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  [Howard Zinn raw #41: Bits and pieces from interviews and newsreels over the years]

  Howard Zinn

  Newsreel and stock footage pertaining to the Vietnam War, the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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  [Howard Zinn raw #5: How A People’s History of the United States changes the teaching of history]

  Howard Zinn

  Students at Sonoma State University discuss their admiration for Howard Zinn and what his approach to history has to offer for teachers looking to better engage students. SSU students canvass and rally in support of the student strike. Two SSU students discuss Howard Zinn on their drive to San Francisco to pick him up from his hotel.

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  [Howard Zinn raw #1: Discussion of U.S. politics and foreign policy]

  Howard Zinn

  Howard Zinn conducts a Q&A session with high school students in Manhattan, Kansas. He speaks on wars throughout history, the prospects of socialism, the US military machine, the state of contemporary left politics, and the importance of critically examining history and the present.

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  A Gary Tape

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  An organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest on 9-16-71 to discuss organizing around tax policy and investigating grocery pricing in Illinois and Indiana. A month earlier, President Richard Nixon had issued an executive order freezing wages for 90 days. In response, supermarkets were pressured to suspend price increases, although this group felt they were not adhering to this promise.

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  Salt of the Earth vs Chambers

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  This video documents a post-screening discussion with Virginia Jencks about the 1954 film “Salt of the Earth.” Jencks was a labor leader who played herself in the film. It portrays a real-life strike that occurred at Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico and most of the roles in the film were played by the real life miners and union organizers. The film was directed by Herbert Biberman, who was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and it was not shown for many years after its completion.

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  Tenants Action, Loop College

  Chicago, Communications for Change, Roots of Video

  Footage of a housing protest in Chicago.

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  [Chicago Iraqis]

  Chicago, Global Perspectives on War and Peace

  A segment about Iraqi immigrants in Chicago and their opinions on Iraqi revolution as well as American intervention in Iraq.

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  NCO Edits – Sidewalk tape

  Chicago, Roots of Video

  Interviews with Chicago residents about the problems caused by vaulted sidewalks and buildings which have fallen into disrepair, which the city government have failed to repair and maintain.