John Berger

I met him for the first time today. The event was the completion of a new book he'd written, 'Letters from A to X' , parts of which he read out to a small audience. After the reading session the microphone was passed around the audience and questions were entertained, starting from his book and finally centring around the Palestine issue. At the end of the event I was fortunate to have a very brief conversation with him. This is the advice he gave to younger generations wishing to take up the cause of the oppressed-

• Listen
• The struggle is unending, and those wishing to enter the struggle must realise it.