For those planning to attend a solidarity rally tomorrow.....a little Zinn-spiration

[marmar]

"The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of the world and a power greater than money or weapons: the truth.

Truth has a power of its own. Art has a power of its own. That age-old lesson – that everything we do matters – is the meaning of the people’s struggle here in the United States and everywhere. A poem can inspire a movement. A pamphlet can spark a revolution. Civil disobedience can arouse people and provoke us to think, when we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress. We live in a beautiful country. But people who have no respect for human life, freedom, or justice have taken it over. It is now up to all of us to take it back."

-— Howard Zinn, from A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

[socialist_n_TN]

1. Kick....

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[WilliamPitt]

2. See you in Boston

:toast:

[MedleyMisty]

3. I was just thinking about this

And we're going to need a hell of a lot of that power governments cannot suppress, because when the shit goes down here - it's going to go down hard.

[proud patriot]

4. Thanks

[cilla4progress]

5. I didn't get unions until I read his

People's History. Thank you, Howard - may your spirit live on in this country I believe you loved.

[postulater]

6. Last Saturday - Zinn fan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nangar16/5460643936/in/set-72157626094011402/

[Modern_Matthew]

7. I love Zinn. Currently reading "A People's History of the United States"

It should be on everyone's reading list!