Comments on: Bias or No Bias: Howard Zinn and the role of the Historian http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2010/02/08/bias-or-no-bias-howard-zinn-and-the-role-of-the-historian/ History rules, as long as you can teach it right. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ldorazio1 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2010/02/08/bias-or-no-bias-howard-zinn-and-the-role-of-the-historian/#comment-3559 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:54:40 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=877#comment-3559 I was limiting my criticism to point out an example of broad overstatement that peppers itself throughout the tome.

As for Ludlow, I had cousins who were organizers at Ludlow. My great grandfather was a miner at Ludlow. Though I have a complicated view of unions and union organizing, what happened at Ludlow was nothing short of monstrous.

That doesn’t mean that a single event accounts for the entirety of the history of labor struggles in this country however. It was in fact a movement that spread across the political spectrum from the more conservative AFL to the more pan-unionist CIO and the even more radical IWW. So to categorize it through one event is poor analysis, indeed.

]]> By: Jeremey Fulk http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2010/02/08/bias-or-no-bias-howard-zinn-and-the-role-of-the-historian/#comment-3558 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:45:27 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=877#comment-3558 True, history is infinitely nuanced (although I don’t think this excuses the wholesale slaughter of millions of people in the name of greed and avarice) and offering a truly complete account of all of “American” history in a single text would be impossible. Further, limiting criticism to a single chapter of a book is poor reviewing indeed, especially since the review is based on the author’s lack of a complete treatment of material. I wonder what “nuance” Mr. D would rely on to excuse or mitigate the actions at Ludlow, which are later related by Zinn in People’s History.

]]> By: Patsy Sapnu http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2010/02/08/bias-or-no-bias-howard-zinn-and-the-role-of-the-historian/#comment-987 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:31:18 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=877#comment-987 Good entry I just Love it, Keep adding more like this!

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