Comments on: History Hacker http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/28/history-hacker/ We learn, share, and make things Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Tiffany http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/28/history-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-6171 Michael Tiffany Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:41:59 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=2443#comment-6171 Speaking of the Lord of the Rings and Howard Zinn, I present to you:<br>Unused Audio Commentary By Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002, For The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) DVD<br>Part One: <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/04/22fellowship.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/04/22fellowship....</a><br>Part Two: <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/04/23fellowship.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/04/23fellowship....</a> Speaking of the Lord of the Rings and Howard Zinn, I present to you:
Unused Audio Commentary By Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002, For The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) DVD
Part One: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/04/22fellowship….
Part Two: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/04/23fellowship….

]]> By: openfly http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/28/history-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-6169 openfly Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:52:13 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=2443#comment-6169 Well the quintessential book of Zinn's is the people's history of the United States. I'd start there. Well the quintessential book of Zinn's is the people's history of the United States. I'd start there.

]]> By: julianabr http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/28/history-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-6163 julianabr Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:55:32 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=2443#comment-6163 I happened upon this site looking for something else, and came across your heartfelt tribute Zinn. OK, I'm game. What works should I start with? I happened upon this site looking for something else, and came across your heartfelt tribute Zinn. OK, I'm game. What works should I start with?

]]> By: Beef http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/28/history-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-6161 Beef Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:38:18 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=2443#comment-6161 "We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness-embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television. This would seem to lead to a simple conclusion: that we all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas.<br>— Howard Zinn, 2005"<br><br>Very well said. My time came during the Carter administration, when I realized that government programs create far more more problems than they solve. “We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness-embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television. This would seem to lead to a simple conclusion: that we all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas.
— Howard Zinn, 2005″

Very well said. My time came during the Carter administration, when I realized that government programs create far more more problems than they solve.

]]> By: Hans-Christoph Steiner http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/28/history-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-6150 Hans-Christoph Steiner Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:52:33 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/?p=2443#comment-6150 Well said Matt. I unfortunately was first exposed to Zinn much later, but reading A People's History of the United States was a transfiguring experience. First it made me realize how the stories I had learned about the history never entirely made complete sense. For example, if the USA was this great beacon of freedom, why did the Indians join with the French Monarchy to fight against us? People's History filled in the holes and made me feel, for the first time, that I had begun to grasp the history of this nation. Well said Matt. I unfortunately was first exposed to Zinn much later, but reading A People's History of the United States was a transfiguring experience. First it made me realize how the stories I had learned about the history never entirely made complete sense. For example, if the USA was this great beacon of freedom, why did the Indians join with the French Monarchy to fight against us? People's History filled in the holes and made me feel, for the first time, that I had begun to grasp the history of this nation.

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