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The traditional narrative of 1776 is woven into the very fabric of American identity: a heroic, progressive leap forward for humanity where freedom-loving patriots broke the chains of a tyrannical British monarchy to establish a republic rooted in liberty and democracy. But according to Dr. Gerald Horne, a prolific historian and professor of African-American Studies at the University of Houston, this foundational story is a profound myth. In his groundbreaking book, The Count

The relentless, decades-long assault on the sovereign nation of Cuba stands as one of the most glaring, unvarnished case studies of modern imperialism. For over sixty years, the foreign policy apparatus of the United States has waged an uninterrupted, unilateral war against the island. This is a war executed not with the thunder of immediate nationwide shock-and-wave invasions—though that has been attempted—but through the quiet, grinding violence of structural strangulation.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the air is thick with a familiar, manufactured nostalgia. We are about to be subjected to a multi-billion-dollar marketing campaign of national self-congratulation. Red, white, and blue banners will drape corporate headquarters; politicians will deliver rehearsed speeches about the "enduring miracle of American democracy"; and mainstream media will spin a comforting yarn about a nation that, despite a few historic "bumps