Howard Zinn

A just cause? A just war? →

Published June 16, 2015  ·  All posts on Jun 16  ·  

We’re supposed to be thinking people. We’re supposed to be able to question everything.

There are things that happen in the world that are bad, and you want to do something about them. You have a just cause. But our culture is so war prone that we immediately jump from “This is a good cause” to “This deserves a war.”

You need to be very, very comfortable in making that jump.

~ Howard Zinn from, «http://www.progressive.org/zinnjuly09.html»

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Remembering the fallen →

Published February 12, 2015  ·  All posts on Feb 12  ·  

Yes, let’s honor those who died in the nation’s many wars.

But if we do not want to keep adding to the soldiers’ graves, let’s also ask why they died.

~ Howard Zinn from, On Memorial Day, Words from the Late Howard Zinn

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