As the episode title implies, history is there so it can be learned from and applied to the present and the future. When we ignore our actions and our larger history, we are inclined to repeat past mistakes or allow for them to be repeated by others. During these current tragedies, it’s easy to remain indifferent and even complacent but that does not benefit anyone, not even yourself. American society is in its own state of chaos and disorder, left largely unaddressed to continue to fester and spread to the rest of the world. History will be unforgiving to our country due to the current complicit actions of our elected officials and other actions throughout our country’s history — none of this developed in a vacuum. We’ve been blindly accepting and obedient from a place of fear and patriotism, an ironic combination. Use your displeasure for your current situation to motivate and inspire you for the change we desperately need to see in this country and the world at large because despite larger disapproval, the state of our country reflects the state of the world due to our involvement and unmatched influence. Use your voice and talk truth to power.
Great March of Return
Gaza’s Great March of Return Protests explained
Great March of Return: Scores of People Killed and Injured Over One Year
Ahmed Abu Artema on the Palestinian Great March of Return
Pledge of Allegiance
How the Pledge of Allegiance Went From PR to Gimmick to Patriotic Vow
Understanding the Meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance Words
US Military
The student debt crisis is fueling the poverty draft
Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health?
Military Recruiters are Exploiting High School Students’ Financial Insecurities
The Military Targets Youth for Recruitment, Especially at Poor Schools
Pentagon report reveals disturbing details about White Supremacists in the ranks
CCR’s Fortunate Son
Credence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Fortunate Son’ Now Has Its First-Ever Video Treatment
“Fortunate Son” — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
Muhammad Ali
How Muhammad Ali Risked His Boxing Career to Protest the Vietnam War
Pat Tillman
FAMILY DEMANDS THE TRUTH/ New Inquiry may expose events that led to Pat Tillman’s Death
The Inconvenient Truth About Patrick Tillman
Subsidization of Corporations “Working-Poor”
Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty: UN rights expert
Extreme poverty and human rights
Gig Work Wages in U.S. Are So Bad They’re a Human Rights Issue, U.N. Poverty Expert Says
US Influence
American Eugenics and the Nazi Regime
White Rights: What Apartheid South Africa Learned from the United States
How the Nazis Were Inspired by Jim Crow
Apartheid Outside Africa: The Case of Israel
Jim Crow is alive and well in Israel
