Zinn on artists and war

joanna bujes joanna.bujes at sun.com
Tue Feb 11 14:29:40 PST 2003


Interview with Zinn on Iraq war and the role of artists: See

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15110

Omaha Weekly Reader:

[snip]

One of the most striking points of the speech was the quote of the Trojan queen Hecuba when asked what war looks like: Like the backside of a baboon. When the baboon is up in a tree, with its hind end facing us, there is the face of war exactly: scarlet, scaly, glazed, framed in a clotted, filthy wig. You said if enough Americans could see that then the war in Iraq might not take place. How can you make that point to the average American who hasn't gone to war, or even been alive during a full ground assault war? [snip]



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