Howard Zinn

Trump Is Making Indigenous Peoples’ Day Columbus Day Again

Monday, October 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump’s new proclamation to “make Columbus Day great again” isn’t about honoring Italian Americans; it’s about reviving the old lie that conquest equals discovery. From Columbus’s own journals to Trump’s DEI purge, iPINIONS shows how historical whitewashing keeps finding fresh political sponsors. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-indigenous-peoples Read more.

Columbus Day Is Now Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Monday, October 14, 2024 at 6:12 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue [Blah blah blah] If, like me, you attended primary school in the 1960s or 1970s, you probably had to learn to recite the poem “In 1492” in its entirety. Teachers taught this poem with no compunction about the cultural annihilation and plunder it glorifies. Christopher Columbus, the disoriented explorer… Read more.