Geoffrey Heptonstall
And there are those who ask, 'Whatever happened to the idealism of my generation?' Anyone who remembers the Sixties/Seventies years finds themselves asking that question
Theresa May's moral failings are evident. They are certain to lead to political failure that may take some time to become evident.
In the meantime there is a crisis of democracy. It is not a crisis in one country. The peace dividends we were promised have been squandered.
2017 is going to see many revised versions of the October Revolution. Some prejudices need to be countermanded even before they are uttered. Lenin's reputation is overshadowed by, and confused with, Stalin's.
Fidel - a revolutionary hero to some, a ruthless tyrant to others. Why, we must ask, should the question be posed in terms of such polarity?
Writing is the hand that feeds society's conscience and consciousness. Writing examines life, the essential process of civilized awareness, the fuel of serious social discourse
The mid-Seventies album Desire is for me Bob Dylan's crowning achievement
The gravity of feeling was embedded in his face and voice as he spoke of his fears for the future of the party he once led
In any political movement there is a tension between what is desirable and what is possible
Discontent among the uninformed tends toward unreasoned emotion. The educated dissentient is able and willing to identify the nature of a problem and articulate an indictment of the problem's source.