I would like to make a small post mention of US historian Howard Zinn, author (and activist) of A People's History of the United States. Which has been copied by nearly everyone, including Christianity. The book has its own wikipedia entry. Howard Zinn passed away yesterday which is a tragic loss to history and humanity. Zinn was an activist who spoke out against the unbelieveable corruption and war criminals who lead the US over the last decade, as well as being vocal against the elites who have dominated US history. His book will be recommended reading in my history class this year. You can find a number of his books, interviews and speeches/lectures online. I'll finish with some quotes of his:
If those in charge of our society — politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television — can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable
It is possible, reading standard histories, to forget half the population of the country. The explorers were men, the landholders and merchants men, the political leaders men, the military figures men. The very invisibility of women, the overlooking of women, is a sign of their submerged status
And my favourite, (thanks to friend Rebekah Nathan for sharing):
I suggest that if you know history, then you might not be so easily
fooled by the government when it tells you you must go to war for this
or that reason -that history is a protective armor against being
misled
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