Thank you Howard. I regret never having met you, but thank God for the invaluable perspective you have given for America to consider. It is very important we all do so. RH. Henkle, US Army Retired.
He is my hero. So sorry we have lost him, but so glad we have his books and these videos. A true historian who connected the dots for students and everyone else.
Notes and quotes: 43:20 “And so when President Clinton gets on the air in his inaugural address, talks in such glowing terms about how wonderful everything is and this inflation has gone down and income has gone up, and unemployment, so on. Well, serious questions need to be asked. What did he omit? He seems to have omitted the fact that every year in this country 40,000 children die before they are one year old. That the infant mortality in the United States ranks 20th among 20 industrialized countries in the matter of dealing with infant mortality. That there are parts of American cities where the rate of children dying, of infants dying is like the rate in Bangledesh or Guatemala. And these are things omitted in these very romantic descriptions of how well we are doing. It is possible to live in the United States because we are a very rich country and we have many, many signs of wealth. We do have a big middle class, even though that middle class is very nervous. But we do have all the signs that it’s possible not to pay any attention to the 30 or 40 million people who don’t have health insurance and to the kids who are dying. And by the way all those kids who are dying, half of them are black. 13% of the population is black but 50% of the kids who die before they are one year old are black. Class and race intersect. Poverty and race intersect again and again. So I would suggest that we need to think about not just that but how things have been omitted about other issues than class, about war, about race, when things are omitted and when you don’t know any history it’s as if you were born yesterday and anything can be told to you. Cause if you’re born yesterday the president can get on television and say ‘Something has happened in this part of the world. We must go over there and bomb for freedom.’” ***50:13 “How does change come about? How are we going to do anything about all of this? One thing is clear. Real change is not going to happen in this country as a result of voting. I’m sorry to say that cause I know we’re all brought up on these, we’re taught this is democracy. Democracy, the highest act of citizenship is to go to the polls every two years or four years and pull down that little lever. You’ve done your job. Now you can go home and we’ll take care of the rest. And they do. But voting, historically, voting has not made any major changes.” 51:00 “I saw a bumper sticker not long ago it said ‘If the gods had intended us to vote they would’ve given us candidates.’ Well, as a matter of fact I don’t think the gods would be in a position to give us candidates cause they probably don’t have enough money. You see, you need money to get into the electoral process. You know, and Jesus, or Moses, or Buddha, or Mohammad had showed up at the White House without money they would not be allowed in. They would need $200,000 to have dinner with Clinton. Or if it were a republican president they would need $300,000. You see, that’s the difference between republicans and democrats. It’s enormous difference.” 51:50 “Change has taken place in this country when people have gotten together, when citizens have organized. Slavery was not done away with by a Lincolnian edict. Slavery was done away with by the growth of a great anti-slavery movement in this country, black and white abolitionist who put pressure on Lincoln again and again and again and on Congress until finally they began to act. And then they had to do it again in the 1960’s when again Kennedy, Johnson, were not going to act until black people took to the streets and went to prison and were beaten and were killed. Citizens got together and organized and took risks and only then was racial segregation done away with in the South. The labor movement, the 8 hour day was not won by the kindness of employers deciding to give the 8 hour day or by the initiative of government. Not at all. The 8 hour day was won by workers in the 19th century and 20th century going out on strike, facing the National Guard and the army and struggling and changing the conditions of their lives. And women did not get to the point of this new feminist consciousness that we have today because of any government initiatives. They did it on their own. And disabled people did not win the right to wheel chair access or to have the streets changed so they could move around, they did not get this because Congress or the President or because somebody who was just elected did anything about it. No. The channels of government that they always tell us to use, you know, go through channels. They’re not channels. They’re mazes. Into which we are invited to get lost. And so what we’ve learned historically is that you don’t go through, the channels won’t do it. The channels will only begin to work when citizens organize and create a commotion.”
I would advise people to get familiar with the work of Jacque Fresco. There's no one else who compiled all the problems and than presented a feasible new socio-economic system that solves them...No one.
An important distinction. Of course if the human species destroys itself it will take many other species along with it, so it may not be the planet but it isn't just us.
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Thank you Howard. I regret never having met you, but thank God for the invaluable perspective you have given for America to consider. It is very important we all do so. RH. Henkle, US Army Retired.
Double salute to you Mr Henkle!
I agree Damon. Every American needs to listen to Mr Zinn
He is my hero. So sorry we have lost him, but so glad we have his books and these videos. A true historian who connected the dots for students and everyone else.
Great man and scientist! I learn my students about him although it's not in our teaching planes!
Greetings from Republic of Srpska (Bosnia)
Beautiful! I hope you will always teach your young people the truth of oppression. We will be fighting that fight here, in the heart of empire.
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Just discovered this guy!
I went to what was a celebration of life In Santa Monica CA. Dang he was Massachusetts. Everybody there was so kind.
