Howard Zinn Lecture Series: Howard Zinn, Bringing Democracy Alive

[@timyates807]

i really enjoyed Mr Zinns lecture , im always disappointed when i stumble upon people that i know i will benefit from listening to but know i will never get to thank them. however the fact that these lectures have been recorded and his knowledge and lifes experience will stay with us .which is a blessing . providing the first amendment holds up a while longer. thank you Mr Zinn ,rest in peace sir . Thanks BU too.

[@Insightts]

RIP Professor Howard Zinn and thank you for everything, we wont forget you.

[@MoniqueWyatt]

Discovering true genius after they are dead... RIP, I am going to watch all your lectures.

[@carolinee4709]

Monique Wyatt, you should definitely watch all his lectures. He was a beautiful person who truly cared for people and continually strove making our world a better and more peaceful place.

[@HisChildj]

Better world for the lowest amongst us by bringing everyone else down, only works if you are jealous and think you’re the lowest.

[@soundemics8704]

I'm too said to even say what I felt I wanted. So intelligent and comprehensive that these lectures have impacted my life from many a thousands of miles away. Ty

[@egfabt]

Rest In Peace, Howard. You were a true gem: integrity, honesty, humour, and heart. The world is a poorer place without you.

[@howardzinnprovedbigwrongby873]

He was not that honest. See my channel.

[@thumblesteen7696]

To be fair, the world is a poorer place every morning we wake up under the dominion of global capitalism. Statistics don't lie.

[@titobandito6060]

@@howardzinnprovedbigwrongby873 troll

[@pammonson3036]

@@thumblesteen7696 I don’t think so.

[@saskk2290]

@@pammonson3036 yes..the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is a maxim in this paradigm. And this paradigm has endured for most of history and most places. If you believe in climate breakdown or it's mitigation, we will need to change the paradigm

[@rquincy4113]

Who else is here in 2021 listing to this beautiful man describe the US as 'liberal democracy'? *SIGH* RIP Howard Zinn. Thanks for having faith in us all. We American Millennials will promptly be throwing that out, but... we still love you

[@KevanMajere33]

It was sarcasm bro, i still love u btw

[@renelichtman4183]

So brilliant, moving, many answers for us today...

[@rachendrapyakurel9911]

RIP Sir! You make my eyes wet and my heart light.

[@NoOne-le5mj]

This needs more views... I am weary of ideologues for perpetual complacency of our 'exceptionalism'.

[@1828tolstoy]

What a great man.Should be a household name.

[@thermodynamics458]

This should be compulsory viewing for every child in the country.

[@paymansepehri5704]

brilliant human being the whole world owes a huge debt to you

[@elcenajeffers8163]

We must improve on the Professor's work.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

Why?

[@cminor99]

I will love you forever, Howard.

[@catherinewalsh3083]

Thanks for your presence and teaching and for bringing Democracy alive

[@joshuaklein2859]

Take a shot every time he bumps into the Mic:) all good... much love for Zinn

[@carolinee4709]

RIP Howard Zinn , you were a true peace activist and humanitarian. The world is a better place because of you.

[@williamwhitten7820]

Howard Zinn was a Communist who despised the United States and presented a false narrative concerning our history, very much in the fashion of the 1619 Project that came later in 2020, funded by the corporatist "paper of record" the NY Times. All bogus history by Zinn and his later acolytes The 1619 Project is a long-form journalism endeavor developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, writers from The New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine which "*aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States' national narrative.*

[@sawyerstudio]

17:30 for Howard

[@hirschowitz1]

Why did this man not win a Nobel Prize?

[@davidhoran7116]

Jenny Hirschowitz That would be reserved for war mongers like Henry Kissinger

Because he was actually FOR peace

[@Copainization]

@@davidhoran7116 Maybe because he was possibly a child molester?

[@strega1380]

@@Copainization You know you could end up in jail for spreading libel

[@tanyatroxler5303]

Probably because his works are based on fictions and lies

[@erpthompsonqueen9130]

Thank you.

[@feelwang]

It is like driving in time machine car with the best narrator. RIP

[@roubika1922]

Jesus has a true brother in heaven. God bless you

[@aaronj8599]

He’s so inspiring

[@peacetheworld...........7105]

His legacy Continues.......... Rip..... Zinn.

[@kellyy5834]

Such a wise man

[@carolpridgeon8200]

I so admire Howard Zinn. And I just have to make a comment about making Nancy Pelosi President. We all know now she's just part of the game. I think we all know now we're well Beyond using the Constitution in today's world. No politician pays much attention to it. Ed Snowden dead it meant a lot to him. This is 20/20 things have gotten a lot worse since Howard I really I wish we had him today namaste

[@strega1380]

Yeah I cringed so hard at that suggestion

[@pad5152]

I was just introduced to Howard Zim with the Life & career interview 2010. Here I see he has taken up the cudgel against the earpiece of the right: yet at the end of all this blather both microphones are still standing. What is to be done?

