Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. - Leo Tolstoy
Friday, March 5, 2010
C-Span recently aired the Tribute to Howard Zinn that took place on Febuary 15th.
Friends of Howard Zinn gathered at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC to pay tribute to the historian and political activist who died on January 27, 2010. The speakers included Ralph Nader, Marian Wright Edelman, Amy Goodman, Dave Zirin, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Phyllis Bennis, Geoffrey Millard, Richard Rubenstein, and Busboys and Poets' owner Andy Shallal. The program also included music by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Emma's Revolution, readings from Howard Zinn's books
Watch it here
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