The essays in Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident remind us that Zinn was not just a historian: he was also deeply involved in the major twentieth-century struggles for social justice in the United States.

The early twenty-first century will be remembered as an era of tumult and protest.

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

Elections and movements don’t proceed on separate tracks.

Occupy Wall Street has already made the concentration of wealth at the top a central issue. Now, it promises to do the same with the realities of poverty.

Take part in a nationwide teach-in on corporate greed. And join the growing people’s movement to reclaim our community and our economy.

More than 26 million Americans don’t have enough work, while robber-baron CEOs report record profits. So why aren’t the unemployed on the march?