Charb Libri

An impassioned defense of the freedom of speech, from Stéphane Charbonnier, a journalist murdered for his convictions On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: "Charb." Known by his pen name, Stéphane Charbonnier was editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo, an outspoken critic of religious fundamentalism, and a renowned political cartoonist in his own right. In the past, he had received death threats and had even earned a place on Al Qaeda's "Most Wanted List." On January 7 it seemed that Charb's enemies had finally succeeded in silencing him. But in a twist of fate befitting Charb's defiant nature, it was soon revealed that he had finished a book just two days before his murder on the very issues at the heart of the attacks: blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the necessary courage of satirists. Here, published for the first time in English, is Charb's final work. A searing criticism of hypocrisy and racism, and a rousing, eloquent defense of free speech, Open Letter shows Charb's words to be as powerful and provocative as his art. This is an essential book about race, religion, the voice of ethnic minorities and majorities in a pluralistic society, and above all, the right to free expression and the surprising challenges being leveled at it in our fraught and dangerous time.

Erhellend, witzig, ironisch, sarkastisch, polemisch – CHARB zieht alle Register seines satirischen Talents, um seine radikale Auffassung von Meinungsfreiheit gegen die Heuchler in Politik und Presse zu behaupten. Worauf zielen die »Mohammed«- und Islam-Karikaturen wirklich? Sie decken auf, dass die Angst vor dem Islam längst ein Kampfbegriff ist. CHARB entlarvt den verschleierten Rassismus bürgerlicher Kreise: Ihre Diskriminierung besteht eben darin, dass sie Muslime anders als Juden oder Christen behandeln. »Lieber stehend sterben, als auf Knien leben.« Charb

Si vous détestez les places de théâtre microscopiques, les sacs siglés chers et moches, les autocollants “bébé à bord”, les patrons de café qui renâclent à servir une carafe d’eau, les gens qui emploient “au jour d’aujourd’hui”, les surfeurs, les dictons, les arbitres de foot, ces nouvelles fatwas de Charb vous offriront une savoureuse revanche.Un hymne hilarant à l’intolérance des gens et de la société.

Vous trouvez touchants les dessins d'enfants affichés au bureau et la nostalgie branchée des trentenaires ? Sexy les filles perchée sur des talons de 12 cm ? Sympathiques les festivals thématiques qui fleurissent un peu partout les week-ends ? Alors ce livre n'est pas pour vous ! Tous ces détails de la vie quotidienne qui enchantent Amélie Poulain donnent à Charb des envies de meurtre et lui inspirent, dans ce livre, de petites chroniques acides et hilarantes.