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"Don't you wonder: why is it necessary
to declare me dead again and again?"
Karl Marx
about
the play
Marx
is back! The premise of this witty and insightful "play on
history" is that Karl Marx has agitated with the
authorities of the afterlife for a chance to clear his
name. Through a bureaucratic error, though, Marx is sent to
Soho in New York, rather than his old stomping ground in
London, to make his case.
Howard Zinn, best known for his book, 'A Peoples History of
the United States', introduces us to Marx's wife, Jenny,
his children, the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, and a host of
other characters.
Brian Jones, an African American actor and activist, has
been performing this engaging one-man show across the
country since 1999.
Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life,
his analysis of society, and his passion for radical
change. Zinn also shows how Marx's ideas are relevant in
today's world.
click here to read the
reviews
about
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn (1922-2010) is the author of the classic 'A
People's History of the United States'. Zinn received the
Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction and the
Eugene V. Debs Award for his writing and political
activism. Zinn and Anthony Arnove published an anthology of
primary documents to serve as a companion to 'People's
History', under the title,
'Voices of a People's History of the
United States'.
Zinn grew up in Brooklyn and worked in shipyards before
serving as an Air Force bombardier in World War II. Zinn
was chair of the History Department at Spelman College,
where he actively participated in the Civil Rights
Movement, before taking a position at Boston University.
Obituaries for Howard Zinn are posted
here.
visit Howard Zinn's website
about
Brian Jones
Brian
Jones is a teacher, actor and activist in New York City.
His commentary and writing have been featured on
GritTV,
SleptOn.com
and the
International Socialist
Review.
Jones has also lent his voice to several audiobooks,
including Howard Zinn's one-man play
Marx in Soho,
Wallace Shawn's
Essays
and Noam Chomsky's
Hopes and Prospects: Globalization and
Imperialism
(forthcoming from Haymarket Books).
read Brian's latest
article
read Brian's tribute to Howard
Zinn
"To
be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It
is based on the fact that human history is a history not
only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice,
courage, kindness."
Howard Zinn (1922-
2010)
(updated 8/18/10)