Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice“A shotgun blast of revisionism that aims to shatter all the comfortable myths of American political discourse.” — Los Angeles Times From the bestselling author of A People's History of the United States comes this selection of passionate, honest, and piercing essays looking at American political ideology. Howard Zinn brings to Passionate Declarations the same astringent style and provocative point of view that led more than a million people to buy his book A People's History of the United States. He directs his critique here to what he calls "American orthodoxies" —that set of beliefs guardians of our culture consider sacrosanct: justifications for war, cynicism about human nature and violence, pride in our economic system, certainty of our freedom of speech, romanticization of representative government, confidence in our system of justice. Those orthodoxies, he believes, have a chilling effect on our capacity to think independently and to become active citizens in the long struggle for peace and justice. |
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... movement inthe Deep South,cried out againstthat. It seemstome we should make the mostof the fact thatwelivein a country that, although controlled bywealth and power, has openings and possibilities missing in many other places. The ...
... movements brains are set stirring with new ideas, which live on through quieter times, waiting for another opportunitytoignite into action andchange theworld around us. Dissenters,I am aware, can create their ownorthodoxy. So ...
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TheAmerican Class System EightFreeSpeech SecondThoughts onthe FirstAmendment | |
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Eleven The Ultimate Power | |
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