A tribute to Howard Zinn    Historian, author and activist Howard Zinn died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 87. His classic work, "A People’s History of the United States", changed the way Americans look at history in this country. First published a quarter of a century ago, the book has sold over a million copies.  After serving as a shipyard worker and then an Air Force bombardier in World War II, Zinn went on to become a lifelong dissident and peace and civil rights activist. Weeks before his death, Zinn wrote in The Nation Magazine of his disappointment in President Barack Obama.  He said that people are dazzled by obama's rhetoric but that he would be a mediocre president, which in our time means a dangerous president, unless there is a national movement to push Obama in a better direction.   Howard Zinn video Howard Zinn interviewed by Sasha Lilley on November 5, 2009. On Letters to Washington An exclusive interview with Howard Zinn conducted by KPFA's Sasha Lilly who sat down with Howard two months ago to talk about his life and ideas:  On Democracy Now! We pay tribute to the late historian, writer and activist Howard Zinn, who died suddenly on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of eighty-seven. Howard Zinn's classic work A People's History of the United States changed the way we look at history in America. It has sold over a million copies and was recently made into a television special called The People Speak. We remember Howard Zinn in his own words, and we speak with those who knew him best: Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove. [includes rush transcript] On Living Room Hear his voice from two recent appearances:Dec. 10, 2009; Bill Moyers Journal; Howard Zinn talks about the documentary "The People Speak", based on his best-selling book The People's History of the United States."May 3, 2009; Howard Zinn addresses the 100th anniversary of the Progressive Magazine in Wisconsin.