Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and JusticeFrom 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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... women who refused to stay in the kitchen and marched and went to jail for equal rights ; the black protesters and antiwar activists of the 1960s ; and the protesters against industrial pollution and war preparations in the 1980s . In ...
... woman , and it is necessary , if you wish to master her , to conquer her by force . " 1 The fox uses deception . If all men were good , this would not be good advice , but since they are dishonest and do not keep faith with you , you ...
... women , old people and babies . ( The closest to such an attempt was a military estimate that an invasion of the southernmost island of Japan would cause 30,000 American dead and wounded . ) The evidence today is overwhelming that an ...
... woman with her jaw missing and her tongue hanging out of her mouth was wandering around the area of Shinsho - machi in the heavy , black rain . She was heading toward the north crying for help . " A seventeen - year - old girl : " I ...
... women sitting on the floor in front of me , people with horribly burned faces , people with no eyes in their sockets , without arms , or without legs , but all quietly waiting for me to speak . I choked on my words , could not say ...
Contents
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FOUR The Use and Abuse of History | 48 |
The American Class System | 147 |
Second Thoughts on the First Amendment | 182 |
The Black Experience | 231 |
ELEVEN The Ultimate Power | 278 |
NOTES | 303 |
INDEX | 333 |