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Because Truth has a liberal bias

  • Liberalism Defined

    "But if by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'" John F. Kennedy New York Acceptance Speech

  • Conservativism Defined

    People who call themselves conservatives, support the status quo. They believe the systems in place, such as capitalism and "business as usual" are all well and fine, but that any existing social programs are a waste of money and promote laziness and waste.

    Many conservatives believe that Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best were documentaries.

  • Socialism in the US

    "The roots of socialism in America can be traced to the arrival of German immigrants in the 1850s when Marxian socialist unions began, such as the National Typographic Union in 1852, United Hatters of 1856, and Iron Moulders' Union of North America in 1859." US History.com

    1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

    2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
    b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

    3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by equal distribution of goods and pay.
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Rest in Peace, Dr. Howard Zinn

Posted by webofhistory on January 27, 2010

Dr. Howard Zinn, historian and political activist, died today at the age of 87.

If you’ve not read The People’s History of the United States, I highly recommend you do. History looks so much different from the perspective of “We, the People.”

Dr. Howard Zinn

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