Howard Zinn Benefit for Spare Change News and the Homeless Empowerment Project June 24, 2008

Howard Zinn will give a talk on behalf of Spare Change News on June 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old South Church in Boston. All proceeds from the event will benefit Spare Change News, Boston's street paper about and sold by homeless, formerly homeless, and low-income individuals.

Zinn’s talk will focus on “What a Great Society Looks Like.” Social critic, historian, and writer Zinn has written more than 20 books and is a professor emeritus at Boston University.

Tickets for the event will be income-sensitive. Admission will be $25, but a $20 and a $10 ticket will also be offered. Attendees are encouraged to pay what they can. Seating is general admission. People can buy tickets online at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36999 or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1(800)838-3006. Tickets will also be available at the door at 7:00.

Zinn’s 1980 book A People’s History of the United States is a national bestseller, and his latest project A People’s History of American Empire is described by one website as a “rollicking graphic history, illustrated by cartoonist Mike Konopacki that that takes us from the Indian Wars to the Iraqi "frontier" (with some striking autobiographical asides from Zinn's own life).”

Official Website: http://www.homelessempowerment.org