num_pages: 160
description: John Berger occupies a unique position in the international cultural artist filmmaker poet philosopher novelist essayist he is also a deeply thoughtful political activist. In Hold Everything Dear  he artistry and activism mesh in an attempt to make sense of the world as we have come to know it during the past six years.Berger analyzes the nature of terrorism and the profound despair that gives rise to it. He writes about the homelessness of millions across the globe who have been forced by poverty and war into lives as refugees. He discusses Afghanistan Iraq Palestine Serbia Bosnia China Indonesia--anyplace the power of corporations the military or paramilitary elements is being exercised depriving ordinary citizens of autonomy or livelihoods or the most basic of freedoms.Singularly lucid and bold Hold Everything Dear fully acknowledges the depth of suffering occurring around the world and suggests ideas and action that might finally help bring it to an end. From one of the most widely admired articulate and impassioned writers of our time this is a powerful collections of essays that holds a starkly reflective mirror up to post-9/11 realities.
language: English
title: Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance
publisher: Pantheon