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Retired labor union official, newspaper editor/reporter, and community worker. Also community activist.

Category: Howard Zinn

  • A rightwing trend on NPR?

    As a regular donor to WUWM, I must say the NPR station’s decision to drop Alternative Radio is a sad one, indeed.   I’ve been told the hour long program which has been on WUWM at 8 p.m. Sunday nights was dropped as of last Sunday, May 2. Alternative Radio has been one of the few…

  • Lessons from Howard Zinn:

    Just 12 years ago this coming May, Howard Zinn spent two memorable days participating in Wisconsin Labor History Society events: our annual conference held in 1998 in Oshkosh and the Bay View Tragedy event a day later in Milwaukee. This marvelous man, whose life was spent using history to spur ordinary folks to recognize their…