Historian Howard Zinn dies
“If you define patriotism as obedience to the government, you follow a totalitarian principle, you do what the government tells you to do – democracy means government is an instrument of the people – governments are artificial entities set up in order to preserve the rights of people, when government violate those rights it is the duty of people to defy that government, that is patriotism” _- “War Poisons Everybody”: Remembering Legendary Historian Howard Zinn on his 100th Birthday (Democracy Now)