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Howard Zinn: An illustrated people's history of the US empire

Since its landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies and been turned into an acclaimed play. More than a successful book, A People’s History triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official versions with their emphasis on great men in high places to chronicle events as they were lived, from the bottom up.

Now Howard Zinn, historian Paul Buhle, and cartoonist Mike Konopacki have collaborated to retell, in vibrant comics form, a most immediate and relevant chapter of A People’s History: the centuries-long story of America's actions in the world. This short animated video explores US expansionism from Wounded Knee to the invasion of Iraq, stopping along the way at World War I, World War II Central America, Vietnam and the Iranian revolution.

Thanks to http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/

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Mon, 06/30/2008 - 22:25 — red hen (not verified)

Zinn/Konopacki illustrated American Empire

I would really like to see this medium be just a bit more simplified to become available to a younger audience (like my kids: middle school age), as 'graphic novels' are becoming popular. I'd love to have such materials for my kids and me to read and talk about at home, which could substantially enrich what they're offered in school, even tho we live in a pretty progressive community. Any chance this could be considered? Seems to me that it could be a really useful medium to offer truth to youth.

Peace.

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