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A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn

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Empire or Humanity?
What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire
by Howard Zinn
Narrated by Viggo Mortensen
Art by Mike Konopacki
Video editing by Eric Wold

To read more from Howard Zinn visit www.TomDispatch.com.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: March 28, 2008 at 11:37 am
Author: HenryHolt

Length: 00:08:35
Rating: 4.73
Views: 135659

Tags: Viggo Mortensen Howard Zinn People's History American Empire TomDispatch

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JAMESHI5 (January 8, 2009 at 1:06 am)

And I might be wrong, I havn't read Hitler in a while, but didn't the National Socialist party (nazis) and the Communist Party run against each otherin 1933 before the SS raids? and the existing democratic government had failed and the people wanted German status restored. The nazi party won and once the nazis took control of the government,then Hitler sent his SS to kill all political oposition, and name himself Fuhrer.

JAMESHI5 (January 8, 2009 at 12:33 am)

I'm not discussing facts, I'm discussing interpretation. Who started any war is almost open to interpretation, and thats what studing history is about, like Howard Zinn is discussing in his film, his interpretation of America is that it has grone to an Empire, history books are written with facts and information with as little and nonbiased interpretation put into them, its up to people to critically analyze the reality of th world we live in the history of it. I interprete, not cons. theorist

bajorjor1 (January 7, 2009 at 9:54 pm)

Your analogy with Obama andHitler is lightyears away because hitler destoyed all his opposition through violence, so that he was the only 1 left to be voted by the people. Obama would have won if he used Hitler's tactics any1 would but he did nt use it and still won because the people voted him Your analogy is just plain wrong

bajorjor1 (January 7, 2009 at 9:43 pm)

I must tell you that History is a science that are composed of facts, you can argue them but you must have proof and reference, other than that you are just a speculator or a conspiracy theorist, If it cant be found in History books most probably it s just a speculation

bajorjor1 (January 7, 2009 at 9:23 pm)

By the late 30's the german economy was back on track, it was not hitler who made that possible it was the German People who worked their ass out, What Hitler did was poisoned their mind into war mongering. They did not need to attack all those nations, it was Hitler's idea. So you are better than the history books ei? Like i said prove what you are saying and since you cant have reference from books i advice you go to the field and talk to old people while they are still alive

JAMESHI5 (January 7, 2009 at 12:28 pm)

Would Obama have won in a land slide if the republicans had not such a bad rep for the war in Iraq, the falling economy, etc. in the US right now? No, Obama won in a land slide because he promised to put money back in the pockets of the people and make things better. Hitler did the same thing, he promised to get the land, money, and reputation back to the German people, and what caused that? It was really the allies abuse of germany in the treaty of Versailles.

JAMESHI5 (January 7, 2009 at 12:22 pm)

Would Hitler have been embrased as he did if germany was not so broken by the Allies in WW1? Why did another HItler not come up after WW2? The marshal plan my friend, if we did the same thign to the Germans that we did in the treaty of Versailles, we would have had another Hitler to fight, but like this guy is saying, we spread our Empire, and like what this guy is saying in his video, what Im saying wont come up in any western history book. And no your wrong about the oil with japan.

bajorjor1 (January 7, 2009 at 12:55 am)

..unless your a Hitler lover it wasnt the idiotic war reparations, massive territorial loss, and extreme embarressment put on the back of Germany that caused the rise of Hitler and invasion of Poland, Hitler was just purely a megalomaniac who wants to rule the world and used those as his excuse

bajorjor1 (January 7, 2009 at 12:54 am)

So you dont know why they cut Japan's oil supply? Japan and US relations went bad when Japan attacked weak China and Japan left the league of Nations. It was Japan who provoked the World, Attacked it, and Japan got destroyed. Facts are facts Axis started the war dude question it all you like, prove it that is another story, any credible history book will tell you that the Axis started the war.

JAMESHI5 (January 6, 2009 at 12:31 pm)

I question the idea that Germany and Japan started the war. was it not the US cutting japan's oil supply that provoked Pearl harbor? Not to mention that their is evidence the US let it happen because they needed to get involvedin the war (911 as well). And was it not the idiotic war reparations, massive territorial loss, and extreme embarressment put on the back of Germany that caused the rise of Hitler and invasion of Poland?...not that I'm disappionted the Allies won, I just try to b unbiased

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