Howard Zinn, RIP

Michael Balter 1/28/2010 01:21:00 AM Politics
An excellent obituary of the "people's historian" can be found here, and a very recent interview with Zinn about his documentary "The People Speak" and other important matters is at this link.

(Thanks to PG for the heads up on these links.)

On another matter entirely. I gather that America (or some of it) has been transfixed by the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien affair. So much attention to two guys who aren't very funny, nor are their writers.
Michael Balter

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I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE

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Anne Gilbert said…
This is incredibly sad. The death of Howard Zinn(and yes, I read A People's History of the United States), leaves a great big hole in the landscape. Who will come and fill it? I wish I knew. He was one of the few truly humane people I know of, left in the landscape.
Anne G
January 28, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Andrew Hunt said…
Thank you for the kind words about Howard Zinn. He was a true hero and he exercised a huge influence on generations of students - myself included.

I hope all's well with you, Michael. I'm back in business, this time with an animal rights blog:

http://planetoftheanimals.blogspot.com/

Take good care!

Andrew
January 29, 2010 at 12:00 PM
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