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Madison, Wisconsin, October 9, 1991.
The opening chapter of Zinn's indispensable A People's History of the United States turns much of our traditional teaching of history on its head. By exploding the conventional narrative of Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of America, and looking at the conquest of the Americas from the standpoint of the indigenous population, he has led millions of people to question our national mythologies. In this speech, Zinn continues his reflections on the meaning of Columbus in the context of the "new world order" proclaimed by President George H. W. Bush.