tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971823835434059276.post1346554019822336976..comments2024-03-28T17:23:51.140-07:00Comments on US Slave: Bury the Chains by Adam HochschildRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711403108940797592noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971823835434059276.post-82225349246381492632014-08-02T12:04:22.860-07:002014-08-02T12:04:22.860-07:00Wanted to add that Bart Jones' book on Hugo Ch...Wanted to add that Bart Jones' book on Hugo Chavez also was a gripping read and revelation, like Hochschild's masterpiece!!Mark Rego-Monteirohttp://www.socioeco-econ.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971823835434059276.post-82418707008645728012014-08-01T19:21:41.844-07:002014-08-01T19:21:41.844-07:00Just finished the Portuguese translation. One of ...Just finished the Portuguese translation. One of my bibles. I'm a longtime activist, had heard about the anti-slavery movement in England, had started Hochschild's King Leopold book (in English, and have it again to finish), but now have found another piece of heaven to add to great novels like Xogun and activist works like Jared Diamond's Collapse. I'll even compare it to watching one of Michael Moore's movies. The sense of intelligent compassion and revelation was profound. Simply lovely, stirring, and for such as me, incendiary.Mark Rego-Monteirohttp://www.socioeco-econ.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com