Re: TruthOut Aug 10 Why Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn
Posted by Myco X on 8/07/10
While Zinn was undoubtedly a hero of critical social thought, the next wave is
being led by writer/activists like John Perkins, who have actually lived inside the
machine and are now working for change. This guy has huevos.
http://www.johnperkins.org
Myco
On 8/05/10, Sharon Kramer wrote:
> http://www.truth-out.org/chris-hedges-why-feds-fear-
> thinkers-like-howard-zinn61978
>
>
> Zinn, who died in January at the age of 87, did not
> advocate violence or support the overthrow of the
> government, something he told FBI interrogators on several
> occasions. He was rather an example of how genuine
> intellectual thought is always subversive. It always
> challenges prevailing assumptions as well as political and
> economic structures. It is based on a fierce moral autonomy
> and personal courage and it is uniformly branded by the
> power elite as “political.” Zinn was a threat not because
> he was a violent revolutionary or a communist but because
> he was fearless and told the truth.
>
> MORE TRUTH OUT:
>
> US Chamber + ACOEM + CA WorkComp "Reform" + UC
> Regent/Governator + Court Bias = Agnotology = RICO
> Interstate Insurer Fraud $$$B = Lives Ruined
>
> http://tiny.cc/2vqfw
>
> http://tiny.cc/h23dl
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