Conversations with History: Howard Zinn

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  @Sociotarian · 18 years ago

  It's a sad, but ultimately edifying fact when somebody says, "I understand how atrocities work."  I met a man during my Master's (I in my 20's, he in his late 50's) who relayed to me his account of having fun while setting people and villages on fire with parachute-flairs during the Vietnam War.  I watched a grown man cry, and I listened as conveyed how he came to terms with the error of his ways.  I think it also sad that War vets who truly understand are so vastly different than chickenhawks.

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  @hakanhabip1 · 9 years ago

  "...the very engagement with other people in a common struggle for something that you all believe in, is a victory in itself."   Thank you Howard Zinn:-)

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  @hfdpayner · 16 years ago

  R.I.P. howard zinn <br> <br>i read this on Noam Chomskys facebook group about Howard Zinn <br> <br>&quot;His writings have changed the consciousness of a generation, and helped open new paths to understanding and its crucial meaning for our lives. When action has been called for, one could always be confident that he would be on the front lines, an example and trustworthy guide.&quot; <br>-- Noam Chomsky

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  @thesunazrael · 14 years ago

  you, being the youth of our generation are the new hope. I wish there were many more like you that were intellectually curious and willing to venture outside of the prescribed books of standardized education. Continue to be an example and maybe there will be hope for us all.

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  @wisetraveller · 15 years ago

  I was fortunate enough to read Zinn&apos;s People&apos;s history of the United States before I began to observe American politics. I am so humbled by so many people who fought for their basic human rights which we now cherish and yet they have no place in Hollywood movies or history books. There are way too many brave selfless people in this country to let the rich and ignorant thugs take it down. <br><br>If only the rest of the world read Zinn.

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  @markthomas7263 · 2 years ago

  As long as there are people who will speak truth to power and who are willing to challenge the status quo, evil will never triumph over good. &nbsp;Howard Zinn is a rare soul and we are all in his debt.

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  @01BIW · 13 years ago

  I was honored to do my Masters Thesis with Howard at BU, and to see him give a speech about 1 year before he died. He has left quite an indelible impression on me.

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  @CByrne8500 · 14 years ago

  what an excellent person

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  @nickestone1 · 14 years ago

  Zinn was a truely great writer ,thinker and activist.He inspired another book -- Chris Harman&apos;s Peoples History of the World which does for world history what Zinn did for U.S. We should try to learn form the past to better shape the future.The US working class fought militant struggles in the 1930&apos;s to establish union rights against brutal employers. &nbsp;. The Autolite plant in Toledo ,longshoremen in San Fransico and truckers in Minneapolis were great victories. We need &nbsp;this again today

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  @DennisCambly · 6 years ago

  I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is ... to tell the truth - Howard Zinn

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  @reebleono · 16 years ago

  real inspiration

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  @edguy52 · 3 years ago

  It was this interview. It inspired me to become a historian. It inspired me to go to Berkeley. The rest is history...

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