howard zinn at city college

today is april 20, 2010 and today i attended the honoring the passing of HOWARD ZINN at city college. it was really nice to hear all the speeches about current and past activists that fought for not only their rights but the rights of others. they all stood out to me especially the ones who were talking about the war. one quote from one of the ladies reciting that stood out to me was, "Fuck the yellow ribbon, bring our troops home!" and also the one where the girl was talking about the passing of her husband in the military and how she has three kids and forget about the government and the check they send to her because the passing of her husband and she tears up the check and sends it back to them each and everytime becuase no check will bring her husband home. i was just so struck by the power of the words that were coming from these students at city college. what also stood out to me was when at the end the lasy was saying how they are going to sacremento to the governors office and protest that they are not tolerating the unjust anymore.