After spending 15 years of the past two decades under house arrest, Burmese political activist Aung San Suu Kyi is set to be released on Nov. 13. Widely recognized as a political prisoner, she has maintained hope and belief in democracy in the face of glaring injustice. To this extent, it has been reported by her lawyer that Suu Kyi will likely not accept a conditional release from house arrest.
With this in mind, the Rabble Book Lounge is going to revisit The Voice of Hope, a book based on conversations that Alan Clements had with Aung San Suu Kyi when she was initially released from house arrest in 1995. Focusing on Suu Kyi's unshakeable optimism, this book was revised and updated in 2008 and is still relevant now, perhaps more than ever.