we were amazingly blessed to have had the opportunity to live through 7 and a half decades of sheer magic. i have never read such beautifully dense and in genius work.
i dont think im alone in thinking that books assigned in school are shit. you hear about all these books and how great they're supposed to be, but all passion and enjoyment for the actual writing disappears once there is an official requirement.
but "a peoples history of the united states" remains in my mind, a literary work of art, even though it was assigned to me in school. i have never read anything like it, it completely sets apart all of the textbook lies that have been virally shoved down our throats since elementary school. all of that Columbus discovered the americas and saved the indians bullshit is analyzed and explained with complete honesty. he killed them all, point blank, and those were MY people, the Arawak race is now almost completely extinct. and its all because of him.
and the pilgrims on the mayflower and Squanto and all that 'everybody became great friends and lived happily ever after' crap, it all goes out the window. lies lies lies.
i have not read enough of his works but am desperately planning on changing that, as i suggest everyone does. you ever wanna know the truth about all these vague historical stories that dont ever make too much sense in our textbooks? read some Zinn, that'll cure you.
It is a true horror that we have lost such a master. Howard Zinn and his work will never be forgotten, and if he and all that he stood for ever is, then the world truly is in the shit.
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