[@Achrononmaster]

Hi, I'm US of A. It's been twelve days since my last drone bombing attack on foreigners...

[@micnorton9487]

The form is, hi, I'm America,, and I'm a fascist pseudo-democracy,, it's been 12 days since my last illegal drone hit of a foreign national without due process..", you know...

[@1828tolstoy]

You may like Michael Parenti also.

[@dasssjam7413]

RIP Howard Zinn,

[@mrmichael112002]

Basics here - remove lobbyists and political fundraising as a whole. Laws are not created for the people. Laws are created for lobbyists and special interest groups. How could any bill not be clearly explained to the people with all of its ugly riders. The people would realize the system is severely broken in the first quarter that this happened. The people need to take their power back without faction driven ridiculous activities. People love to be blind and argue today’s fed or state topics which is useless. Step back- review the machine- you’re never asked nor educated on the raw details of any bill on its way to law. The people with a vote is deemed nearly useless as a result. Wake up. 🎉❤

[@mrmichael112002]

Anyone signs that line serves unless exceptional elements exist. I’m not saying blind go fight. You sign- default is you’re in.

[@carlwagner8676]

You spent over 16 minutes introducing him? Why don’t you people get out of the way and let him speak

[@sheiladenton9555]

🙌💪🛐

[@micnorton9487]

Because this is Boston,, and this is how they show rank,, the higher your standing,, the longer the introductions lol...

[@walterdryja5201]

Ziinn at 17:25

[@gtsteirer]

Masterclass

[@chuckdavis8016]

Chile exercises its democracy much better than the US. It's not perfect, but it is a bit accountable to the electorate, and the government is representative, with some very good structures.....

[@zarategabe]

Yeah but they need to replace the Pinochet constitution as soon as possible. They need better economic policies than more neo-liberalism as well.

[@LivelysReport]

And the Clapping for this man.. great, but whom else should you be clapping for in this country? All them BRAVE SOULS who have a CAMERA in hand and take to task this government from being TYRANTS.. they are often called First Amendment Auditors.. applaud them as well, daily they put their lives on the line for the rest of us.. working hard to make sure this current government does not roll over the rights of us all..

[@LivelysReport]

How can you effect change in your own government.. wait for a first amendment auditor to show up and ask for records and make sure he gets them records, they may be showing corruption within the government.. unless changing the government is not really what you had in mind..

[@kennytheclown3859]

I'm reading his book "People's history of the United States" right now.

[@elcenajeffers8163]

RIP Professor Richard Cheney Zinn

[@BrainsaBirdsNest]

25:40

[@dmihaesi]

RIP commrade zin!

[@paulmicks7097]

Look at war as the good ole ruling class human sacrifice rituals .... thousands of years ole and humanity just hasn't been able to shake the behavior... why ? Answers vary but the core must be wealth and luxury , and the ability to direct violence to achieve those personal goals from a safe distance.

[@kellywalker1664]

That's a good interpretation of war, that's for sure. Throwing souls into a grinder to consolidate power pretty much defines it.

[@paulfranco3239]

💛💛💛

[@TWJfdsa]

Had to stop ten minutes in- all they accomplished was to belaud themselves

[@Copainization]

Another white farmer in South Africa was just murdered. Ending apartheid was such a wonderful transformation, no?

[@strega1380]

yes

[@saskk2290]

Obviously? Ever wonder why there are white farmers there at all?

[@petersanmiguel1164]

1 John 2:22,23 and 1 John 5:11,12.

[@Miguel_El_Chileno]

Imperialists Anonymous

[@Dukilein1984]

As honest as it gets.

[@anderslarsen4912]

People are laughing but it's no laughing matter. The propensity towards fascism is not unique to the US. US top lapdog, Denmark, has likewise implemented laws that seriously clash with civil rights.

[@carolpridgeon8200]

Wow, yes watch what is happening now in the plandemic. It has been a slippery slope every since George Bush Jr......and no protests.

[@AthosRac]

He was right!

[@davidjoost]

thos e poor mics

[@kevinclarke1222]

Please read Mary Grabar's book on this guy.( "Debunking Howard Zinn "and KZbin's " The Influence of Howard Zinn's Fake History" I hope we can handle opposing narratives maturely. For individuals to draw their own conclusions.

[@saskk2290]

That woman has made a living smearing one of the most goodhearted and patriotic Americans in history. Shame on her. He wasn't a fucking communist. If he was then I am too.

[@micnorton9487]

Oh I've come to my own conclusions and concluded that Zinn doesn't even go far enough... Ever hear about the cartel murders in Mexico that are happening nowadays? You can lay that all at the foot of prohibition because that's where all the money is coming from for these lunatics guns and ammunition and political protection... Without prohibition, the market would be regularized, and not one gram of substance would have to come through these maniacs... This is what unregulated capitalism produces,, and Zinn doesn't even suggest that Wall Street has to be completely destroyed for any progress to take place in America...

