[Peace-discuss] Fw: [Mediamatters] Weekly Update

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Howard Zinn is right up there w/ Noam Chomsky.  It's a big deal to have him on Media Matters!  Jenifer C.

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From: "Victor W. Pickard" <vpickard at uiuc.edu>
Sent: Jan 20, 2005 10:30 AM
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Subject: [Mediamatters] Weekly Update

Welcome to another edition of the WILL-AM Media Matters email update! 


THIS WEEK'S GUEST 

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This week's guest on Media Matters is Howard Zinn. Howard Zinn is a 
historian, playwright, and social activist. He was a shipyard worker 
and Air Force bombardier before he went to college under the GI Bill 
and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught at 
Spelman College and Boston University. He has received the Thomas 
Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, the Upton Sinclair Award, and 
the Lannan Literary Award. Howard Zinn is the author of, among 
others, "A People's History of the United States," "You Can't Be 
Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times" 
and "Terrorism and War." Most recently, he co-edited the new 
book, "Voices of a People?s History of the United States."


UPCOMING GUESTS 

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In the following weeks we will feature Richard Falk and John Nichols.

If you have a suggestion for a guest you'd like to see on the 
show,let us know: email producer Victor Pickard at vpickard at uiuc.edu 

   
LAST WEEK'S GUEST 

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Last week's guest on Media Matters was Medea Benjamin, founding 
director of the human rights organization Global Exchange and a co-
founder of the anti-war group Code Pink. She is author of numerous 
books, including the award-winning "Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A 
Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart."  Recently, Benjamin led a 
humanitarian trip to Iraq to deliver aid to refugees from Falluja. 

Relevant Links:
http://www.globalexchange.org/ 
http://www.codepink4peace.org/



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