"In this short, rich volume, Zinn connects the dots from the abolitionists to Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement, leads the reader to question whether there is any 'good war, ' and encourages us all to see civil disobedience as important as voting in a democracy. It is a guidebook for organizers."--Deborah Menkart, executive director of Teaching for Change and co-director of the Zinn Education Project

"Truth Has a Power of Its Own is a virtual epilogue to Zinn's classic work, A People's History of the United States, and it eloquently shows that Zinn's mission was not to demonstrate our exceptionalism or our superiority. Instead, he urges us to look squarely at our stained past for the glimmers of human decency and courage which so often have welled up among the ordinary people historians too often ignore."--Frances Fox Piven, distinguished professor of political science emerita, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

"The conversations in Truth Has a Power of Its Own sing with Howard Zinn's wisdom, humanity, and wit. Zinn explains how despite unspeakable brutality and exploitation throughout U.S. history, we find hope rising from the social movements that have sought equality and justice. This is a marvelous introduction to the history--a people's history--of our country."--Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor, Rethinking Schools, and co-director of the Zinn Education Project