[ALOCHONA] Bill Moyers at Howard Zinn Lecture Series

 
 
We honor his memory. We honor him, for Howard championed grassroots social change and famously chronicled its story as played out over the course of our nation's history. More, those stirring sagas have inspired and continue to inspire countless people to go out and make a difference. The last time we met, I told him that the stories in A People's History of the United States remind me of the fellow who turned the corner just as a big fight broke out down the block. Rushing up to an onlooker he shouted, "Is this a private fight, or can anyone get in it?" For Howard, democracy was one big public fight and everyone should plunge into it. That's the only way, he said, for everyday folks to get justice – by fighting for it.We honor his memory. We honor him, for Howard championed grassroots social change and famously chronicled its story as played out over the course of our nation's history. More, those stirring sagas have inspired and continue to inspire countless people to go out and make a difference. The last time we met, I told him that the stories in A People's History of the United States remind me of the fellow who turned the corner just as a big fight broke out down the block. Rushing up to an onlooker he shouted, "Is this a private fight, or can anyone get in it?" For Howard, democracy was one big public fight and everyone should plunge into it. That's the only way, he said, for everyday folks to get justice – by fighting for it.
 
http://www.truth-out.org/bill-moyers-money-fights-hard-and-it-fights-dirty64766
 
 
                    For all those who do not have a copy at home yet  I urge them to rush to the bookstore and get a paperback of
                  A People's History of the United States
 
                     In the midst of the Midterm Election doldrums it will help you to see a silver lining.
 
                     If you are a keen learner then Zinn's book teaches you how to be a better reader of history, any history, not just the history of the USA.  In the first chapter, in tne story of Columbus' fake "discovery" of America, you will note how Zinn contrasts the postures of re;igiosity of Columbus with the humanism of a Spanish priest whose diaries exposed the cruelties inflicted by the Spanish seamen upon the natives.  I loved watching and listening to Howard Zinn on C-SPAN whenever I had a chance.
 
                    Some day I hope someone will write A People's History of the Indian Penninsula.
 
                                       Farida Majid

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