I came across this article about Mark Twain’s anti-war writings. Did you know that Mark Twain was an anti-war activist? I didn’t. This article explains why history has forgoten that part of his life. When I mentioned this to a friend who as reading Lies My Teacher Told Me who told me other startling lapses in my (and I’d guess other’s) knowledge of U.S. history. For example, did you know that Helen Keller was an active radical socialist and helped found the ACLU? Nope. Neither did I.
Mark Twain’s Anti-Imperialism, Then and Now by Jim Zwick (2004).
The article has many links to actual essays and letters by Twain.
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July 30th, 2005 | Tags: antiwar | Category: Ahimsa | One comment - (Comments are closed)