1987: Terrorist’s blues
Paris, Michel de Maule, 271 pages.
Note: Awaiting annotation.
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In 1972, the French television program Aujourd’hui Madame featured Françoise d’Eaubonne. Faced with an opponent who doesn’t understand why the feminist activist doesn’t want women to take power in place of men, Françoise replies succinctly: – All power is bad in anyone’s hands.– Why take it, then?– To destroy it!
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Plon Note: Awaiting annotation.
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