Howard Zinn as seen on DEMOCRACY NOW

[brwneyesaz]

Howard Zinn is right-on. RIP hero.

[DaSungandSoul1223]

Howard Zinn has a great sense of dry humor, he demonstrates it well here and in this bit I uploaded: watch?v=og-kBmXnmas

[poeticpagesmig16]

Your knowledge and compassion will be missed.

[magazinestock]

power to the people

[tanvo93]

no revolution but a resolution

man people we gatta get organized

[ammasmanjushree]

Howard Zinn - God Bless You...He was and is the conscience of these United States, He was and is our best of Teachers. Thank you for what you have given us.

[rachelgolem]

FOLLOW ME COMRADE!!!! TO THE EMPTY FOOD STORE!!!!

[jacksawild]

@rachelgolem Follow the shepherd, sheep, to the fox news channel.

[Xiyad]

I wish i had met this great man, truely a legend. If i get a chance to enter heaven i will definitely meet you, RIP

[jacksawild]

It's pointless trying to educate against the propaganda machine of the united states of etcetera.

[chinopisces]

@jacksawild: Such attitudes will avail us not.

[arcieantonio]

Wish all Filipinos will hear about this!!!! 14:00

[texasB666]

it's ironic so few people have watched this great video. Am i the only Belgian guy without a degree of any kind, who is watching this great man? Read Tom Hodgkinson!

[protestingpoet]

He'd a liked me....his unabridged PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES is 34 hours long...ha ha...can't wait to listen to it!!! THis is the truth everybody....this guy is/was right.

[thejuicemedia]

hero.

r i p

[itaman13]

is this guy a fucking joke??!?!?!

[solfegg]

I remember seeing Howard Zinn deliver this speech in person. I was excited, because I heard the name, but at the same time, I had lied to people about knowing who he was. So I wasn't quite sure what to expect. What I got was a great speech. It's well worth watching. RIP Howard.

[ElCanuque]

Thank you Howard, for all your work. I hope you're still able to access the internet to read how, even in death, you're stirring the pot, as below.

[HunterMann]

Onward dear Howard Zinn...

What a fire he started, let it never burn out.

[zevon1964]

What a self-hater

[jaimesandoval1988]

What makes ZInn tick?

[goluroo]

do you want some more clues on terrorism, religion war, inside jobs, The New Coming, etc?

[FredShab]

i read part of your book,studied your biography,watched your videos.

your wisdom,humbleness,gentleness,c­oncern,fairness and all you've got as a true human being make you one of MY HEROES!

i will be disobedient towards today's fake and empty happiness and focus on a better thinking and acting.God bless us all!

[pmnichols10]

looks like terrorists to me

[kennykenny99]

IMPERIALISTS ANANOMOUS... I LOVE IT

[jaimesandoval1988]

It cracked me up aswell!

[06simit]

Howard Zinn is great, he is one of my favorite personality. Thanks to "ontheearthproduction" for this video.

[ontheearthproduction]

welcome, glad you like it

[dutchfucker]

Liberal...........Jewbag......­......

[tangiers79]

jewbag??? you must be some sort of genius

[dutchfucker]

I'm not a genius, wise ass. Political science studies have shown that Jews tend to be mostly liberal while (unsurprisingly) Roman Catholics and Protestants are conservative. I'm protestant, uber-conservative, and proud of it, in case you hadn't guessed.

[bapyou]

Hey dutch. Please drop off the face of the Earth. No one needs you.

[dutchfucker]

You can jump with me; you're just as expendable. I'll even let you hold my hand as we fall.

[bapyou]

What the fuck kind of comment is "...Jews tend to be mostly liberal while (unsurprisingly) Roman Catholics and Protestants are conservative. I'm protestant, uber-conservative, and proud of it, in case you hadn't guessed"? I see. You're heavily into categories. What a brilliant mind you have, sticking people into slots. You couldn't deal with an individual if you fell over one. I'm a non-practicing Roman Catholic radical. How about that category dutch ass? What a small-minded piss face you are.

[bapyou]

Nazi.....doggie bag.....

[dutchfucker]

Recently, the only comments I'm getting in my box tend to be from you, and I'm getting sick of the arguing. Let's knock it off. I'll back off.

[bapyou]

Let's not knock it off you weasel. Come on. You fucking little turd. You're nuthin' without a group around you. White power ass. Go fuck your grandmother. "I'll back off." Oh...boo hoo.

[hermesgr2000]

keep sleeping my friends...it's easier for them

[hermesgr2000]

and in order to be more clear:POLITICS-DEMOCRACY and much more come from ancient ATHENS.The super power today what intellectual contribution has accomplished?

