Zinn died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 87. Boston Globe obit here.
If American history is hard to read, it’s because the country’s aspirations fall so far short of its practices. Textbooks tend to respond with cover-ups, but not ones written by Zinn. A People’s History of the United States is a courage teacher. Not only is it scholarly, clear and elegantly written from
original
source materials, its focus is justice: how and when it was denied and
how and when it was achieved. His outrage is accompanied by his
hope, wit and patriotism.
Below, a scene from Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller’s fine documentary titled, Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
(To purchase, go here.)
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When you were the art critic at the PI, I had no idea you were such a leftist. I won’t be reading your blog in the future. It’s way too slanted toward the extreme left. Stick to art. That’s what your editors made you do, obviously.
Listen, Solid American. Wrong. I knew Regina was left and I didn’t read her all that often when she was in the PI. Just when I happened to see an article. The PI was full of left leaners. What I like about Regina is not her politics. I don’t care. It’s that art comes first.
“Solid American” you are not worthy of kissing Howard Zinn’s keister.