Rev. Danny Fisher

I was sad to hear the news yesterday of the death of Howard Zinn, Boston University history professor, public intellectual, activist, and author of the really, really important book A People’s History of the United States: 1492-The Present.  He was a vitally important thinker, and, as his friend Caryl Rivers called him, “a happy warrior.”  He will be missed.

Here’s a lovely tribute to him that showed today on Democracy Now!: