Court in US history to the nature of contemporary higher education. Zinn argues that propaganda can be exposed and authority challenged, and that the struggle for justice can lead to important breakthroughs in the fight to create a better society.

"Who controls the past controls the future" interview with David Barsamian
the optimism of uncertainty
objections to objectivity
the problem is civil disobience
the supreme court is not supreme
the Bill of Rights
second thoughts on the First Amendment
how free is higher education?
just and unjust wars
terrorism over Tripoli
Columbus, the Indians and human progress - 1492-1992
"Je Ne Suis Pas un Marxiste"
the perils of Plato
failure to quit.