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Harry's Last Stand - How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it (Paperback)
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Harry's Last Stand - How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it (Paperback)
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'A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from
passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ...
should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil
servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness that
so many people feel at government policy beam out of every page.'
The Guardian '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. 'Smith's
unwavering will to turn things around makes for inspirational
reading.' Big Issue North '[With] sheer emotional power ... Harry
Leslie Smith reminds us what society without good public services
actually looks and feels like.' New Statesman
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