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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Posted by thepete on Monday, October 10th at 2:26 PM. [link]

USA.gov: Happy Columbus Day! thepete: Um, "Happy"? Really?

falconieri:

usagov:

Every year, on the second Monday of October, the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Columbus’ official siting of new land was October 12, 1492.

Columbus, a native of Italy, scoured Europe for royal sponsors of his expedition to find the New World. Finally, in…

@usagov, LIAR

“LIAR” indeed, Falconieri.  Aren’t we all educated enough to understand that it’s kinda lame celebrating the genocidal asshole who didn’t really discover America and only did that because he was looking for India?  Yeah, let’s celebrate a man so greedy and cruel that he would order the hands of locals chopped off if they didn’t bring him gold.

It’s pretty disgusting how we still pat ourselves on the back for “taming” this continent.

If I had a dayjob, I’d go into work today, anyway.  

Oh and if I sound like I’m talking out of my ass, go watch “Even the Rain” on Netflix and see how you feel after.  It’s also available to stream on Amazon.

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