What the classroom didn’t teach me about US

Today, courtesy Tomdispatch, we bring you a piece by Howard Zinn which he wrote in 2008. For those who don’t know Zinn, he wrote the classic A People’s History of the United States which New York Times Book Review recommended as a “required reading” for all. The book revolutionized the way American history is taught and remembered. Zinn died in 2010 but this haunting piece is a tribute to his insight—and fears—on US Empire.