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.