Ebook: Voices of a People's History of the United States

The living history of the American people is a history of ongoing struggle. It is told here, in speeches, letters, poems, and songs, by the people who make history happen but are often left out of the history books: women, workers, nonwhites, those whose power rests with popular movements. These texts were chosen and arranged by Howard Zinn and feature Zinn's introductions to the original texts. New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after being sentenced to thirty-five years; Naomi Klein, addressing the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Liberty Square; a member of Dream Defenders, a youth organization that confronts systemic racial inequality; members of the Undocumented Youth movement, who occupied, marched, and demonstrated in support of the DREAM Act; a member of the Day Laborers movement; Chicago Teachers Union strikers; and several critics of the Obama administration, including Glenn Greenwald, on governmental secrecy.