Gerald Horne sees the colonists' revolt of 1776 not as a noble struggle for liberty and independence but as a counter-revolution, one waged by this nation's Founding Fathers to defend their right to enslave Africans. The white settlers rose up, argues Horne, in the face of growing evidence that London was moving toward abolition.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The American Counter-Revolution?
Click here to access the audio recording of an interview with historian Gerald Horne discussing the intriguing thesis of his new book which examines the American Revolutions as a counter-revolution. The 55 minute recorded interview is from the studios of KPFA in Berkeley, California.