Howard Zinn

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Howard Zinn died today.


http://www.examiner.com/x-10438-Human-R ... dies-at-87

I know it stinks, but he was 87 and lived a full life and gave so much to everyone.

That sucks. I had tickets to go to one of his lectures about a month from now. Condolences to his family.

First Saul Alinsky, the Howard Zinn. Next in the March of the Dead, Noam Chomsky.

In whatever hereafter Howard Zinn live, he and Saul Alinsky are playing gin rummy and spitting on America.

Good riddance. And I am so happy I outlived that son of b***h.

ruveyn

Geez now Salinger, there will probably be a third.

oh no. Catcher in the Rye Salinger? unofficial aspie diary, maybe.

i'm sorry to hear it.

He had a very plain-spoken style which I liked. In a speech replayed on Pacifica radio, he simply and matter-of-factly said that President Kennedy and President Johnson lied, in order to get the American public to support the Vietnam war. He didn’t feel the need to conjure up a lot of anger, or a lot of other emotion. He just said it plain.

Just like Prime Minister Tony Blair lied to get the British public to go along with the war against Iraq. He might have been an otherwise good prime minister. It’s just a shame that he felt like he was in such a box that he had to lie.

And in the same speech, Howard also said, well, the constitution wasn’t that great for the American Indians, they were not invited to participate in the making of it.

That is, who is speaking for the person currently excluded? And I like that part very much.

Robert W Parker
I guess the loss of his dog was just too much.....

I was lucky enough to see Howard Zinn speak a few years back, it was amazing.