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Wales and the giant!
Over many years a special, enduring bond of solidarity and shared political aspirations developed between Paul Robeson and Wales and in particular Welsh miners
Paul Robeson
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WILL PODMORE recommends an excellent and useful introduction to a lesser-known giant of the scientific revolution in Britain
ROBERT GRIFFITHS delivered the main political report to the Communist Party’s executive committee meeting last weekend. Here is the second of two articles based on his address
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It is gratifying indeed that one of the world’s most eminent opera singers, Bryn Terfel, is performing in two concerts at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff to celebrate the voice and life of Paul Robeson.
The son of a black slave in the US was a world-famous singer and actor who led a turbulent and courageous life.
When he died in 1976, millions of people around the world mourned the loss of one of the greatest people of the 20th century — a giant of a man who deserves a place alongside Nelson Mandela as a fighter for freedom.
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