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Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, also known as the Hipster's First Anti-Establishment Manual, will finally come to the small screen, according to Variety. Production will begin next month in Boston. Mr. Zinn will host the four-hour miniseries and Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Glover, Josh Brolin, David Strathairn, Kerry Washington, Eddie Vedder and John Legend will all read passages from Mr. Zinn's 1980 best-seller.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/zinns-peoples-history-set-small-screen#comments Arts & Culture A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:32:17 -0500 Gillian Reagan 61783 at http://www.observer.com Where the Anti-War Signatures Are http://www.observer.com/node/29543 Not content to rest after his big Times profile today, Hillary Clinton's opponent Jonathan Tasini will be seeking out like-minded anti-war Democrats to sign his petitions at the Howard Zinn and James Carroll chat at the 92nd Street Y tonight.

According to Tasini's campaign, he'll also be looking for signatures in the coming days outside movie theaters playing "The Road To Guantanamo," "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The War Tapes."

The guy knows his audience. - Jason Horowitz]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29543#comments Politics Guantanamo Bay Hillary Clinton Howard Zinn Jonathan Tasini Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:57:09 -0400 Observer Staff 29543 at http://www.observer.com March 24, 2006: What's Left? http://www.observer.com/node/28943 In the morning, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity will hold a news conference on the appeals court ruling on New York City’s schools at the law offices of Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett just before a commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is held on the corner of Green Street and Washington Place.

And if that’s not enough for you, Howard Zinn will narrate an evening of dramatic readings from his book, Voices of a People’s History of the United States at The Cooper Union.

—Nicole Brydson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/28943#comments Politics Cooper Union Howard Zinn New York City Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:14:19 -0500 Observer Staff 28943 at http://www.observer.com Tailgaters at the Sherry-Netherland? Ritzy Tenants Hiss at CBS Football http://www.observer.com/node/43190 The news landed like a Phil Simms long bomb in the lobby of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, the grand o  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/43190#comments Arts & Culture CBS Corporation Hollywood Home Box Office Inc. Howard Zinn Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:00:00 -0400 Jason Gay 43190 at http://www.observer.com