Howard Zinn

I cannot get out of my mind the recent news photos of ordinary Americans sitting on chairs, guns on laps, standing unofficial guard on the Arizona border, to make sure no Mexicans cross over into the United States. There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call "civilization," we have carved up what we claim is one world into 200 artificially created entities we call "nations" and armed to apprehend or kill anyone who crosses a boundary.

The Scourge of Nationalism
by Howard Zinn
The Progressive

Howard Zinn is one of the many Voices of Dissent featured in XXI CENTURY, American Voices of Dissent and The Peace! DVD