Editorials and prefaces
Our political struggle: eradicate extreme poverty
Our ideologies and class loyalties aside, our political struggle is about the eradication of extreme poverty and social exclusion. That’s (…) Read more
This Christmas time
When I was a child, between 4 and 13, I would go down to the Bon Pasteur convent at midday (…) Read more
Turning history into fraternity
Humanity appears to be floundering in its history like a deaf, dumb and blind person desperately seeking their way forward. (…) Read more
Work That Procures Honour
Even the most disparaged jobs can give those who do them a sense of purpose and dignity in the eyes (…) Read more
For people who love justice
I want to speak to you about an abused people; abused because they are on the margins of where rights (…) Read more
The basic human right to have a holiday
It was 1959. I had been in the Noisy-le-Grand camp for over two years. I was tired; my nights were (…) Read more
From working to having a trade
Making the poor work at any job, whatever it may be, so long as they are useful, has always been (…) Read more
Health: A real dread for people living in extreme poverty
Health represents a real dread for people in extreme poverty. This constant anxiety comes from them having no control over (…) Read more
A profound love for humanity
Published as an editorial in the Revue Igloos, No. 44, January-February 1969, this text was announced as a “reflection on (…) Read more
Time is pressing …
Time is pressing
It is time to understand that there is no celebration that is not a celebration for all.
It is (…) Read more