On AlterNet: july 4

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "july 4"

This Fourth of July, Let's Stop Worrying What the Founders Would Think

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 1, 2011.

History bears little resemblance to the cartoonish view of the birth of the nation that most people hold.

Holiday Fun at the Huff Po: American Flag Bikinis

Don Hazen, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 6, 2008.

The HuffPo's contribution to July 4? 'The Ten Greatest American Flag Bikini Moments'

The U.S. Is Drowning in Pretend Patriotism

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. July 4, 2008.

This Fourth of July, let's remember that it's not our God-given American right to reorder the world to our liking.

No Joy This Fourth of July

Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 4, 2007.

Bob Geiger: How far we've fallen under Bush.

Keith Olbermann: Bush and Cheney Should Resign

Keith Olbermann, Countdown. July 4, 2007.

The MSNBC host makes a patriotic appeal to rid this country of the regime in the White House: "I accuse you, Mr. Bush, of lying this country into war." With video.

On July 4, Put Away the Flags

Howard Zinn, Progressive Media Project. July 4, 2007.

Is not nationalism -- that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder -- one of the great evils of our time?