Notes and quotes:
43:20 “And so when President Clinton gets on the air in his inaugural address, talks in such glowing terms about how wonderful everything is and this inflation has gone down and income has gone up, and unemployment, so on. Well, serious questions need to be asked.
What did he omit? He seems to have omitted the fact that every year in this country 40,000 children die before they are one year old. That the infant mortality in the United States ranks 20th among 20 industrialized countries in the matter of dealing with infant mortality. That there are parts of American cities where the rate of children dying, of infants dying is like the rate in Bangledesh or Guatemala. And these are things omitted in these very romantic descriptions of how well we are doing.
It is possible to live in the United States because we are a very rich country and we have many, many signs of wealth. We do have a big middle class, even though that middle class is very nervous. But we do have all the signs that it’s possible not to pay any attention to the 30 or 40 million people who don’t have health insurance and to the kids who are dying. And by the way all those kids who are dying, half of them are black. 13% of the population is black but 50% of the kids who die before they are one year old are black. Class and race intersect. Poverty and race intersect again and again.
So I would suggest that we need to think about not just that but how things have been omitted about other issues than class, about war, about race, when things are omitted and when you don’t know any history it’s as if you were born yesterday and anything can be told to you. Cause if you’re born yesterday the president can get on television and say ‘Something has happened in this part of the world. We must go over there and bomb for freedom.’”
***50:13
“How does change come about? How are we going to do anything about all of this? One thing is clear. Real change is not going to happen in this country as a result of voting. I’m sorry to say that cause I know we’re all brought up on these, we’re taught this is democracy. Democracy, the highest act of citizenship is to go to the polls every two years or four years and pull down that little lever. You’ve done your job. Now you can go home and we’ll take care of the rest. And they do. But voting, historically, voting has not made any major changes.”
51:00
“I saw a bumper sticker not long ago it said ‘If the gods had intended us to vote they would’ve given us candidates.’ Well, as a matter of fact I don’t think the gods would be in a position to give us candidates cause they probably don’t have enough money. You see, you need money to get into the electoral process. You know, and Jesus, or Moses, or Buddha, or Mohammad had showed up at the White House without money they would not be allowed in. They would need $200,000 to have dinner with Clinton. Or if it were a republican president they would need $300,000. You see, that’s the difference between republicans and democrats. It’s enormous difference.”
51:50
“Change has taken place in this country when people have gotten together, when citizens have organized. Slavery was not done away with by a Lincolnian edict. Slavery was done away with by the growth of a great anti-slavery movement in this country, black and white abolitionist who put pressure on Lincoln again and again and again and on Congress until finally they began to act. And then they had to do it again in the 1960’s when again Kennedy, Johnson, were not going to act until black people took to the streets and went to prison and were beaten and were killed. Citizens got together and organized and took risks and only then was racial segregation done away with in the South.
The labor movement, the 8 hour day was not won by the kindness of employers deciding to give the 8 hour day or by the initiative of government. Not at all. The 8 hour day was won by workers in the 19th century and 20th century going out on strike, facing the National Guard and the army and struggling and changing the conditions of their lives.
And women did not get to the point of this new feminist consciousness that we have today because of any government initiatives. They did it on their own. And disabled people did not win the right to wheel chair access or to have the streets changed so they could move around, they did not get this because Congress or the President or because somebody who was just elected did anything about it. No. The channels of government that they always tell us to use, you know, go through channels. They’re not channels. They’re mazes. Into which we are invited to get lost. And so what we’ve learned historically is that you don’t go through, the channels won’t do it. The channels will only begin to work when citizens organize and create a commotion.”
Thanks for doing this!
Truth lies closer to the Grave and YES I miss HOWARD, a lot.
Talk begins 7:40
We could afford to loose a man like this.A great man.
I don't think you meant to write that
Howard Zinn comes on at 7:25
thanks!
the planet isn't doomed... We are!
Shame this doesn't have 10 million views. This planet is doomed.
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I would advise people to get familiar with the work of Jacque Fresco. There's no one else who compiled all the problems and than presented a feasible new socio-economic system that solves them...No one.
An important distinction. Of course if the human species destroys itself it will take many other species along with it, so it may not be the planet but it isn't just us.
I think the noted date is incorrect. Zinn mentions 1995 around minute 10.
That's what I come up with too. This is post 50th Anniversary of atomic bombing of Japan. Date may have been transposed from 2-2-97.
starts 7:40
It is a shame Columbus Day is still celebrated in U.S.
R.I.P.
i love english langgauge
Please read Mary Grabar's " Debunking Howard Zinn" also UA-cam's " The Influence of Howard Zinn's Fake History".
An impressive man and historian. Lucky, too. He didn't have to weather the cringe-worthy Trump presidency.
Stanford shows Zinn w as rotten liar on Japan in WW2 and other stuff. See my videos!