Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition [Paperback]

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.The visionary historical work of professor, historian, and activistHOWARD ZINN(1922-2010) is widely considered one of the most important and influential of our era. In his books, including the legendary best-sellingA People's History of the United Statesand numerous other titles, Zinn affirms the power of the people to influence the course of events.

ANTHONY ARNOVEis the author ofIraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, editor ofIraq Under SiegeandThe Essential Chomsky, and coauthor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices ofA People's History of the United StatesandTerrorism and War.US