50 American Revolutions You are Not Imagined to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism (Issues You are Not Imagined to Know)

Since when was it unpatriotic to dissent? Why is it “unAmerican” to query our authorities’s insurance policies? And the way did the Far Proper handle to say the flag solely for itself?

A e-book that the nation desperately wants, 50 American Revolutions is a concise, fast information to the individuals and occasions in our nation’s historical past that progressives and anybody not impressed by the novel Proper’s warped model of patriotism might be pleased with. Creator Mickey Z begins with Thomas Paine’s revolutionary manifesto Widespread Sense, written anonymously as a pamphlet in January 1776 and browse by each member of Congress, and goes on to spotlight probably the most notable individuals and occasions within the historical past of america, proper by way of to the households of 9/11 victims within the group Peaceable Tomorrows questioning the connection between the occasions of that day and america’ subsequent acts of aggression in Iraq.

Along with concise essays on every part and everybody from the Invoice of Rights to incapacity rights, Coxey’s Military to Public Enemy, Mickey additionally highlights necessary milestones alongside the timeline of the e-book, making for a whole image of US historical past, good with unhealthy.

As with Russ Kick’s ultrapopular 50 Issues You are Not Supposed To Know, 50 American Revolutions is completely sized for purses and coat pockets (it is the identical dimension as a CD), it is a great present for anybody whose concept of patriotism wants some revision.