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Anti-Imperialist Motherfucker

Memories of the 1970s

Jonah Raskin
October 19, 2025

With an imperialist war raging in Southeast Asia and an anti-imperialist movement revving up in the States, the early 1970s was a perfect time to publish my book, The Mythology of Imperialism. The late 1890s—when the Anti-Imperialist League was founded and whose members included Jane Addams, Henry James, his brother William, Mark Twain, and William […]

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Jonah Raskin is the author of Keeping the Beat Alive.

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