'It is
not enough to read Harry's record of the struggles and hopes of a
generation - we have to re-assert his principles of common ownership and
the welfare state.
If Harry can do it, we should too!' Ken
Loach, Director of I, Daniel Blake'As one of the last remaining
survivors of the Great Depression and the Second World War, I will not
go gently into that good night. I want to tell you what the world looks
like through my eyes, so that you can help change it...' In November
2013, 91-year-old Yorkshireman, RAF veteran and ex-carpet salesman Harry
Leslie Smith's Guardian article - 'This year, I will wear a poppy for
the last time' - was shared over 80,000 times on Facebook and started a
huge debate about the state of society. Now he brings his unique
perspective to bear on NHS cutbacks, benefits policy, political
corruption, food poverty, the cost of education - and much more.
From the deprivation of 1930s Barnsley and the terror of war to the
creation of our welfare state, Harry has experienced how a great
civilisation can rise from the rubble. But at the end of his life, he
fears how easily it is being eroded. Harry's Last Stand is a lyrical,
searing modern invective that shows what the past can teach us, and how
the future is ours for the taking.
Harry's Last Stand - Harry Leslie Smith
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