On AlterNet: patriotism

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "patriotism"

Have America's Oligarchs Succeeded in Destroying Our Ability to Conceive of Democracy?

Jada Thacker, Consortium News. August 15, 2011.

Amongst all the wars and manufactured patriotism, the decades of incessant fear and profitable lies, there are signs that our democratic system has been forgotten.

Why the American Flag Inspires Superiority Not Patriotism

Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune.com. December 19, 2008.

Research shows that seeing the flag doesn't make Americans feel more patriotic, but instead, more nationalistic and more superior to non-Americans.

'The End of America,' Liberty: Use It or Lose It

Staff, AlterNet. December 3, 2008.

A look at the compelling new documentary based on Naomi Wolf's book of the same name.

Vanden Heuvel Responds to Rep. Bachmann's McCarthyite Attacks: 'I Fear for My Country'

Staff, Brave New Films. October 18, 2008.

Combating the call for a Congressional witch hunt.

Desperate McCain Tries to Play Terror Card One More Time

Ira Chernus, TomDispatch.com. July 31, 2008.

War and terrorism have replaced social issues in the conservative culture wars.

On Michelle Obama and Patriotism

DJK, Brave New Films. July 10, 2008.

Why the right wing shouldn't sum up patriotism in black and white absolutes.

Patriotism Without Nationalism

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon. July 7, 2008.

Our country: Love it always, respect it when it deserves it.

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.

It's Time for a Radically Different View of Patriotism

Ira Chernus, AlterNet. June 20, 2008.

Republicans do not own the rights to this word. Obama has an opportunity to change how we think about patriotism. Will he take it?

Flag Pin Patriotism: Is This All That's Left?

Austin Cline, Jesus' General. April 21, 2008.

With all the focus on flag pins and other displays, patriotism becomes a meaningless concept.

I Am A Reactionary

Roy Edroso, April 14, 2008.

America is degenerate, which is why to love it.

Lee Atwater's Diseased Patriotism Continues to Infect American Politics

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast. April 7, 2008.

The debate about what constitutes patriotism has afflicted our discourse since Atwater went after Dukakis.

On Flag Pins and Complex Racist Rumor-Mongering

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon. March 4, 2008.

Obama's campaign draws attention to the fact that heâ€™s a Christian, but does this carry the insinuation that it's a bad thing to be Muslim?

AP Papers Need to Stop Smearing Obama's Patriotism

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. February 25, 2008.

It's incredible that a news source which purports to be legitimate would embrace and perpetuate this kind of stuff.

How to Really Love Your Country: Five Objectives for True Patriots

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet. December 4, 2007.

A Top 5 list of criteria for a better America.

American Legion attacks on Edwards sicken this Veteran

Bob Geiger, May 16, 2007.

Bob Geiger: It's not unpatriotic to want to save troops' lives

Patriot's Day: Stop the Violence

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. April 18, 2007.

What is patriotism, and what is not? Howard Zinn asked recently. Fighting to stop the war in Iraq, fighting to stop gun violence at home: that is true patriotism.

Chomsky and Zinn on Patriotism in America

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 18, 2007.

An interview with two of America's leading dissidents on how the highest act of patriotism would be opposing the war in Iraq and calling for a withdrawal of our troops.

A Cure for Yellow Ribbon Patriotism

Robert Weitzel, AlterNet. January 12, 2007.

The story of a Vietnam vet illuminates where the rally cry "support our troops" originated, and what it has come to mean now.