[hermesgr2000]

Its quite interesting for me, being Hellenic, to read about american history!!! For those who have political knowledge Irac Iran war in 80s, USA helped Irac against Iran.

[hermesgr2000]

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[armourup]

By summers end most Demowacks MAY agree with me... fight this war like it is OUR and OUR FAMILIES life or death...because it IS! When New York, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, Miami, Boston, Houston, and Los Angeles get nuked and we all lose family, and our incomes are cut in half, Pubbies will have to moderate the emotional killer over-reaction of the Demowacks.

[ceholley01]

I agree, our lives of our families depend upon winning. Its a political thing now, the Armies won, we must win the peace...remember what Teddy said, walk softly, carry a big stick. The West is still threatened until freedom is in the middle east....in any form. Iran, Al-Qaeda and others threaten the West.....we are too foreign to them...our way of life is too extreme for them...that wonderful FREEDOM we hold dear.

[bapyou]

<U>ceholley</U>: Oh please, you asshole. "They hate us for our freedoms." Of all the people whom you could parrot, you parrot an idiot like George Bush. Freedom for the U.S. to do what the fuck we want when we want to do it, but not for any other peoples around the world, right? Go and fuck yourself, you asshole. You're an un-American jackass fool!

[ceholley01]

It is an igvnortant person who uses profanity to defend their logic. Appearently, you cannot argue yor side without the use of it. BTW, I served my country in three wars, over 7 other operatiosn and didnt happen to see you there., I lived in teh Middleeast, made friends, and understand these great people. I dont remember you there either. What have you done. When you can talk civil, I'll listen.

[bapyou]

Nahh. I'm not ignorant because I use profanity. If you're a military person I've got no problem with you becuase of it. Some of the finest individuals I've known have a military bacjground. However, whether or not you've served in the military has no bearing on the policy that is made for the nation.

[bapyou]

Seving your country is one thing. Serving a U.S. corporation is another. Our military does not - or should not - work for a coporation. Our politicians are great at getting the populace riled up about fighting for our country. War in America is good for business. Got no problem with that either. but it shouold be called what it is and not dressed up as something for "our country".

[armourup]

Bush pardons Libby for protecting the Adm. attack on a French spy...V. Plane's hubbie. France gets it's oil for $12/barrel from Iran. France obivously is giving nuke help to Iran. Bin Laden, Iranian proxy, will be nuking 7 American cities as early as ANY TIME THIS SUMMER!

[Nounismisation]

He is such a nice guy. 29mins 20 secs for example.

[xknifeparty]

I do feel like Im living in an occupied country. Everytime helicopters fly over my house with their search lights, cops always pulling over people on my street, and watching the LAPD beating people up at the May Day protest solidified that for me.

[ceholley01]

I have lived and worked in worse places where there is no freedom. Everyone is assigned a job/fate...if you do not like an area, move. That is your freedom. You do not like your job, get trained/eduacted to do another one. I have had many jobs and even careers in my life. That is also freedom. You do not need a pass to go somewhere. Just go. Do not wait for someone, do it. As for the occupation...its called FEAR. They are speading it and it is coming here for the first time.

[50CenT123smoke321]

ceholley, with that talk I guess you have never been out of USA...go out there see the muslim world for yourself, take a trip of the middle east. I suggest Dubai, Lebanon and other countries then tell me what Islam is about and not that bullshit that CNN feeds you lol.

[ceholley01]

I have visited there many times, Throughouty the Middle East I have seen the hate up front and personal...have you? Heard teh speaches form the Imans Have you? I have even heard it here...same speaches....BTW, I hzve spend 20 years studying them? How long have you?

[m4ddn3ss]

LoL ceholley01 stfu, most terrorism is government sponsored.

[ceholley01]

NOt since the early 1980s. There has been a shift from state sponsored since the NGOs became a means of funding through the informal banking system.

[aluathamudi]

you dont know what islam is about

[ceholley01]

I have studied the Qu'an and teh other religions of teh world for over 20 years. Which Qu'an do you follow? The one from Mecca? Or Medina?

[ceholley01]

Zinn, Chomsky, and Finkelstein do not understand the basics of the global conflict we are fighting. The war against Radical Islam. We must help the modertaes win the day in Islam, if this world will remain safe.

Islam is not evil, radical followers of the Book of Medina are. Either you convert to radical Islam, or die. There is no other option. You cannot reason, you cannot talk to them they are committed to destroying the West, including America......WAKE UP!

[crazymiles]

Why don't you stop parroting the right wing pundits for a little while and start thinking about WHY the U.S. is so hated in the Middle East. I'll even give you a little hint: it has very little to do with radical Islam.

This isn't brain surgery.

