Month: August 2022

Event: https://fb.me/e/2z3jS6WQM Please sign the international petition toFree the Kononovich Brothers: https://www.change.org/…/freedom-to-mikhail-and… Mikhail and Alexander Kononovych, members of of the youth wing of the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), were arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on 7th March 2022, and tortured in a Kiev detention centre. The SBU, Ukraine’s intelligence agency, has […]

Through the years, Zinn granted interviews to Rethinking Schools, allowed us to reprint his writing, gave us kind blurbs for our books, and later collaborated with us and Teaching for Change to promote people’s history teaching by establishing the Zinn Education Project.  In Howard Zinn’s honor, we are featuring a “Zinn at 100” essay in each issue of Rethinking Schools this […]

In legislatures across the country, Republican lawmakers are introducing bills to curtail what educators — in public schools and universities — can say and teach about racism and sexism. It is worth reminding ourselves — and our students — of other times in U.S. history when powerful politicians manufactured threats and whipped up fear to […]

On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, sports historian Dave Zirin and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will host an event with special guests to commemorate Howard Zinn (1922–2010) and other people’s historians on this 100th anniversary year. Guest Presenters include Martín Espada, Kidada E. Williams, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Imani Perry, Alice Walker, and more.

Please register in advance for this 7 P.M. (Eastern) presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrd-CgpzsvHdy1m8QnMDf8qO58qda3UHYB Presentation will be by Chris Fry, member editorial staff of Fighting-Words.net online journal. There will be a discussion following the presentation, which all participants are invited to join. We invite you to review the following articles, authored by Chris Fry, in advance of the […]

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 25 OFFICERS AND AGENTS WALK STARBUCKS PICKET LINE Teamsters Local 25 officers and agents were proud to stand with striking Starbucks workers at 874 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, today. The @BostonSBWU workers have been on strike for 30 days, and have only gotten stronger! Teamsters don’t cross picket lines, so that means that all […]