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Life Forgotten - Limited edition 200 copies, 88 page, 30 x 24 cm. $30  In the US purchase from booklyn.org In Europe email Zoe

This book is a companion to the film. It includes both my art work and historical documents. It brings together multiple perspectives: oral histories from the Lower East Side, an essay, Intellectuals between Critique and Power by the historian Enzo Traverso, about the transformation of Jewish thinkers from the radical left wing intellectuals of the first half of the 20th century to the conservative power brokers of today. It ends with my notes on Walter Benjamin’s concept of the Angel of History in our time of multiple catastrophes. The text poses questions and offers a few signposts. How does history grow out of and weight upon live experience? How can people without power or influence change their world? How can we reach out to comrades across time?