“There’s no such thing as a whole story; every story is incomplete,” Professor Zinn said. “My idea was the orthodox viewpoint has already been done a thousand times.” - NYTimes
“I think people are dazzled by Obama’s rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president — which means, in our time, a dangerous president — unless there is some national movement to push him in a better direction.”
RIP Howard Zinn
The historian who illuminated the struggles of everybody else with A People’s History of the United States died wednesday.
nytimes obit
“There’s no such thing as a whole story; every story is incomplete,” Professor Zinn said. “My idea was the orthodox viewpoint has already been done a thousand times.” - NYTimes
Thank you, treekiller.
“I think people are dazzled by Obama’s rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president — which means, in our time, a dangerous president — unless there is some national movement to push him in a better direction.”
did he say that sdr? i thought it was a great book and a must read; like all accounts of history, take it with a grain of salt.
dont count him out yet he still has three more
Last line in the linked obit, boss. I bet this guy was a friend to Chomsky, et al. We need more of them now.
Bill Moyers is retiring next year. He has these people on his show all the time. Who else does ?
Bizarre -- my quoted lines about Obama have disappeared from the NY Times obit. . .
Get educated on his importance bigthink
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