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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-11 03:09 PM
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Howard Zinn would have been incredibly inspired by OWS

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
― Howard Zinn
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-11 03:18 PM
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1. Another:
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 06:37 PM
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 06:38 PM
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3. Absolutely he would.
And he voted for Nader in 2008.
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Agony Donating Member (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-03-11 06:40 PM
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4. A Big recommend for Howard Zinn!
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