Who We Are
The Howard Zinn Book Fair is an annual celebration of The People’s History, past present and future. We bring together left authors, readers, organizers and community members to debate and discuss strategies for a better world. This year’s Book Fair will be held on Sunday, December 3rd in the San Francisco Bay Area. We organize this event in an era of attacks on memory. We organize against historical amnesia
Founded in 2014, our volunteer-run event typically hosts 60 workshops and 100 publishers. Welcoming over 2500 attendees, the Fair has become a well loved institution. Some of the many authors who have presented at the Book Fair include:Walidah Imarisha, Mark Bray, Nick Estes, Miriam Klei-Stahl, Chris Carlsson, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Michelle Gonzales, Paul Ortiz, Leroy Moore, Rebecca Sonit, David Zirin, Ananda Esteva, Alicia Garza and Sekou Ondinga.
Who Was Howard Zinn?
Howard Zinn was a historian, writer and activist most famously known for a People’s History of the United States. His work popularized the practice of telling a “history from below” of workers, women, immigrants, racialized people, LGBTQ+ people, dissidents and radicals.
To learn more about his legacy visit our friends at the Zinn Ed Project: https://www.zinnedproject.org
