Howard Zinn "Three Holy Wars" Progressive's 100 Anniversary

Howard Zinn at Monona Terrace, Madison, WI
5-2-09

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[skiball100points]

I'm proud that this was in my home state.

[ontheearthproduction]

You're right, Howard will be missed.

Noam Chomsky will be in Madison, WI on April 8th

come if you can.  k

[Peta51]

Good educational speech. We need to also factor in the Mexican role in American history and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

[ontheearthproduction]

great comment, thank you.

k

[bapyou]

"Senile, impetuous, self centered, naive, ignorant old coot."

Hmm. You've described Ronald Reagan perfectly.

[mhutch45]

sad to see the reactionary demons have insulted such a great man who has done so much for the cause of justice

[cacsoccer101]

@bookhound63 you are so ignorant if you believe that.. just saying

[starfire5611]

A decent and honest man who taught me a great deal. Humble yet courageous , Mr. Zinn never tires of shining light into the darker coners of history. The posting of this video is appreciated.

[jjamerican93]

RIP Howard Zinn.  Your humility will not be forgotten.

[mcc1789]

Howard Zinn is great, and so was this lecture. However...at the end, his analogy is flawed, I am sad to say. Yes, the ANC used passive resistance and other tactics first. In the end they used violence though. I'm not saying it was right or wrong to do that, and under the circumstances it made sense. That is the point though. When innocent people were killed in passive resistance, the ANC used violence. Of course there were atrocities on both sides then. What happens when they will just kill you?

[bookhound63]

OMG This man is LYING to you. Yes colonies WERE pushing British sympathizers out, But then King George sent troops to subdue the colonies. They fired the first shots killing 18 men. THAT started the war. We had to fight or die.

[chrisrhudy02]

"when I got out of school, I began to learn things" @ around 19:00

[segan25]

this is amazing!!! i'm from israel... i try to educate myself on american politics whenever possible... and i have never found a lecture so awe inspiring about american history, class struggle and ahisma. i urge all of you who found this video inspiring to read and view videos of Yeshayahu Leibowitz, a religious jew who spoke against the israeli occupation. if possible (i havn't found a translated vid but.. search for it), see his debate with Israel Eldad.

shalom...

[CamstaQuinn]

I'll miss you, Howard.