An anti-war, anti-militarism perspective on Memorial Day. Features journalist ROBERT FISK's antiwar reflections (there's no "Good War"--not after 1945--he concludes). Plus HOWARD ZINN's 1976 newspaper column on whom Memorial Day OUGHT to honor (which got him fired from the Boston Globe); commentary by me; and Steppenwolf's antiwar classic, "Monster."
Fisk talk courtesy of tucradio.org. Zinn essay, "Whom Will We Honor Memorial Day?"--and much other good stuff--from The Zinn Reader (Seven Stories Press, 1997).
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "nihil obstat") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
This installment is a rerun of NWN #65 (May 2009).
For written commentary, photos & other graphics, videos, great links, and an archive of past installments, please see this show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com. Permanent link to the entry for this installment: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/2012/05/slippery-slope-of-memorial-day.html .
SERIES OVERVIEW -- Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for. "Date recorded," below, = date of first scheduled broadcast
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