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50 American Revolutions You’re Not Supposed To Know

Reclaiming American Patriotism

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Since when is it unpatriotic to dissent? Why is it “un-American” to question our government’s policies? And how did the far-right manage to claim the flag exclusively for itself? In this invaluable reference guide, you’ll find 50 reasons to be a proud, progressive patriot, including:

+Thomas Paine fueling the revolutionary fire with "Common Sense"

+Emma Goldman spreading anarchy in the U.S.A.

+Eugene Debs running for president from his prison cell

+Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit”

+Lolita Lebron (and others) attacking Congress

+Muhammad Ali saying “no” to the military draft

+American Indians occupying Alcatraz Island

+Patti Smith using rock and roll as a weapon

+The Battle in Seattle

+Families of 9/11 victims saying “no” to revenge

+Plus "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Lenny Bruce, Angela Davis, Eugene Debs, Brando's tee-shirt, and much more

In addition to concise essays on everything and everyone from The Bill of Rights to Disability Rights, Coxey’s Army to Public Enemy, author Mickey Z also highlights important milestones along the timeline of the book, making for a more complete picture of United States history.

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Interesting. So far I find the description most compatible. I may want to read this book.

Judging from SOS's stupidity and ignorance, I didn't think those

crackers and their tio taco brethren knew how to read. Your

lack of intelligence is evident in your confusion between revolution (social change) and fascism (your movement, although I'm sure you just didn't understand what I said. Please educate yourself.

Fascism can also be a revolution, unfortunately.

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0005/reviews/anderson.html

>>These four marks of the Fascist spirit—nationalism and racism, a love of violence and war, irrationalism, and revolutionary presumption—though not exhaustive, help us to understand its appeal during the first half of the twentieth century, particularly where democratic institutions were feckless and resentments bred by World War I festered.

http://www.amconmag.com/06_30_03/feature.html

>>Ledeen’s conviction that the Right is as revolutionary as the Left derives from his youthful interest in Italian fascism. In 1975, Ledeen published an interview, in book form, with the Italian historian Renzo de Felice, a man he greatly admires. It caused a great controversy in Italy. Ledeen later made clear that he relished the ire of the left-wing establishment precisely because “De Felice was challenging the conventional wisdom of Italian Marxist historiography, which had always insisted that fascism was a reactionary movement.”

http://www.sonic.net/~doretk/ArchiveARCHIVE/M%20P/Parenti%20on%20Fascism.html

"Fascism is a false revolution. It makes a revolutionary appeal without making an actual revolution. It propagates the widely proclaimed New Order while serving the same old monied interests. " (Parenti)

I don't know what your problem is "bottom line," but I'm not about to pick up this book as a recruitment tool for myself. As far as I can see, I don't see any Aztlan propaganda or anything like that in the book. It looks rather American to me so far. So why should you have a problem if I want to read it?

The last article linked has a good quote:

"What distinguished fascism from ordinary right-wing autocracies was the way it attempted to cultivate a revolutionary aura and give the impression of being a mass movement. Fascism offers a beguiling mix of revolutionary sounding mass-appeals and reactionary class politics. The Nazi party's full name was the National Socialist German Workers Party. Both the Italian fascists and the Nazis consciously tried to imitate the left: youth organizations, mass mobilizations, rallies, parades, banners, symbols, slogans, uniforms. And I think for this reason, too, many mainstream writers treat fascism and communism as totalitarian twins. But most workers and peasants could tell the difference. Industrialists and bankers could tell the difference. And certainly the communists and the fascists could tell the difference. "