Writings

Building the peace

“So long as the poor remain at the bottom of our social ladder, our societies will not be based on (…) Read more →

The ATD Fourth World Movement has sought to denounce the existence of a population that has been cast aside to (…) Read more →

It was 1959. I had been in the Noisy-le-Grand camp for over two years. I was tired; my nights were (…) Read more →

The poorest families yearn to become part of our shared history, at last under their true identity, no longer as (…) Read more →

Making the poor work at any job, whatever it may be, so long as they are useful, has always been (…) Read more →

Health represents a real dread for people in extreme poverty. This constant anxiety comes from them having no control over (…) Read more →

One event from my childhood left profound repercussions in my life. It happened at a time when horrible poverty had (…) Read more →

The history of the poorest people is relayed to others only when they feature in the lives of the non-poor: (…) Read more →

When I arrived in the camp in Noisy-le-Grand, I encountered families facing defeat, families with the words ‘suffering’ and ‘misery’ (…) Read more →

Published as an editorial in the Revue Igloos, No. 44, January-February 1969, this text was announced as a “reflection on (…) Read more →