Confronting Government Lies

Howard Zinn delivered a speech on Confronting Government Lies at the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston. The Alternative Radio project broadcast it. He has a certain clarity with points like this:

Zinn warned against being fooled by the preamble to the Constitution, which says “We the People.” It was not a group of farmers creating the constitution for all; it was 55 rich white men. These rich white men wrote the Constitution to protect rich white men. His speech lingered quite a bit on our recent actions in Iraq and while I cheered his kowtowing to a liberal audience I think his speech would be that much more powerful with less humor and more of his keen historical perspective.

Hearing him speak makes me wonder what happened to the 10 part miniseries Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were working on of his book A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present. He is certainly a powerful, engaging and hopeful voice.