Howard Zinn: The People's Historian

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In this interview, historian and author of A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn outlines the history of American resistance efforts from the post-Civil War period to World War I. Included are discussions of the Populist Movement; the Labor Movement; anarchism; Progressive Era organizations such as the Socialist Party, IWW and NAACP; and U.S. imperialism including the Philippine War and military interventions in Central America. Finally, he argues that our class system prevents true social reform and that the idea of American national interest is a myth
Post Civil War Idealism (3:59)
Superficial Civil War Reforms (4:17)
Populist Movement (5:41)
"Free Silver" Campaign (5:33)
Social Movement Strategy (5:39)
Labor Movement (5:15)
Labor Strikes (4:39)
Mother Jones (4:09)
Ludlow Massacre (4:55)
"Progressive" Era (3:26)
Progressive Social Movements (2:21)
IWW Radicalism (4:30)
Immigrant Labor Activists (4:59)
Emma Goldman (6:07)
American Radicalism (2:20)
Breaking Strikes (3:44)
Socialist Legacy (4:43)
Age of Imperialism (4:42)
Philippine War (3:28)
Haiti Occupation (2:35)
Military Imperialism (2:02)
Fighting Imperialist Racism (2:38)
History of Resistance (4:25)
American Hierarchy (5:25)
Weakening the Civil Rights Movement (2:13)
American National Interest Myth (4:25)
Credits: Howard Zinn: The People's Historian-Part 4: Looking Outward (1863-1915) (0:32)

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