Former Nazi Resister: "Time for Outrage"

[Shireling]

Democracy Now!

Stéphane Hessel on Occupy Wall Street: Find the Time for Outrage When Your Values Are Not Respected


As the Occupy Wall Street movement expands across the United States, drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring in Egypt and the protests in Spain, Democracy Now! speaks with former French Resistance fighter, Stéphane Hessel, whose pamphlet-length book, Time for Outrage, helped inspire some of these uprisings. His book has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 10 languages, with several more planned.

Hessel, 93 years old, has occupied many positions in his life: immigrant, French Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, diplomat, advocate and author. He joined the French Resistance during World War II, was caught by the Gestapo and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. He escaped during transfer to Bergen-Belsen and later helped draft the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then became an honorary "Ambassador of France," appointed to special government missions. ... "You must find the things that you will not accept, that will outrage you. And these things, you must be able to fight against nonviolently, peacefully, but determinedly," Hessel says, noting his support for the Occupy Wall Street encampment. "They're there determined to see that their values are to be respected."


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http: www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/10/10/stphane_hessel_on_occupy

[malthaussen]

1. "Find the things that you will not accept..."

And these days, you shouldn't have to look too far.

-- Mal

[cliffordu]

2. I love that fucking guy. A true hard case if there ever was one.