Chasing Utopia by David Leach | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Chasing Utopia Author: David Leach Narrator: Richard Clarkin Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: ECW Press Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: Say the word Israel today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. Yet for decades the symbol of the Jewish State was the noble pioneer draining the swamps and making the deserts bloom: the legendary kibbutznik. So what ever happened to the pioneers' dream of founding a socialist utopia in the land called Palestine? Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel draws listeners into the quest for answers to the defining political conflict of our era. Acclaimed author David Leach revisits his raucous memories of life as a kibbutz volunteer and returns to meet a new generation of Jewish and Arab citizens struggling to forge a better future together. Crisscrossing the nation, Leach chronicles the controversial decline of Israel's kibbutz movement and witnesses a renaissance of the original vision for a peaceable utopia in unexpected corners of the Promised Land. Chasing Utopia is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of a divided nation where hope persists against the odds. Contact: [email protected]

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