Jean Ziegler: The Optimism of Willpower

Jean Ziegler: The Optimism of Willpower (2016)

November 23rd, 20161h 33min

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In 1964, Che Guevara asked the young Jean Ziegler to stay in Switzerland to fight in the "Monster brain" capitalist. Since then, Jean Ziegler nerve stops fighting against injustices as a public writer, a speaker and as a Kofi Annan collaborator. During a trip to Cuba, his ideas are challenged by what he discover on the island.


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