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Stéphane Hessel, author of the French bestselling phenomenon Indignez-Vous!, offers an English-language presentation of the translation, Time for Outrage!

About the author

Stephan Hessel is a holocaust survivor, diplomat, writer, and a former BCRA agent and member of the French Resistance. He co-drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and was later added to Foreign Policy magazine's list of top global thinkers.  Hessel is the author of  Indignez-Vous!, a 32-page booklet about outrage at social injustice. The booklet’s call to stand up to indecency resounded internationally; it has sold 1.5 million copies and been translated into twelve languages since its 2010 publication. It is also credited with influencing movements like Occupy Wall Street and Los Indignados in Spain.