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| Howard Zinn - FBI Files Show Him To Be A Liberal Communist |
| 2010-08-21 |
| In the late 1940s and early 1950s, as Joseph Stalin entered the final years of his reign of terror in the Soviet Union, twentysomething Howard Zinn served as a foot soldier in the Communist Party of the United States of America—this according to recently declassified FBI files. Zinn, the Marxist historian and progressive hero who died in January, may also have lied to the FBI about his Communist Party membership. Is it at all surprising that someone who got history so wrong stood on the wrong side of history? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #12 #10 attends Party meetings five nights a week in Brooklyn. That sounds terribly tedious and boring. Posted by Abu Uluque But thankfully the grannies were able to visit from from time to time. See Photo |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-21 16:36 |
| #11 Re-indoctrination, re-education, confession, and brainwashing can be tedious and boring. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-21 13:39 |
| #10 attends Party meetings five nights a week in Brooklyn That sounds terribly tedious and boring. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2010-08-21 12:13 |
| #9 The article comments at the City Journal link are quite defensive of Zinn. The (hate/blame America first) Zinn Defense League appears to be in full effect. |
| Posted by: Eltoroverde 2010-08-21 12:13 |
| #8 Steve from 2-6 a.m. it's all infomercials. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2010-08-21 11:14 |
| #7 Sgt, that's because they have 168 hours of programming space to fill each week, and they lean on Ho'wood, the BBC and indie film makers to fill that space ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-08-21 11:03 |
| #6 And this revaluation is surprising how? WE ALREADY KNEW THAT! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-08-21 10:45 |
| #5 ...don't forget MMGW. Even after 50 minutes of detailing the Little Ice Age and Big Chill and the natural processes behind them, they had to insert a homage to the "in" message. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-08-21 10:27 |
| #4 Over the years History Channel has developed a disturbing interest in Da Vinci Codes, Bible Codes, Masonic rituals and generally left-leaning history re-writes. |
| Posted by: Sgt. D.T. 2010-08-21 09:44 |
| #3 Most of his ilk have a creative writing bent towards history--revisionist but not reality-based. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-21 09:42 |
| #2 Late last year, the History Channel aired The People Speak, a film partly based on ZinnÂ’s book that featured appearances by Eddie Vedder, Sean Penn, P!nk, and other entertainers The octogenarian activist was the celebrityÂ’s celebrity.. "P!nk"? Eddie Who? AYFKM? |
| Posted by: lex 2010-08-21 00:57 |
| #1 Now someone should tell Matt Damon. Although he probably knew or won't care. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-08-21 00:37 |