It seems like Settlers is pretty prolific on the left but there's very scant info about him online.

  • gammison [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Horne's good. I do think the counter revolution of 1776 over plays its hand a little bit though. To me the revolution is more about settler colonial revolt over conceptions of freedom Ala Aziz Rana's the two faces of American freedom, of which a key part is anxiety over slavery law, but not the principle component (and there is no principle component it's a mixture of several).

    • TheOneTrueChapo [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Ooh thanks for that, I'll add that to my reading list. I enjoyed the book but I agree the viewpoint felt a little narrow to me at points