Howard Zinn has Died - RIP

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  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    There are only about 4 people who I've never met that when they die shakes me up. He's one. We (I mean everyone) will miss him and never replace him.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • MajLreap
    MajLreap Posts: 100
    I also shook his hand after Eddie's show in Boston. I will never forget it. There was something powerful about his handshake. It's not that his grip was tight or firm but you felt something inside when you shook his hand. Something that I can't describe. He was a great social activist and historian and I will never forget the day I met him.
  • Piper At The Gates
    Piper At The Gates Posts: 460
    A brilliant man. He lived to be 87, I think, so he had a long time to write, teach, lecture, etc. That's good.
  • JR86440
    JR86440 Posts: 753
    Zinn and Pearl Jam will forever be connected. Last April I was at The People Speak premier and Howard, Eddie, Mike and Jeff were there. I got to meet Ed one on one with my wife along with Jeff and Mike. Have my cherished pick with Ed..If not for Howard, I never would have met PJ!!
  • Cletus Ledbetter
    Cletus Ledbetter Posts: 39
    Democracy Now pays tribute to the great historian Howard Zinn on today's show:

    http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/28/h ... _a_tribute

    RIP Howard Zinn.
    Like echoes, nobody hears
  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    This is a rough week! I just found out that JD Salinger has died as well.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Didnt really know anything about this guy so i cheekily downloaded "you cant be neural.." and thought it was pretty interesting, didnt really blow me away, im not american as well so thats why it didnt really hit me as much but he had a good overall message and its a shame a good mind has gone.
  • Ok
    Ok Posts: 2,146
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    This is a rough week! I just found out that JD Salinger has died as well.

    I just saw this as well. Two great authors gone. Sad.
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Note from Ed on the passing of Howard Zinn
    01.28.10



    January 27, 2010


    One phrase that Howard Zinn made irrelevant is that "only the good die young.,," Howard Zinn passed away today at age 87, and he was great.

    Though he had a full life, one that the rest of us can only aspire to, the news is still heartbreaking. For we have lost a truly bright light, and a wisdom seemingly unparalleled.

    Fortunately he has left us with a body of work so extraordinary that it will be drawn upon for centuries to come...

    He was a true and constant source of inspiration for myself and countless others.. For me, he was the true embodiment of hope... And a living reminder to keep that hope alive.

    I'm so grateful for his friendship..
    I will miss him for the rest of my days.

    Ed
  • PilateIsMyDog
    PilateIsMyDog Posts: 32
    "Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality of enormous wealth in the hands of a few, while billions of people in the world are hungry, sick, homeless."

    I am so thankful to have lived in a world that gave us Howard Zinn. His brilliant mind will be greatly missed.
  • Whizbang
    Whizbang Posts: 1,314
    some of the articles on his death noted him to be leftist.....for a middle of the road,fiscally conservative person, I received the gift of an open mind from Mr. Zinn. My opinion...but no matter your view, he asked that you research, see all three views (yes, three...yours, mine and the truth) and take a stand for what you believe. The U.S. IS a democracy and we all have a voice. Use it.

    RIP Mr. Zinn.
    believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.

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  • A satellite forever orbiting
    A satellite forever orbiting Posts: 1,888
    i've been in my own little world of amazingness for the last week. this made me really, really sad. i LOVE that man's work.

    i was lucky enough to be front row in boston in 04 and got the chance to have a special connection to him and that show.

    you will be missed my millions. you were a great man and the world is a better place because of you.
    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
  • IamMine
    IamMine Posts: 2,743
    In case anyone missed Ed's note on the front page:

    http://www.pearljam.com/news/note-ed-pa ... oward-zinn

    January 27, 2010


    One phrase that Howard Zinn made irrelevant is that "only the good die young.,," Howard Zinn passed away today at age 87, and he was great.

    Though he had a full life, one that the rest of us can only aspire to, the news is still heartbreaking. For we have lost a truly bright light, and a wisdom seemingly unparalleled.

    Fortunately he has left us with a body of work so extraordinary that it will be drawn upon for centuries to come...

    He was a true and constant source of inspiration for myself and countless others.. For me, he was the true embodiment of hope... And a living reminder to keep that hope alive.

    I'm so grateful for his friendship..
    I will miss him for the rest of my days.

    Ed
    JA: Why do I get the Ticketmaster question?
    EV: It's your band.
    ~Q Magazine


    "Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    sorry if this has been posted.

    a page of zinn quotes. good stuff.

    http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

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