You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Acclaimed historian Howard Zinn has both chronicled and participated in some of the most important social movements of our time. In "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" , Zinn's experiences speak to the future as much as to the past: they show in vivid detail how small actions can effect historic change.

"A warmhearted memoir of a teacher who committed his politically engaged life to the belief that love is a command to action...." - Merritt Roe Smith (Washington Monthly)

"An inspiring autobiography...in the tradition of Martin Luther King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'." - Deborah A. Byrnes (Fresh Air, National Public Radio)

"There are lively tales, encompassing Mr. Zinn's years as a historian in the late 1950's and early 60's at Spelman College in Atlanta." - Robert P. Magee (New York Times Book Review)

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