USA’s New “Independence” Day

Bush was naturalizing citizens in Monticello, today. AP reports:

Anti-war protesters shouted out calls for Bush’s impeachment on nine occasions during Bush’s brief remarks, and the president responded by saying he agrees that “we believe in free speech in the United States of America” [...]
The last six Fourth of July holidays have taken place amid [...]

A re-teaching of U.S. imperial history by Howard Zinn

Empire or Humanity? at Mother Jones brings us the words of Howard Zinn in his essay, “What the classroom didn’t teach me about the American empire”. It is the week of publication for his new book A People’s History of American Empire, a new graphic novel treatment of his “People’s History” series.
I first [...]