Includes bibliographical references and index.

Southern Influence in National Politics -- Speech against the Vietnam War on Boston Common -- Thinking about Vietnam : Political Theory and Human Life -- Academic Freedom : Collaboration and Resistance -- Second Thoughts on the First Amendment -- 1492/1992 : The Legacy of Columbus -- A People's History of the United States -- A Call to Action : Abolish the Death Penalty -- The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti -- Emma Goldman, Anarchism, and War Resistance -- Confronting Government Lies -- History Matters -- The Myth of American Exceptionalism -- Just War -- Overcoming Obstacles -- Civil Disobedience in the Twenty-First Century -- The State of the Union -- Standing Up for Justice in the Age of Obama -- Talk on Democracy and Citizenship in Greece -- Three Holy Wars.