Good Old Neon Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Quite a loss, as they don't make many like Zinn nowadays. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28zinn.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnO Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Ya he was a great fiction writer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Ya he was a great fiction writer. As a great fiction consumer and an even better regurgitater, you, I guess, would know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Though I never finished it, I enjoyed reading A People's History of the United States. RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I wonder what Howard would have thought of the state of the union. A budget freeze to pay back all the money we gave the bankers for example. A voice that will be missed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I enjoyed reading "A People's History..." in highschool. I think, if nothing else, it was great lesson for me on the importance of challenging assumptions and "truths". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I never read any Howard Zinn, but he came to my school to speak in 2004 and I managed to get in the second row. He was a really engaging man, and thought about things in a truly remarkable, revolutionary way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Democracy Now! is running a great memorial for Zinn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Four years ago my friend lent me Howard's book and it forever changed my worldview. Howard you will be missed. Democracy Now! is running a great memorial for Zinn. Haven't got to watch this yet but I know its going to be good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Federico Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Weird for this to be my first post here. I took three or four of Zinn's courses at BU back in the late '70s. He is one of the handful of people that changed the direction of my life, influenced who I am and what I do today. Besides what is public knowledge I remember him as an extremely nice guy. He always had time for us, never rushed us out of the office or begged off a meeting on the street. Politics aside, he was a model for how I wanted to relate to my students when I became a teacher. I can't be too sad at his departure he made as much of his life as anyone could hope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 After my nephew, 9, asked me at Christmas why we just don't invade Canada and take them over, I realized I have to get him this: http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-Enhanced-Omnibus/dp/1583228691/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264717946&sr=8-1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 After my nephew, 9, asked me at Christmas why we just don't invade Canada and take them over, I realized I have to get him this: http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-Enhanced-Omnibus/dp/1583228691/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264717946&sr=8-1 Too funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I know! I shoulda gotten the kid Risk for Christmas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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