To paraphrase the late American historian Howard Zinn: If you’re, say, Norway, and you don’t go around the world starting wars, patriotism and a sense of national pride is not a problem. If you’re the United States, with your imperialism …
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Patriotism
As historian Howard Zinn said, “If you’re Norway, or some other small country that does not represent a military threat, there is no harm in establishing a sense of national pride. That is not true of a military superpower that …
Howard Zinn’s Dream
I’m delighted to note that Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is taught at the local high school where I tutor. I would love to see “a new kind of society,” as he put it so well. Seems …
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