Posted by thepete on Monday, October 10th at 2:40 PM. [link]

“With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”

simplyopinions:

“They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned… They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features… They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane… They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”

—

Christopher Columbus,

Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States

(via cultureofresistance)

Happy Columbus Day, everyone! 

If you haven’t read “A People’s History of the United States” you’re not smart enough.

(Source: socialuprooting)

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