This is the title of a book by Paul Buhle, illustrated by Mike Konopacki, based on the narration of Howard Zinn
(according to the “Forward” by Paul Buhle). The book is designed in the format of a comic book, and as a lecture
by Howard Zinn of a brief American history, from the Indian massacre at Wounded Knee
of 1890, through its publication in 2008. Howard Zinn’s comic character
begins the lecture with September 11 event, and the US government’s response in
line with “the old way of thinking”. The rest of the book describes “the old
way” from the time mentioned above forward, with some short cuts to
current events (whenever the correlation was plausible).
