Writings
Your History Is A Proud History
Address given by Joseph Wresinski at the first gathering of Fourth World youth in Sappel, France, 19-20 May 1973
People who (…) Read more
The Europe that Will Arise from Overcoming Poverty
In all European Community member states, there are adults who have no job qualifications and who live in long-term — (…) Read more
Tomorrow Will Be Different
Tomorrow Will Be Different
How can I express the anguish of these families whose gas and electricity have been cut off (…) Read more
On Solidarity with Immigrants
Closing Speech at the conference “Fourth World Solidarity – Immigrants”, organised by the International Movement ATD Fourth World at the (…) Read more
I bear witness to you
Joseph Wresinski’s Address, October 17, 1987, Human Rights Plaza, Paris.
You, the millions and millions of children, women and fathers who (…) Read more
Definition of Culture
“Culture is defined in its broadest sense as the ’means given an individual to understand the surrounding society and play (…) Read more
Universal Prayer
For these millions of children twisted by the pain of hunger, no longer able to smile, yet still yearning to (…) Read more
Creaming the poor
An article by S. M. Miller, Pamela Roby and Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk, published in Transaction, June 1970.
documents
S.M. Miller on Father Joseph
In the spring 2014 issue of Social Policy, the sociologist S.M. Miller relates on what he learned from the Fourth (…) Read more
Human Rights and Extreme Poverty
Wresinskis speech to the Human Rights Commission of the UN, Geneva, 20 February 1987.
The adoption of the “Guiding Principles on (…) Read more