From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost HappinessAn extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists: Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy, NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Pentagon Papers insider Daniel Ellsberg and acclaimed actor John Cusack'What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken?'In 2014, four people met in secret in a hotel room in Moscow. Each was a leading global advocate for government transparency and accountability: they had come together to talk. Over the course of two days, Arundhati Roy, Edward Snowden, John Cusack and Daniel Ellsburg shared ideas and beliefs - about the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers, the NSA and the ongoing crises in the Middle East, the American government and the nature of activism.Co-authored by Roy and Cusack, and interleaving verbatim conversations with narrated recollections, this Penguin Special captures an historic moment. Interrogating the geopolitical forces that shape our world, it is both political and personal, activist and humanist - irreverent, funny and absolutely urgent. In Things That Can and Cannot Be Said, Arundhati Roy and John Cusack issue a powerful rallying cry, a call to resistance against America's ongoing, malign hegemony.

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

Biographies & Memoirs

ROY, ARUNDHATI

Cusack, John

Leaders & Notable People

Penguin

High Fidelity

Wagner, Natasha Gregson

Robbins, Tim

Black, Jack

Gilbert,Sara

Working Title Films

Hornby, Nick.

Shore, Howard

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (firm)

Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Touchstone Pictures

Frears, Stephen

Bevan, Tim

Simmons, Rudd

Devincentis, D. V.

Bonet, Lisa

Carter, Joelle

Cusack, Joan

Hjejle, Iben

Louiso, Todd

Taylor, Lili

Mcgarvey, Seamus

Audsley, Mick

Dogstar Films (firm)

New Crime Productions (firm)

Touchstone Home Video (firm)

Touchstone Home Video

In late 2014, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, and Daniel Ellsberg travelled to Moscow to meet with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The result was a series of essays and dialogues in which Roy and Cusack reflect on their conversations with Snowden. In these provocative and penetrating discussions, Roy and Cusack discuss the nature of the state, empire, and surveillance in an era of perpetual war, the meaning of flags and patriotism, the role of foundations and NGOs in limiting dissent, and the ways in which capital but not people can freely cross borders. 
Arundhati Roy is a writer and global justice activist. From her celebrated Booker Prize–winning novel The God of Small Things, to her prolific output of writing on topics ranging from climate change to war, the perils of free-market "development" in India, and the defense of the poor, Roy's voice has become indispensable to millions seeking a better word.
John Cusack is a writer, filmmaker, and a board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He has written the screenplays for the movies Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, and War, Inc., with Mark Leyner and Jeremy Pikser, among many others. His writing has appeared widely, including the Guardian, Truthout, and Outlook India.

Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Haymarket Books

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