Tuesday, 21 September 2021
David Gorin is a Canada-born South African at heart. He had a short career in accounting, then spent 30 years in advertising before realising he wanted to write. He now contributes to various publications and ghost writes for a few corporate chief executives. He is a voracious reader, an animal lover and wants to believe in a better world for all.
Artists and activists, from Toni Morrison to Ken Saro-Wiwa, have warned of the consequences of inequality and rapacious capitalism. It is up to us to listen – and to act.
Despite a heating planet and several countries hurtling towards fascism, Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s new book notes a cause for optimism: the goodness inherent in humanity.
Masks link us to the past and – as most of us are wearing them to go out in public now – define the present. They have the power to connect us to new perspectives.
Dan Gretton’s magisterial work looks at corporate collusion with the Holocaust, how white-collar workers at desks in well-lit offices commit evil, and how ‘violence bleeds from paper’.