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...HOWARD ZINN, historian: One of my criticisms of history, culture and education in the U.S. is the heavy emphasis on leaders and the lack of emphasis on social movements. But if I were to pick one or two who have had some impact on our society it would be people like Dick Gregory. He could have had a comfortable career as a comedian but he has shown a willingness to sacrifice himself in his fight on racism, war, the nuclear questions...
Harvard Yard Rally--Mike Ansara, former New England coordinator, Students for a Democratic Society; Leslie Cagan, socialist/feminist organizer; Rep. Saundra Graham, (D-Cambridge); Andrea Kyold, assistant director, VISTA; George Wald, professor of Biology emeritus; and Howard Zinn, professor of Political Science, Boston University. Music by Marcia Taylor and Charlie King...
...Stopping nuclear power may seem like an impossible job. Howard Zinn, a professor at Boston University said. "I think, though, that it is an impossible task we can accomplish," he said...
...becoming more and more difficult to lie to people," Zinn said. He added that there were no safe guards for nuclear power as long as businessmen "ran the country...
Many speakers compared the nuclear power dilemma to the controversy surrounding the Vietnam War a decade ago. Zinn said, "The same people who brought us Vietnam and who watched people die in mines and mills are still in power...