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The efforts of Zinn to recover and pass on stories of civil disobedience to the unjust wars of U.S. history offers models, ideas, and inspirations for how and why we might go about challenging and changing the structures of power.
- 'The Problem Is Civil Obedience': Chapter 20 ... - Howard Zinn
In November 1970, after my arrest along with others who had...
- Howard Zinn On Civil Disobedience
You say that our problem is civil obedience, not civil...
- 'The Problem Is Civil Obedience': Chapter 20 ... - Howard Zinn
In November 1970, after my arrest along with others who had engaged in a Boston protest at an army base to block soldiers from being sent to Vietnam, I flew to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to take part in a debate with the philosopher Charles Frankel on civil disobedience.
You say that our problem is civil obedience, not civil disobedience. ‘Both in war and in the law courts and everywhere else you must do whatever your city and your country command’, states Socrates; and these words, you claim, have been impressed on our minds.
WAR AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. Howard Zinn. What are citizens to do when confronted by unjust laws and when their government embroils them in unjust wars? Delivered in the context of the current US war in Iraq, this is a scintillating lecture and discussion by the legendary teacher, historian, playwright, and activist.
In November 1970, after my arrest along with others who had engaged in a Boston protest at an army base to block soldiers from being sent to Vietnam, I flew to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to take part in a debate with the philosopher Charles Frankel on civil disobedience.
The book includes: • the hard fact of racism, in the South and in the North, at the start of the civil rights movement; • Zinn on LaGuardia, the Ludlow Massacre, and “Growing Up Class-Conscious”; • questioning the very idea of a “just war”; • LBJ, the CIA, Nixon, and the bombing of Hiroshima;
In this slim volume, Howard Zinn lays out a clear and dynamic case for civil disobedience and protest, and challenges the dominant arguments against forms of protest that challenge the status quo. Zinn explores the politics of direct action, nonviolent civil disobedience, and strikes, and draws lessons for today.
