Howard Zinn, 1922-2010

The great Howard Zinn's death has the ominous feeling of bringing too close the end of an era when some western intellectuals had the magnetism of rock stars, and when their ethical and principled stand against the dominant powers of the moment moved millions to see things differently, and to act.

continued... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/28/howard-zinn-america

Also an interesting speech http://www.crmvet.org/comm/zinn05.htm