Ahmad was admired as " an intellectual unintimidated by power or authority ", and collaborated with such left-wing journalists and activists as Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Howard Zinn, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Richard Falk, Fredric Jameson, Alexander Cockburn and Daniel Berrigan.

According to Howard Zinn, participants in the strike were mostly affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and there were only a few IWW locals.

His father, Eddie Zinn, born in Austria-Hungary, emigrated to the U. S. with his brother Samuel before the outbreak of World War I. Howard's mother Jenny Zinn emigrated from the Eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk.

Zinn said his experience as a wartime bombardier, combined with his research into the reasons for, and effects of the bombing of Royan and Pilsen, sensitized him to the ethical dilemmas faced by G. I. s during wartime.

After World War II, Zinn attended New York University on the GI Bill, graduating with a B. A.

Rivers and Zinn were among a group of faculty members who in 1979 defended the right of the school's clerical workers to strike and were threatened with dismissal after refusing to cross a picket line.

In 2004, Zinn published Voices of A People's History of the United States with Anthony Arnove.

Although Zinn was a tenured professor, he was dismissed in June 1963 after siding with students in the struggle against segregation.

Along with Noam Chomsky, Zinn edited and annotated the copy of The Pentagon Papers that Ellsberg entrusted to him.

Zinn's longtime publisher, Beacon Press, published what has come to be known as the Senator Mike Gravel edition of The Pentagon Papers, four volumes plus a fifth volume with analysis by Chomsky and Zinn.

At Ellsberg's criminal trial for theft, conspiracy, and espionage in connection with the publication of the Pentagon Papers by The New York Times, defense attorneys called Zinn as an expert witness to explain to the jury the history of U. S. involvement in Vietnam from World War II to 1963.

Because of a Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) request, on July 30, 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) released a file with 423 pages of information on Howard Zinn ’ s life and activities.

The FBI memos also show that they were concerned with Zinn ’ s repeated criticism of the FBI for failing to protect blacks against white mob violence.

* An interview with Zinn is featured in the documentary film Sacco and Vanzetti ( 2007 ).

* The Pearl Jam song " Down " from the album Lost Dogs was inspired by the band's friendship with Zinn.

* A Young People's History of the United States, adapted from the original text by Rebecca Stefoff ; illustrated and updated through 2006, with new introduction and afterword by Howard Zinn ; two volumes, Seven Stories Press, New York, 2007.

** Booknotes interview with Zinn on A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present, March 12, 2000.

** In Depth interview with Zinn, September 1, 2002

* An Interview with Howard Zinn on Anarchism: Rebels Against Tyranny by AK Press

* " War is the Health of the State: An Interview with Howard Zinn ", By Paul Glavin & Chuck Morse, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Vol.

* Howard Zinn ( 1922-2010 ): A Tribute to the Legendary Historian with Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove

* American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals documentary featuring interviews with Howard Zinn and others

* Interview with Howard Zinn Media Education Foundation ( MEF )-July 2005

So many volunteered that the Lafayette Flying Corps was formed and many Americans thereafter serving with other French air units such as Michigan's Fred Zinn, who was a pioneer of aerial photography, fought as part of the French Foreign Legion and later the French Aéronautique militaire.

** Howard Zinn, American social activist and historian ( d. 2010 )

* Howard Zinn, historian

* Howard Zinn, ( 1922-2010 ), an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist.

Howard Zinn ( August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010 ) was an American academic historian, author, playwright, and social activist.

Zinn wrote about the struggle for civil rights, as both participant and historian.

* Howard Zinn – Interviewed by Amy Goodman ; late historian and activist ; author of several books, including A People's History of the United States.

* Howard Zinn: ( 1922 – 2010 ), author and historian famous for his A People's History of the United States

In 2006, Oliver Kamm challenged Cromwell's dependence on American historian Howard Zinn, and both men's knowledge of source material relevant to the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, claiming this was " a subject wholly outwith Cromwell's competence ".

Other writers to have praised Bread & Puppet include historian Howard Zinn, who praises its " magic, beauty, and power ", and poet and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, who wrote: " The Bread & Puppet Theater has been so long a part of America's conscious struggle for our better selves, that it has become, paradoxically, a fixture of our subconscious.

* Howard Zinn ( 1922 – 2010 ), American historian

* Howard Zinn, historian

A People's History of the United States is a 1980 non-fiction book by American historian and political scientist Howard Zinn.

MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, together with his friend, the historian Howard Zinn, were some of the first major supporters of Spare Change News.

* Howard Zinn – historian

In the leadup to the forum, singer Michelle Shocked, comedians Jimmy Tingle and Barry Crimmins, and many other artists and performers lent their talents to the effort -- as did noted historian Howard Zinn and linguist Noam Chomsky.

This work and related writings have been criticized by the historian Howard Zinn for downplaying the importance of " unintended " and " collateral " civilian deaths that could be classified as genocidal ; and by Edward S. Herman and Joseph Nevins

Emma ( or Emma: A Play in Two Acts about Emma Goldman, American Anarchist, its full title ) is a play by historian and playwright Howard Zinn ( 1922 – 2010 ).