Zinn and the art of peace

Yesterday I watched a biographical film on Howard Zinn on Sundance. Quite inspiring and made me feel guilty about not having picked up any of his books and read them. I particularly like his stance on activisim NOW I know a lot of people who were pulling in a lot of money in the dotcom booma nd swore up and downt aht they'd be activists later when they had money put aside and blah blah blah. It made me so furious because it was so obviously a lie.

Although for myself, I'm not sure what radical activism is precisely. I don't see chaining myself ot something and being arrested as a useful action and rarely do I see being a face in a crowd as being useful. On the other hand, working through personal interaction doesn't seem to do much either. In person it works but there's only so many people you can meet in person and online is just a complete waste of time. Mass media seems to be where I feel most useful. Flash animation that can spread memishly... Except I've yet to make anything that fills the bill.

Maybe catching up on my reading will inspire me with some new ideas for direction.