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The Missing Voices of Our World

By Howard Zinn, Tomdispatch.com. Posted November 17, 2004.


"I wanted, in writing 'A People's History,' to awaken a great consciousness of class conflict, racial injustice, sexual inequality, and national arrogance."

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Howard Zinn is the author with Anthony Arnove of the just published "Voices of a People's History of the United States" (Seven Stories Press) and of the international best-selling "A People's History of the United States." This piece is adapted from the introduction to the new Voices volume.

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