The Book of Embraces

Eduardo Galeano

Illustration of Eduardo Galeano

“Scientists say we are made of atoms, but a little bird told me we are made of stories.”

Every word a small act of remembering. Stories about dictators and shopping carts, his son's questions, a woman who sells stars

The System

Illustration of a hand

Functionaries don't function.

Politicians speak but say nothing.

Voters vote but don't elect.

The information media disinform.

Open book illustration

Schools teach ignorance.

Judges punish victims.

The military makes war against its compatriots.

The police don't fight crime because they are too busy committing it.

Bankruptcies are socialised while profits are privatised.

Money is freer than people are.

People are at the service of things.

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