Randolph Bourne, Trans-National America

To seek no other goal than the weary old nationalism, — belligerent, exclusive, inbreeding, the poison of which we are witnessing now in Europe, — is to make patriotism a hollow sham, and to declare that, in spite of our boastings, America must ever be a follower and not a leader of nations.”

They've already flown the reddest flags they got. It's all Jolly Rogers now

i would even say it's not just a matter of "radical goals, liberal tactics" but rather recognizing the inherent and enduring radicalism of the liberal ideal--namely, the freedom and equality of all persons--and how far we have yet to go in achieving it

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