A pioneer in this genre [ writing about the refugee crisis] : the book A Seventh Man, by the great John Berger, decades ago evoked the lives of migrant workers in Europe.
Some 2,800 Americans went to Spain [during the Spanish Civil War], and it was, by far, the largest number of Americans before or since who've ever jo… - Adam Hochschild
Some 2,800 Americans went to Spain [during the Spanish Civil War], and it was, by far, the largest number of Americans before or since who've ever jo…
- Adam Hochschild
Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism. - Adam Hochschild
Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism.
I think [George] Orwell is right. There are certainly moments when political differences appear minor, and someone can claim to be non-political or t… - Adam Hochschild
I think [George] Orwell is right. There are certainly moments when political differences appear minor, and someone can claim to be non-political or t…
Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men … - Adam Hochschild
Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men …
Many of the principle weapons that the Nazis used during World War II had their first trial in combat in Spain - the Messerschmitt 109 fighter plane … - Adam Hochschild
Many of the principle weapons that the Nazis used during World War II had their first trial in combat in Spain - the Messerschmitt 109 fighter plane …
Speaking of Germany in 1933, I don't think you can remove yourself from politics when, in so many countries - the United States, Poland, Hungary, and… - Adam Hochschild
Speaking of Germany in 1933, I don't think you can remove yourself from politics when, in so many countries - the United States, Poland, Hungary, and…
I think writers can respond by writing about the refugee crisis, by looking at problems faced by migrants, by trying hard to portray them as the huma… - Adam Hochschild
I think writers can respond by writing about the refugee crisis, by looking at problems faced by migrants, by trying hard to portray them as the huma…
No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at piece. - Adam Hochschild
No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at piece.
The late Nadine Gordimer in South Africa, for example, had a wonderful ability to get her country's injustices and contradictions down on paper. Ditt… - Adam Hochschild
The late Nadine Gordimer in South Africa, for example, had a wonderful ability to get her country's injustices and contradictions down on paper. Ditt…
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