Monday, March 12, 2012
Zinn Remembered
When I first started this weblog in 2010 (was it really that long ago!) Howard Zinn had just passed away. I saw a short interview with him in a movie the other day (the movie was The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, highly recommended). He had such a wonderful way about him, how he talked with such good manners, grace, and clarity. He reminded me of Tolkien, and I just had this horrified thought of 'wow, these people aren't here anymore. They're like fallen giants. We need people like this in the world.' They are here through what they wrote, of course. I can't believe that people go so quickly, and sometimes unnoticed. Well, history is made up of death and birth so I really shouldn't be surprised.
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Aw, I really need to learn more about Zinn. Unfortunately things about amazing people like that don't fall under "required" reading.
ReplyDeleteI think that Tolkien would die if he saw the world today, as one who abhors machines and technology.
Me too. He really was an amazing person. playwright, author, social activist...
ReplyDeleteech. Sometimes I think machines are good, but...most of the time i don't. When the knitting machine was invented by *checks stitch 'n bitch* William Lee in Britain in 1589, it put tons of people out of work. Imagine knitting for money.