What They Don’t Teach You About July 4th

Trump’s America 250: “a cultish level of fascistic exceptionalism.”

It’s the moment the American people deserve: Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra on what 250 years of star-spangled “freedom” means to them. From its founding as a settler colony on indigenous genocide and bondaged slave labor, to the execution of the Rosenbergs, endless wars and the lies we’re taught in public school, the ugly truth of US history is that it has nothing to do with this weekend’s celebrations in Washington. What would an honest reckoning with the Founding Fathers mythology look like instead? Trump’s crashing out about communism — why now? Rania and Zoe dig into the rich legacy of solidarity, resistance and revolution you won’t learn in US history class.

From the belly of the beast on its birthday: How can Americans square a national identity rooted in racism, genocide and exploitation, and what’s actually worth celebrating about the US this 4th of July?

This 4th of July? “It’s just such a lie.”

@RaniaKhalek & @ZoeAlexandra_ok rip into Trump’s America 250 shenanigans – and what’s actually worth celebrating