ʻO ʻAukake 24th i hōʻailona ʻia i ʻeono mahina mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Rūsia i kāna kaua ma Ukraine, me nā miliona i hoʻoneʻe ʻia a he ʻumi tausani o nā makaʻāinana a me nā koa i make. I kēlā lā hoʻokahi, ʻo ʻAukake 24th, i hōʻailona ʻia ka makahiki o ka hānau ʻana o ka mea kākau moʻolelo hope loa ʻo Howard Zinn. ʻO Zinn kahi mea kākau, kumu aʻoaʻo, a me ka mea hana anti-kaua. Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna puke moʻolelo, A People's History of the United States, i kahi manaʻo ʻokoʻa a kūʻē i ka ʻaoʻao mōʻaukala o ke Komohana Komohana, mai ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Christopher Columbus i 1492 a i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "War on Terror." Ua paʻi mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1980, ua lilo ʻo A People's History i kikokikona maʻamau, me 2 miliona mau kope i paʻi ʻia. Ua make ʻo Howard Zinn i ka makahiki 2010, i ka makahiki 87. ʻO kāna mau ʻōlelo, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki ma hope o kona make ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lohe ʻana i kahi honua i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ke kaua, ka hoʻokalakupua a me ka like ʻole.
"Hoʻopau ke kaua i ka poʻe a pau e komo i loko," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Howard Zinn ma kahi ʻōlelo 2006 ma Madison, Wisconsin. Ke kaua nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ʻelua mau kaua nui i kēlā manawa, ma Iraq a me Afghanistan, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hakakā mau ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Howard Zinn, “He moʻolelo kaua ma hope o ke kaua ma hope o ke kaua. He aha kā lākou i hoʻoholo ai? He aha kā lākou i hana ai?
Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo Howard Zinn e lawelawe i ke Kaua Honua II, a lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokūkū. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka pana ʻana iā Royan, kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma kahakai o Farani, i ʻApelila, 1945:
"He mau pule kēia ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ke kaua, a ua ʻike nā kānaka a pau e pau ana," wahi a Zinn ma ka Democracy Now! hola nūhou i ka makahiki 2005. “He wahi ʻeke liʻiliʻi o nā koa Kelemania e kau ana a puni kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Royan ma ke kahakai ʻo ʻAkelanika o Farani, a ua hoʻoholo ka Air Force e pahū iā lākou - he 1,200 mau pōkā kaumaha, a ʻo wau kekahi i loko o lākou, lele. ma luna o kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Royan a hāʻule i ka napalm - hoʻohana mua i ka napalm i ka hale keaka ʻEulopa. ʻAʻole maopopo iā mākou ka nui o ka poʻe a mākou i pepehi ai, ʻehia ka poʻe i puhi nui ʻia ma muli o kā mākou hana. Akā ua hana wau, e like me ka hapa nui o nā koa, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole, me ka mechanically, me ka manaʻo aia mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, aia lākou ma ka ʻaoʻao hewa, a no laila hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea a mākou e makemake ai, a ua maikaʻi.
Ua kipa aku ʻo Howard Zinn i ka hale hoʻokipa kai Farani ma 1966 e kamaʻilio me nā mea ola. Ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi moʻolelo kikoʻī o ka hoʻouka kaua a me kona hopena. "ʻO ia ... he haʻawina koʻikoʻi nui e pili ana i nā kaua maikaʻi."
Ma ka haʻiʻōlelo ʻo Zinn ʻo Wisconsin i ka makahiki 2006, ua wehewehe ʻo ia i "ka ratio like ʻole o ka make kīwila a me ka pūʻali koa i ke kaua… i ke Kaua Honua II, he 10-50, he hapalua koa, he hapalua kanaka; ma Vietnam, he 50% kanaka kīwila a he 70% koa; a ma nā kaua mai ia manawa, he 30% a he 80% kanaka kīwila.
Ua aʻo ʻo Howard Zinn ma Spelman, kahi kula wahine ʻeleʻele kahiko ma Atlanta, i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka neʻe ʻana i nā pono kīwila. Ma waena o kāna mau haumāna, ʻo ia ka mea kākau ʻo Alice Walker a ʻo Marian Wright Edelman ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo Children's Defense Fund. Ua wehewehe ʻo Zinn ma Democracy Now!, "Ma Spelman, ua komo au me kaʻu mau haumāna i nā hana e hana nei ma ka Hema, nā noho, nā hōʻikeʻike, nā laina picket." Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia e kona lokahi. I ka makahiki 2005, ua kono ʻia ʻo Polofesa Zinn e hoʻi i Spelman e hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo hoʻomaka.
Ua lilo ʻo Howard Zinn i hoa paio koʻikoʻi o ke kaua ma Vietnam. I ka makahiki 1968, ua lele ʻo ia a me ke kahuna activist Father Daniel Berrigan i North Vietnam, e hoʻonohonoho ana i ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana o nā paʻahao kaua US i mālama ʻia ma laila. I ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ka mea hoʻolaha kaulana ʻo Dan Ellsberg i ka Pentagon Papers, ka moʻolelo huna o ke aupuni US no kona komo ʻana i Vietnam, ua hūnā ʻo Howard Zinn a me kāna wahine hope ʻo Roz i kahi kope o nā palapala ma ko lākou home. Ua hoʻomau ʻia kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka maluhia a me ka hana anti-kaua i kona ola ʻana.
ʻO ʻAukake 24, ma kahi o ka lā hānau o Zinn, ʻo ia hoʻi ka lā e hōʻailona ai ʻo Ukraine i kona kūʻokoʻa mai ka Soviet Union. I kēia makahiki, ua pāpā ʻia nā hoʻolauleʻa kūʻokoʻa ma waena o Ukraine no ka makaʻu i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Rūsia. Ua hoouka aku o Rusia i ke kahua kaaahi ma ia la, ma ke kauhale hikina o Ukrainian o Chaplyne, a make ma kahi o 25 kanaka, me na keiki. Ma ka lā hoʻokahi, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Pelekikena Joe Biden i kahi $ 3 biliona hou i ke kōkua koa iā Ukraine, e lawe ana i ka huina o ke kōkua pūʻali koa US i Ukraine mai ka wā i lawe ai ʻo Biden i ke keʻena i $ 13.5 biliona.
ʻAʻole ʻo Howard Zinn e hoʻohewa i kēia kaua, a i ʻole kekahi o nā mea ʻē aʻe e hakakā nei. Akā, ma o kāna hiʻohiʻona, kāna hana, a me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o kāna mau palapala, hiki iā mākou ke hana, i ka makahiki haneli o kona hānau ʻana, e haʻi hou i kekahi o kāna mau ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi: ʻaʻole ʻo ke kaua ka pane i ka hakakā ma ka 21st century.
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