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From New York to Denver immigrants are again the target of xenophobes. US history has been marked by periodic outbursts of super chauvinism. One notorious example was the case of the Italian immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti in the 1920s. Their jailing on trumped up charges and subsequent execution in Massachusetts sparked a huge national and international uproar. On May Day especially they are remembered in story and song all over the world.
No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. His masterpiece, A People's History of the US continues to sell in huge numbers. Its mention by Matt Damon in the hit film Good Will Hunting turned on a whole new generation to the Zinn classic.
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