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The Progressive Case for Patriotism

By Peter Dreier and Richard Flacks, LA Weekly. Posted July 3, 2004.


Progressives are faced with the tough question of what exactly it means to be patriotic in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. The truth: This land was made for you and me.

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Peter Dreier teaches politics at Occidental College and is co-author of 'The Next L.A.: The Struggle for a Livable City' (University of California Press). Dick Flacks teaches sociology at UC Santa Barbara and is the author of 'Making History: The American Left and the American Mind' (Columbia University Press).

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