In the classic tradition of the philosopher-activist, Daniel Bensaïd tells the story of a life deeply entwined with the history of both the French and the international Left. From his family bistro in a staunchly red neighborhood of Toulouse to the founding of the Jeunesses communistes révolutionnaires in the 1960s, from the joyous explosion of May 1968 to the painful experience of defeat in Latin America, Bensaïd relates a life of struggle in which he sought to understand capitalism.