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The United States Is Founded Upon the Model of European Conquest: Dispose of the Disposable People
In order to expand, the original 13 colonies had to decimate the Native-American nations and seize their lands.
Duvalier: Dead But Not Gone
Baby Doc may be dead, but Duvalierism is embedded in this upside down Haiti of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their presidential puppet, Michel Martelly.
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It’s the Stupid, Stupid
Less than a month before Election Day, there doesn't seem to be much direction and passion among the liberal-progressive left.
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Columbus Day and the Sanitization of History
The strife that has engulfed Christopher Columbus' legacy in recent years has put the concept of an Indigenous People's Day at the forefront of discussion.
The Question of State Legitimacy
Recently things have not gone so well.
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Student Protests Are a Bigger Deal Than You Think
Students who are alarmed to know they're not allowed to learn about civil dissent and protest have quite rationally chosen to protest.
After Censorship of History Course, Colorado Students and Teachers Give a Lesson in Civil Disobedience
After a county school board in Colorado proposed to rewrite the district's high school US history curriculum to stop teaching about civil disobedience, students and teachers have responded with …
Governors Behaving Badly Give Their States a Unique Place in American History
As long as there has been politics and money, there has been corruption.
How the West Created the Islamic State
Since 2003, Anglo-American power has secretly and openly coordinated direct and indirect support for Islamist terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda across the Middle East and North Africa.
Henry A. Giroux | Remembering Hiroshima in an Age of Neoliberal Barbarism
Like the narratives used to justify the US bombing of Japan, history under the reign of neoliberalism is cleansed of its most critical impulses, thus sustaining the fictions and …