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Tues., Feb 25, 2003
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9:00-9:01 Billboard:
A People’s History of the United States, 1,000,000
copies and counting: “This book delivered our history
to us” said actress Alfre Woodard who joins Alice Walker,
Danny Glover, Kurt Vonnegut, Marisa Tomei and others in celebrating
Howard Zinn’s classic
Historian Howard Zinn talks about bombs, terrorism, the
anti-war movement and the Bush administration’s impending
war on Iraq
Iraq Journal: As the U.S. tells the world it is ready to
go to war with or without the UN , we go to southern Iraq
where thousands of children have fallen victim to a post-Gulf
War cancer epidemic
The millionth copy of Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s
History Of The United States’ has been sold, and renowned
actors, authors and editors gather to celebrate:
9:01-9:05 Headlines
9:05-9:06 One Minute Music Break
9:06-9:13 Iraq Journal: As the U.S. tells the world it is
ready to go to war with or without the United Nations, Iraqi
people in the city of Basra prepare for a U.S. attack.
"You are not going to decide whether there is war in
Iraq or not. That decision is ours, and we have already made
it. It is already final. The only question now is whether
the council will go along with it or not."
That is the message U.S. diplomats are sending to fellow
members of the UN Security Council according to a report in
the Washington Post.
Yesterday the U.S., Britain and Spain asked the Security
Council to declare that Iraq missed its last chance to disarm.
The U.S. is also warning that the future of the United Nations
is at stake if the Security Council does not back Washington’s
plan.
In response France, Russian and Germany called for four
more months of strengthened inspections.
A vote on the U.S. resolution is expected in the second week
of March. White House officials hinted that military action
could follow immediately.
Meanwhile, Iraqis continue to prepare themselves for a U.S.
attack. Jeremy Scahill reports from the southern Iraqi city
of Basra.
Tape: Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now! correspondent
Contact: iraqjournal.org
9:13-9:27 A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
1,000,000 COPIES AND COUNTING: ALICE WALKER, DANNY GLOVER,
KURT VONNEGUT, MARISA TOMEI AND OTHERS CELEBRATE HOWARD ZINN’S
CLASSIC
The majority of Americans have been taught a red, white
and blue history of this country.
In our grade schools, middle schools and high schools, we
were taught Columbus ‘discovered’ America.
We were taught that the people who shaped history were the
so-called ‘great men’ like Columbus, Washington,
Jefferson and Lincoln.
We were taught that every American has privileges, rights
and freedoms unparalleled anywhere else in the world. Or
if not all of us had those rights and freedoms in the past,
at least we all enjoy them now.
We were taught that we can all achieve success no matter
how poor we grew up or what kind of racism we experience
if we just try hard enough.
We were taught that “America” is the best country
in the world.
Well, in 1960, a former shipyard worker and World War II
Air Force bombadier decided to take on these myths, and to
redefine patriotism. He spent the next two decades researching,
and a feverish year writing. In 1980 he published a new kind
of history of the United States. A history that looks at how
ordinary people experienced life in this country from the
ground up: a people’s history.
Who would have thought a history book could become a best-seller?
Who would have thought that a history book could not only
become a best seller, but could become ever more popular over
the years? Who would have thought a little while ago, Professor
Howard Zinn would have sold the millionth copy of his famous
book,‘A People’s History of the United States’?
Well that’s what happened, and on Sunday night in
New York City, a group of renowned authors, actresses and
editors gathered to pay homage to the book that changed history.
Professor Zinn, Authors Alice Walker and Kurt Vonnegut,
actresses and actor Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei and Danny
Glover, editors Hugh Van Dusen of Harper Collins and Matthew
Rothschild of the‘Progressive’ magazine and Professor
Zinn’s wife, Roslyn Zinn were all there. This is what
they had to say…
9:21-9:22 One Minute Music Break
9:22 9:28 Zinn Vox Pops CONTINUED
Tape: Howard Zinn, Author, People’s History of the
United States
Tape: Alice Walker, author, novelist and essayist
Tape: Kurt Vonnegut, author
Tape: Matthew Rothschild, Editor, The Progressive
Tape: Alfre Woodard, actress
Tape: Marisa Tomei, actress
Tape: Danny Glover, actor
Tape: Hugh Van Dusen, Editor, HarperCollins Publishers
Tape: Roslyn Zinn, Howard Zinn’s wife
9:28-9:43 “THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE I WANT TO CONVEY
IS THAT YOU DON’T DEPEND ON THE AUTHORITIES, THE PEOPLE
IN POWER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS:” HOWARD ZINN TALKS ABOUT
BOMBS, TERRORISM, THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S
IMPENDING WAR ON IRAQ.
We’ve been hearing authors and actors and fans of Professor
Howard Zinn, celebrating Zinn’s tremendous achievement:
he has sold one million copies of his revolutionary book,
‘A People’s History of the United States.’
We go now to a speech Howard Zinn gave at the New School
University earlier this month. He talks about bombs, terrorism,
the anti-war movement and the Bush administration’s
impending war on Iraq.
This is professor Howard Zinn.
Tape: Howard Zinn, a professor emeritus of political science
at Boston University and the author of 14 books, including
‘A People's History of the United States,’ ‘Postwar
America,’ and ‘You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving
Train.’ He spoke earlier this month at the New School
in New York City.
9:43-9:44 One Minute Music Break
9:44-9:58 HOWARD ZINN cont’d
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
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