Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies On Law and Order

by Howard Zinn

Overview

Howard Zinn's cogent defense of civil disobedience with a new introduction by the author. In this slim volume, Zinn lays out a clear and dynamic case for civil disobedience and protest, and challenges the dominant arguments against forms of protest that challenge the status quo. Zinn explores the politics of direct action, nonviolent civil disobedience, and strikes, and draws lessons for today.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015166842
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	08/28/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	125
File size:	447 KB

About the Author

Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was an historian, playwright and activist. He wrote the classic PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES "a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories (LIBRARYJOURNAL). The book has sold more than 2 million copies. Zinn flew bomber missions during WWII and then enrolled after the war for a Ph.D. from Columbia. He taught for years at Spellman College, and then at Boston University, where he taught until his retirement in 1988. Zinn is the author of many books, including his autobiography, YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN, the play MARX IN SOHO, as well as several more plays and more than two dozen nonfiction books.