[A-List] Howard Zinn: An illustrated people's history of the US empire | Links

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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.

Watch the video at http://links.org.au/node/486

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