The purpose of Zinns work, Voices included, is to engage in an act of political dissidence and activism. What is common to all of these voices, Zinn and co-editor Anthony Arnove write in the books introduction, is that they have mostly been shut out of the orthodox histories, the major media, the standard textbooks, the controlled culture ... to create a passive citizenry. With Voices, Zinn and Arnove seek to address that malaise, showing that the impossible--slaves rising up against their slave masters, for example--is not only possible, but has occurred repeatedly throughout the countrys history. Whenever injustices have been remedied, wars halted, women and blacks and Native Americans given their due, they write, it has been because unimportant people spoke up, organized, protested, and brought democracy alive. https://youtube/watch?v=PD3hYsAB698
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