Radical US historian and leftwing activist who fought for peace and human rights
By Godfrey Hodgson
Courtesy to "Dawn"

Howard Zinn, who has died of a heart attack aged 87, was a much-loved and much-vituperated icon of the American left. He was an activist and historian, and later a dramatist, but always a courageous and articulate campaigner for his vision of a just and peaceful America.

As a white teacher at the black Spelman College for women in Atlanta, Georgia, he wa...

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