A French Manifesto to Unite Occupy Wall Street: William D. Cohan
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Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- You’ve got to love the French. Thebest-selling book on Amazon.com’s French site is “Indignez-vous!,” an exceedingly slim, elegant rumination on the state ofthe world by Stephane Hessel, a 94-year-old former UnitedNations diplomat, concentration-camp survivor and hero of theFrench Resistance.
The 32-page book, with about 4 million copies in print in30 languages-- including a just-published English version titled“Time for Outrage” -- is clearly meant to serve as a timelyblueprint for non-violent protest. It could come in handy forthe growing Occupy Wall Street movement as it continues tosearch for its voice and its raison d’etre (as the French wouldsay.)