Howard Zinn: Obama "Is Going to Need Demonstrations and Protest and Letters and Petitions" to Do the Right Thing
The author of A People's History of the United States discusses his newest project and why dissent is as important as ever.
you might say the theme of my work is that we cannot depend on people in the White House. We can depend on people picketing the White House. So my attitude towards Obama has been watchful from the beginning in the sense that, okay, it's good to have Obama in there, I'm glad that he aroused a lot of people getting people involved in politics -- now I hope these people who have been aroused and energized will use that energy to push Obama in a direction ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
I am slowly increasing my political activity. I signed up today for a meeting in Des Moines about the subject of universal medical care.