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Our mourning continues for the loss of Howard Zinn. A lot of people clearly got a chance to meet and interact with him and it's been comforting that so many people have expressed such positive recollections. He really wasn't just the author of an amazing book, but a living inspiration and guide on how one can live their life. While National Public Radio shamed themselves with an embarrassing interview with a right wing loser*, others, including a surprising Bob Herbert in the New York Times, really strove to capture what we all lost with Zinn's passing and what we gained in his lifetime of contributions.

In totally unrelated news, a number of you wrote to complain about the scrolling favicon that we used to have. We replaced it with a static one. We listen.

We couldn't help but notice that Meredith Tax, a recommended author in our reading list, has a new website. We'd suggest the cooler amongst you go check it out.



*there is so much good independent media out there that needs your help, this was one more reason not to give to NPR

Howard Zinn Rest In Peace

It is with the greatest sadness that we mark the passing of Howard Zinn.
History Is A Weapon is an anonymous project and will always remain so, but Zinn's life, his work, and his words have played a big part of my life, to such an extent, that I can't possibly do justice to his memory and legacy just yet.

It almost hurts to type this, but as he quoted Joe Hill in Voices of a People's History of the United States, "Don't waste time mourning. Organize!"

History Is A Weapon wants a logo

Yo, graphic designers! We need a sick logo, one good enough to convey history is a weapon and get on ffffound. If you, or someone you know, can make us it* on the free, we'd love to hear from you. Of course, we'll send you awesome presents that'll make your parents proud and school children follow you singing. Contact info us at: "the directorate at history is a weapon dot com," except translated into emailese.


*it meaning a scalable vector in EPS, SVG, or AI document. Preferable with a Black and White and color option, but at least a black and white option. We really will mail you something awesome.



EDIT: We received these two in the comment section. Keep working, people, we need a logo!

The People Speak

The People Speak is premiering tonight and, though we've already seen it, we are pretty excited. It's on at 8pm Eastern, on the History Channel and it is going to knock socks. Set up the TIVO, email your friends, prepare to see the best thing the History Channel has ever done.

The People Speak has its own site, but don't forget your good friends at History Is A Weapon:

1. A People's History of the United States
   
2. Black Hawk's Surrender Speech, 1832
   
3. Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies
   
4. The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro
   
5. Ain't I A Woman?
   
6. Wall Street Owns The Country
   
7. War Is A Racket
   
8. Letter from a Birmingham Jail
   

Of course, we have much more than that; start exploring and congrats to Arnove and Zinn and everyone who worked on it.
[EDIT]
How excited were we? We added: People Have The Power by Patti Smith, Letter from Palestine by Rachel Corrie, Organizing in Our Communities Post-September 11th by Monami Maulik, "You Have to Fight for Freedom" by Sylvia Woods, 'Be Down with the Brown!' by Elizabeth ("Betita") Martinez, Surviving the Storm: Lessons from Nature by Julia Butterfly Hill, Organizing the Unemployed in the Bronx in the 1930s by Rose Chernin, Why we Fight by Vito Russo, "Who Will Revere the Black Woman?" by Abbey Lincoln, Women, Power, and Revolution by Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich, Stonewall by Martin Duberman, Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne moody, Abortion Is a Woman's Right by Susan Brownmiller, and "Back of the Yards" by Vicky Starr ("Stella Nowicki"). Maybe even one more that we forgot about...

Ten Years

It's been ten years since the last time we kicked off some real capitalism scaring. Check out the real history of Seattle 99.