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[HumanRights] Zinn, WEF, abuse of the Jewish holocaust..
We lost the good voice of historian, intellectual and activist, Prof. Howard
Zinn. I met Zinn twice while in the US. I read two of his books and hope
to have time some day to read the others. Zinn was not happy with Zionism and frequently criticized the Zionist atrocities, from massacres in Lebanon
in 1982 to those in Gaza last year. But, like many leftists, prefererd to
challenge US imperialism over challenging the destructive Israel-first lobby
in the US. In this, I disagreed with him because I believe Zionism sits at
the table of power in Washington DC and is not merely a tool of "US Imperialism". His statements about the misuse of the Nazi atrocities (e.g. <http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/~tpgn/japan/10zinn.htm> http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/~tpgn/japan/10zinn.htm) were not as strong
as those of other Jews who addressed the issue (e.g. Joel Kovel, Lenni
Brenner, Norman Finkelstein, Gilad Azmon etc). But Zinn was so perceptive on
so many areas, it is hard to quibble about these points. Zinn's intellect,
activism, honesty and positive spirit have inspired three generations. He
cut short his last lecture when he retired and urged his students to join
him in the demonstration and 100 of them did so. I always thought thatthis
is how I hope to end my last lecture too. In my 2004 book "Sharing the Land
of Canaan", I cited the following statement from Zinn which I also shared
two times with listserves