Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Life of Howard Zinn

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

Politics, News

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Historian Howard Zinn remains a model for left-wing intellectuals who want to not only convey ideas to a public beyond academia but also take action to transform the world that it is their profession to explain. Dan interviews Keeanga Yahmatta-Taylor, a leading intellectual of today's resurgent socialist left, on her foreword to a new edition of Zinn's autobiography, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge collection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com Please support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com
0:04.6	and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.
0:12.6	One that you might like is the 2019 Verso Radical Diary and Weekly Planner.
0:18.3	A stylish diary filled with radical historical dates from across the world.
0:23.1	The 2019 Verso Radical Diary is a beautifully designed Week to View planner where you can keep track
0:29.5	of the year ahead. Alongside illustrations and book excerpts, it features significant radical dates
0:35.8	from throughout history, including the English Civil War
0:38.8	and Black Panther movement through to the protests of 1968 and feminist emancipation,
0:44.5	touching on the lives of revolutionaries such as Angela Davis, Rosa Luxembourg, and Martin
0:49.2	Luther King Jr. The 2019 edition includes illustrations from Savage Messiah,
0:55.9	Laura Oldfield Ford's brilliant psychogeographic graphic novel,
0:59.9	as well as extracts from brand-new Verso books,
1:03.5	including revolting prostitutes, new dark age, and Paradise Rot.
1:08.6	The 2019 Verso Radical Diary and Weekly Planner.
1:12.7	Out now from none other than Verso Books.
1:23.6	Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
1:28.0	My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
1:33.7	His story in Howard Zinn died in 2010.
1:37.7	Today, he remains a model for left-wing intellectuals,
1:41.5	in how to convey ideas to a broader public beyond academia, and also in
1:47.6	terms of taking direct action to transform the world that it is an intellectuals profession to explain.
1:55.4	Teaching at Spellman, a black liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, Zinn supported and advised the Siddin movement.
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