Word: zinn
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...sociology during the year between his conviction and the rejection of his appeal--he had taken three years off to work for the United Auto Workers union in Washington. At Danbury, he says, he became more and more interested in going on to graduate school, and wrote to Howard Zinn, a professor of political science at Boston University, to ask for an application form. He wanted to go to school in Boston--anywhere except Harvard, he adds--and Zinn was the only name he was familiar with...
...Zinn wrote back saying he was admitted, with a full scholarship waiting for him when he was released; Irons still had more than a year to serve on his sentence. A few months later Zinn sent Irons a copy of his book Disobedience and Democracy. Characteristically, he didn't notice the dedication until he lent the book to a friend, who pointed out the Zinn had dedicated it to Irons...
...been in correspondance with Peter," Zinn says, "and knew he was one of the early resisters of the draft, and that he was one of the first to go to prison for resisting. It seemed fitting to dedicate the book...
Irons spent three years with Zinn when he got out of jail, working toward his doctorate in political science, writing a thesis on the domestic roots of the cold war. Zinn calls him "one of the very best graduate students I ever had," and adds that Irons is "the most assiduous researcher I've ever seen...
...government has not gone along with the rollback, but it did announce that a freeze would be imposed. Equally disturbing, the country's foreign exchange reserves are down to an estimated $600 million from $735 million two weeks ago. "We have reserves for two weeks more," said Ricardo Zinn, second-ranking man in the Economics Ministry. "After that, God will provide...