[@RockGlock10]

Our democracy does not change itself. The People change their government by voting for representatives to enact or repeal legislation; and the People elect the leader of our democracy. Government employees do neither, except in the capacity of voters.

[@micnorton9487]

Yes and that would be great if it worked that way,, unfortunately it doesn't... Since Capital has always risen above both parties, that puts Capital right in the driver's seat, and as long as people make a god of profit, we'll have stupidity ruling the day...

[@blu3_enjoy]

@@micnorton9487 people choose what they spend money on

[@larryrobinson6914]

I'm a leftie and I thought I you were mostly hot air

[@micnorton9487]

In a way he was, but you have to figure that he's a university educated guy and was shooting more towards marxism.. and as Marxism still holds an aristocracy sacred, it's not a real lot of progress.. but Howard Zinn pointed the way anyway, in my view he goes about a third of the way towards true egalitarianism,, but the corporate method has to be dead for that to even start to be planned...

[@eddyk2016]

Howard Zinn, the tyrant of microphone's

[@1828tolstoy]

Zinn at1700

[@Miguel_El_Chileno]

Howard Zinn should have been US President, He could have been a Great Reformer like Mikhail Gorbachev was in the Soviet Union from 1985-1991

[@robertrichard6107]

They had to install propaganda ministers on the air by 1987 for hysterical Tom Clancy followers by then like Rush Limbaugh.

[@upsty6499]

The only problem i see in this with Zinn is he attempts to put the blame of past events on society as a whole which is presumptuous

[@saskk2290]

We are bystanders every second we do nothing. That's just reality

[@kellywalker1664]

Events that don't have consequences for the perpetrators are systemic. Lynchings? Systemic. Prison industrial complex? Systemic. If the Bad Apple isn't separated from the barrel it's systemic.

[@josephososkie3029]

He is just as droll and self effacing as Leonard Bernstein. Where did he get his history degrees?

[@micnorton9487]

Where'd you get yours? I suppose Howard didn't give real barn burner daytime rallies like Trump huh,, real boring listening to actual peace loving people huh? Not enough lies for you? Go put on your Hawaiian shirt and memorize breakfast cereals lol...

[@drakekoefoed1642]

16 minutes of bull

[@pammonson3036]

Agree

[@numbchomskull]

What would Howard Zinn be doing if he were alive today? Scratching at the lid of his coffin.

[@deborahlh7847]

This author cherry-picks and distorting the history of the United States. Below is information from a book critiquing the errors. What's the process of reviewing and extracting this book from Fairfax County Public Schools distribution? Mary Graber's new book, Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History that Turned a Generation against America: "Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold more than 2.5 million copies. It is pushed by Hollywood celebrities, defended by university professors who know better, and assigned in high school and college classrooms to teach students that American history is nothing more than a litany of oppression, slavery, and exploitation. Zinn’s history is popular, but it is also massively wrong. Scholar Mary Grabar exposes just how wrong in her stunning new book Debunking Howard Zinn, which demolishes Zinn’s Marxist talking points that now dominate American education. In Debunking Howard Zinn, you’ll learn, contra Zinn: How Columbus was not a genocidal maniac, and was, in fact, a defender of Indians Why the American Indians were not feminist-communist sexual revolutionaries ahead of their time How the United States was founded to protect liberty, not white males’ ill-gotten wealth Why Americans of the “Greatest Generation” were not the equivalent of Nazi war criminals How the Viet Cong were not well-meaning community leaders advocating for local self-rule Why the Black Panthers were not civil rights leaders Grabar also reveals Zinn’s bag of dishonest rhetorical tricks: his slavish reliance on partisan history, explicit rejection of historical balance, and selective quotation of sources to make them say the exact opposite of what their authors intended. If you care about America’s past-and our future-you need this book. There are several other critical reviews of this so-called historian news.stanford.edu/news/2012/december/wineburg-historiography-zinn-122012.html . www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/lies-the-debunkers-told-me-how-bad-history-books-win-us-over/260251/ .

[@Dukilein1984]

It is obvious that the USA is warmongering all over and people of countries do not see the USA in a leading role anywhere. Spying on citizens and the world and going to war while opiods hit your people. You should take care of your nation, nothing else.

[@carolpridgeon8200]

OH, brother are you ever in denial. Have you read Howard Zinn's books......have you researched, because if you have you will have to agree he presents evidence of how the policies of the US affected the people who lived and live here.

[@mikem820]

And what branch of service did you serve in sister ? I think zinn has seen first hand the horrors and atrocities we have produced in the name of bringing democracy to a peaceful nation. No offense to your Fox News inspired contradictory points, but I’ll stand with Zinn. I love your snide little Marxist insult you throw out... maybe you ought to read some of his books and learn what Marxism is

[@pammonson3036]

@@carolpridgeon8200 was

[@pammonson3036]

Deborah Homer- I agree with you completely. We should not whitewash our history but it’s critical for our future that we are honest about it. Zinn has a definite bias in the worst way against the virtues of our founding. He should at least be honest about it. History is complicated.