[ceholley01]

We are hated, because it is taught from the very young age, that all of their problems and woes in life is caused by the great satan...that keeps them from looking closer at their society and see that it is their system that is causing the problem, not us. Never has been. If it was, why did they have problems in early 7th century? 1095? 1803? 1914? 1946? IT is radical Islam and the clan system of teh ages....that combined with fear creates hate? What created yours?

[crazymiles]

You're totally ignoring (as predicted) the decades of American interference, violence, and terrorism in the Middle East.

[ceholley01]

Interesting, since the violence in the middleeast has been around since the Ismailis-Nizari (12th Century). The United States did not exist then.

I would suggest you read Why I left the Jihad by Shoebat. He's former PLO. I think you might learn something about the true history of that region, the religion and of life there. You can blame teh US for many things, but that surpression is all of their making - read teh book, then we'll talk.

[crazymiles]

Still dodging the issues, I see. Come back when you're ready to confront the fact that the US has been occupying land that Muslims consider holy in Saudi Arabia; that the US has been bombing Iraq for several years; that US-imposed sanctions in Iraq have killed hundreds of thousands; and that the US has given unconditional support for Israel's terrorist atrocities and illegal occupation of Palestinian land.

[ceholley01]

They were there from 1990 to 1998 at the request of the King. IN 1998, they left. The US established a No fly zone to protect the Kurds and Shi'a. The sanctions were (And violated by Sadam) restricted the sale of oil to food and aid items only.

[crazymiles]

Oh, please. The US didn't give a damn about the Kurds and the Shi'a (or anyone else in the region, for that matter). You really don't get it, do you? Those sanctions killed hundreds of thousands of people and actually STRENGTHENED Saddam. The people of Iraq would have more than likely toppled the bastard's regime had they not been strangled economically and starved.

[ceholley01]

Appearly you fail to understand that that was Sadam who killed his people, starved his people an dmurdered his people. Not the US. Apparently you forget history again, Sadam invaded and killing his nieghbors (Iran and Kuwait). ANd that was before teh US was involved. Or does that part of history mean anything to you. It does to me, I was there. Lived with them, talked to them, and helped them against that tyrant.

[whineyemokid]

The US still has military based in Saudi Arabia and over 135 other countries. Washington allowed Saddam to slaughter rebels within the no-fly zones in 1991, as well as supporting him as he slaughtered them in the 80's. The sanctions killed over a million people and one UN member resigned as he considered them genocidal.

[crazymiles]

Oh, and Walid Shoebat is an EXTREMIST CHRISTIAN and should not be trusted any more than an extremist of any other sort.

[ceholley01]

Then read Phares, W. Future jihad: terrorist strategies against America; Rashid, A. Jihad: the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia; Reich, W. Origins of terrorism: psychologies, ideologies, theologies, states of mind ; or Sanderson, T.M. (2004). Transnational terror and organized crime: blurring the lines. Take your pick

[ceholley01]

Sadam violated the United Nations embargo when he spent the money on weapons and his pleasure places. It was the ruler of Iraq that killed millions. He should have taken care of his people...Kurds and Shi'a included. The graves of the Kurds and Shi'a are there to see if you care to open your eyes. Sadam killed Arabs just like Al Qaeda kills other Muslims that disagree with there aims. There is no civil debate, agree or die...what a choice is that?

[crazymiles]

I think everyone agrees that Saddam was a terrible, terrible person, and the crimes he committed are absolutely unforgivable. But still, the invasion of Iraq was illegal. Furthermore, Saddam was supported by the UK and the US for a very long time, empowering the tyrant and preventing the Iraqis from toppling his regime. This is all common knowledge.

[armourup]

Crazy, Of all the arguments you could have used against the war in Iraq...it was illegal is the easiest to refute. Saddam broke a dozen or more stipulations that were set in place in 1991 for our ceasing our invasion...We had EVERY legal right to go in.

[crazymiles]

Read the UN Charter. International law (which the US played a very large role in forming and, according to the Constitution, is the "supreme law of the land") makes it very clear that this war was an unprovoked act of aggression.

[ceholley01]

The UN is a place for countries to settle their differences, it is not the law of the land. It was created after WWII, as an agency/body to help promote peace. It has become a body of corruption. Or is that another piece of history you forgot? Remember, oil for food scandal...oh, that was Sadam too.

The law of the land my friend is called the Consitution of the United States unless you follow shariah law. Then its the Koran or Qua'an.

[PersianGuileAgain]

Where in the U.S. Constitution do you find the relevant 'graph that demonstrates that the U.N. charter supersedes the U.S. Constitution?

[MafcoCinco]

Article VI

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

[PersianGuileAgain]

Although signed as a treaty, the charter was crafted more as a constitution for world government. Its preamble reads like the Constitution, referring to "we the people" as opposed to "we the member-nation governments." It also has an amendment clause similar to Article 5 that allows amendments to the charter approved by a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly.

