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http://gawker.com/5458465/howard-zinn-radical-historian
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaki ... n_his.html

He was supposed to speak at my college on February 6th. I was going to pick up my ticket tomorrow. I'm a bit crushed. He is responsible for a large part my interest in critical histories and social justice. In my mind, he was one of the few remaining intellectual giants of the 20th century.

One of the most influential historians of the the last thirty years, easily. If you haven't read You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train or A People's History of the United States, please do. Reading A People's History as a freshman in high school opened my eyes to the real history that resides on the margins of mainstream, nationalistic narratives. As the 14 year old reading A People's History, beginning to understand class conflict was a wonderful and exciting thing.

Rest in Peace.

Well fuck.

Farewell, sir.

Not nearly enough like him. Ever.

RIP

UndertheGun wrote:<snip>

One of the most influential historians of the the last thirty years, easily. If you haven't read You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train or A People's History of the United States, please do.
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A People's History available here->http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnape ... story.html

calamari kid wrote:RIP

UndertheGun wrote:<snip>

One of the most influential historians of the the last thirty years, easily. If you haven't read You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train or A People's History of the United States, please do.
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A People's History available here->http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnape ... story.html

If you aren't into big books with big words, Zinn himself co-authored a graphic novel "A People's history of American Empire" which combines material from "A People's history of the United States" and "You can't be neutral on a moving train".
Graphic novels make heavy subject matters simpler to get into, I find.

There goes my hope of ever seeing him debate a right wing idealogue.

the voice of dissent just grew a little quieter. RIP Mr. Zinn.

Shit... my list is getting smaller.


People I need to hear speak before they die:

1. Gore Vidal
2. Noam Chomsky
3. Desmond Tutu
4. Howard Zinn
5. Nelson Mandela

I'm sad. I loved his books.

Anybody have a list of people they would like to meet/see?

I'd add to that list Staughton Lynd and Zbigniew Brzezinski.
I could come up with a few more but they jump into mind.

Howard Zinn was an original. His writing was a revelation to me. I always swallowed the crap I was taught in school...to certain degree. It was amazing to find someone who could adopt the point of view of all the "other" cultures and workers and outsiders that didn't get their due as americans.

Thanks for opening my eyes wider, Howard.