A Power Governments Cannot Suppress [Paperback]

A Power Governments Cannot Suppressis a major collection of essays on American history, race, class, justice, and ordinary people who stand up to power. Zinn approaches the telling of U.S. history from an active, engaged point of view, drawing upon untold histories to comment on the most controversial issues facing us today: government dishonesty, terrorism, the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, the loss of our liberties, immigration, and the responsibility of the citizen to confront power for the common good.A Power Governments Cannot Suppressis an invaluable post-9/11 era addition to the themes that run through Howard Zinn's bestselling classic,A People's History of the United States.

Thank you, Howard Zinn. Thank you for telling us what none of our leaders are willing to: The truth. And you tell it with such brilliance, such humanity. It is a personal honor to be able to say I am a better citizen because of you. —Michael Moore, director ofFahrenheit 9/11

This strong, incisive book by Howard Zinn provides us with a penetrating critique of current U.S. policies and embraces the sweep of history. . . .A Power Governments Cannot Suppressleaves us with the faith that citizens have what it takes to confront power and to reverse the dangerous and unjust acts of our government. —Jonathan Kozol, author ofThe Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Find here the voice of the well-educated and honorable and capable and humane United States of America, which might have existed if only absolute power had not corrupted its third-rate leaders so absolutely. —Kurt Vonnegut, author ofA Man Without a Country

Howard Zinn is a unique voice of sanity, clarity, and wisdom who reads history not only to understand the present but to shape the future . . . . Profoundly insightful . . .A Power Governments Cannot Suppressshould be read by every American, lóL