MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Harry Belafonte 1927 - 2023
JOHN GREEN pays tribute to the activism of a man of political fearlessness
Harry Belafonte
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RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
HARRY BELAFONTE, who died today, aged 96, is hardly the first person who comes to mind when you think of great individuals who have changed the face of history, even though he did.
Younger generations have probably never heard of him and even older ones are more likely to recall him as a singer of Calypso tunes rather than a political activist.
How historical narratives can distort and erase!
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