[PersianGuileAgain]

Because it's a global constitution, the U.N. charter is illegitimate because it created a supranational government that derived its powers not from the consent of the governed but from the consent of the peoples' government officials who have no authority to bind either the American people nor any other nation's people to any terms of the charter.

[PersianGuileAgain]

Unlike the Constitution, the U.N. charter doesn't authorize war, only police acts to keep the peace. In fact, the charter's preamble states the main objective of the signatories was to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war."

[PersianGuileAgain]

False argument.

Go ahead and try to find any supporting evidence that Madison, Jefferson or Hamilton thought that the Constitution should be replaced by a treaty.

It's like writing a will and last testament where you leave all your possessions to your children and then pen in a clause

that arbitrarily leaves your possessions up to anyone who signs another document which then overturns your will.

The Article VI "argument" assumes the Founders were retarded.

[Capitalocracy]

It doesn't supercede the Constitution, but treaties to which the U.S. has agreed legally are equally considered "the law of the land", as is the Constitution.

[PersianGuileAgain]

So you negate your own point and make my argument for me.

The Founders didn't write the Constitution with an internal element that would turn our sovereignty over to a global consensus.

This non-argument you present is old news and logically has no force.

[Capitalocracy]

They don't turn our sovereignty over to global consensus, we have the option of renegotiating or ending treaties by law, the same way we enter into them, but it is in the constitution, and yes, the founders put it there, that if we choose to enter into a treaty, unless we legally end that treaty, it is law in the U.S. This in no way supercedes or overrules the constitution, but under the constitution, it IS the law, and WE chose it to be.

[PersianGuileAgain]

"They don't turn our sovereignty over to global consensus"

Certainly they do. I'm speaking, in this case about opposition to the Iraq war during which many of the anti-war arguments rested their case on the supposed authority of the U.N. over the U.S. constitution. You can see my supporting argument elsewhere in this comments thread.

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[Capitalocracy]

The UN exists because we created it, and it has authority because we gave it authority. We can go against the UN if we choose to by ending our treaties, but to act against our treaties without ending them is to act outside the law under our own constitution. If you want to negate international authority, ask Congress and the president to end our treaties, but don't advocate breaking our own constitutional law by just acting like they don't exist.

[PersianGuileAgain]

Your argument doesn't pass the most elementary test of logic.

Any treaty signed does not supersede the Constitution.

Earlier you were arguing that they "become the law of the land".

You can't have your cake and eat it too. It's either the law of the land, or the Constitution is.

[PersianGuileAgain]

"to act against our treaties without ending them is to act outside the law under our own constitution."

But when a signed treaty and the Constitution are in conflict....guess which document supersedes the other?

Any perusal of Madison's letters to Jefferson regarding Article IV would give you the answer.

But you seem believe you know better than one of the co-authors of the Constitution.

[ceholley01]

His secret police and his two sons supported Sadam...along twith the Bath party. They enjoyed teh power - it was a powerful dictorship...that's why he was a tryant. He was a threat to the area. Always had been. He volated 22 resoliutions by the UN and violated his agreement with us. How much more should we give him. Intel tells us (At the time) he wanted WMDs. He ran a bluff and lost the bet.

[raptorkiller2k5]

So? US continues to have allies that are led by a regime that are just as tyrannical as the Iraqi counterpart. Why not invade Saudi Arabia, a nation far worse than Iraq? The reason the US hasn't is because the nation supports US interests. Saddam Hussein doesn't, and hence he was ousted.

[ceholley01]

Interesting, since America and Iraq voted for their leaders. Saddam wasnt elected nor was their a voice of opposition. They are dead.

Isn' freedom grand - where you can have a voice here.

YOu might not understand or know, but freedom is on the line Yours and mine.

WWIII is now in its early stages....depending upon what happens in the future. A clash of cultures that wil not stop till the moderat Muslims are allowed a voice at the table.

[whineyemokid]

You are citing different events with different causes and effects and linking them together because they involve Muslims committing violence. Terrorists have consistently stated they are attacking the US instead of other free countries due to our brutal foreign policy. Studies have shown spikes in terrrorist recruitment after events like the invasion of Iraq and the bombing of the Al Shifa pharmaceutical plant. To deny the blowback effect is ignorance.

[coeuz]

Wonderful speech. Words of wisdom that we all should take to heart.

[fathead8489]

Zinn, Chomsky, and Finkelstein are my heroes.

[tralbry]

Who is Finkelstein?

[crazymiles]

A political scientist and a very outspoken critic of Israel's policies towards the Palestinians. Very good scholar, very intelligent man.

[UltimateHater1]

Excellent