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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:40 PM Original message |
The People Mourn. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. not familiar with his work |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Read him. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Here's a good link to some of his recent writings: |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Honor him |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm nothing like Howard. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Merely |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. A very heartfelt and touching tribute to a great man who will be missed. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am so sad about this. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yeah. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Loved his columns in |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. I know a high school student whose history teacher taught ZINN a few years ago. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You can't stay the same after reading Zinn. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. glad to hear that--I also have a friend who has assigned various chapters of People's History |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. k and r |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. K and R. A true loss for people everywhere. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. I met him once, briefly. He was very TALL. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. You are so lucky. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. that's exactly the first thing i noticed when i saw him in person, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. On television, everyone appears to be the same height. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. He changed the way I see the world. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. And I'd wager you're not the only person to say that. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's hard to read him and not be changed. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I haven't been so bothered by a famous person's death in a |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes, I got weepy tonight, and I almost never do that for public figures. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Me too QC, and that just doesn't happen to me often. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. I downloaded |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. my version is a torrent version as well. nt |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "Back when this was a liberal site" |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Oh well, you and I are just not pragmatic and post-partisan, I guess. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. in mourning also |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. RIP |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. KICK! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. One of the grand old men of the American political scene |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm with you... |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
25. Move over, Studs. You've got company. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. He led a long and productive life and touched so many others |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. Gone when we need people like him the most |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Your second paragraph really made me smile. |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. It is never too early |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Thanks for checking in Goldstein. |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
65. Yes, we were talking about Zinn and a few others |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. He not only stripped away the veils, he walked the walk. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
38. One of the greats, for sure. RIP, Howard Zinn. nt |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
39. We are less without him |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. K&R |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
42. Zinn, Chomsky ....... My heroes too. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. RIP Mr. Zinn. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. He's been on my list of must reads for a while.... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Zinn opened a lot of eyes. Matt Damon was his neighbor as a child |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I had just learned that about them being neighbors. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. "People's History" and Labor History - required reading in school |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Imagine, the first release of People's History was only 5,000 books. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. That was a sweet post OP |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I just posted that quote as an op a little while ago. Thanks for that. nt |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. I gave my son his book when he was in college working on his B.S. in Education/History. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. K & R ...a national treasure. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
56. It will be very lonely with him . .. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
57. And I mourn with you and "the people" |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. My copy's in storage. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. Nice eulogy, Rocky. He will be missed, but not forgotten. I still pick up my copy of |
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democratus (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thank you Mr. Zinn |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
66. He did that for me too |
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