Stéphane Hessel, Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor, tells the young of today that their lives and liberties are worth fighting for.
Remembering the ideals for which he risked his life, while never forgetting the evils against which he struggled, the 93-year-old writer and diplomat calls on all of us to take back the rights that have slowly slipped away since the Second World War ended.
As sales of this masterful polemic approach a million in France, it is published here for the first time in English.
‘Like a song you hum or a film you recommend to friends, Indignez-Vous! crystallises the spirit of the time. To buy it is a militant act, a gesture towards community and participation in a collective emotion.’ Libération