Harry's Last Stand
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Son and comrade to Harry Leslie Smith and co-conspirator with his Harry's Last Stand. 5 books, hundreds of essays, cross country and cross continent tours to not make his past our future.
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Harry Leslie Smith
February 25, 1923-November 28, 2018
"I was born in a Barnsley slum on February 25th during the economically bleak winter of 1923. My working-class family were on a first name basis with poverty & hunger, so my beginnings weren’t auspicious but damning." ko-fi.com/post/The-Gre...
February 25, 1923-November 28, 2018
"I was born in a Barnsley slum on February 25th during the economically bleak winter of 1923. My working-class family were on a first name basis with poverty & hunger, so my beginnings weren’t auspicious but damning." ko-fi.com/post/The-Gre...
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My father has been dead since 28 November 2018. That’s a long time gone. Yet if he could return, he would recognise 2025 instantly. He predicted much of it.
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“I am a goner, but so is Labour.”
Today, November rain fell across the city, making my walk unpleasant.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My father has been dead since 28 November 2018. That’s a long time gone. Yet if he could return, he would recognise 2025 instantly. He predicted much of it.
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A Personal Update thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/11/14/a...
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A Personal Update
Organising my routine work has made it easier for me to remove a lot of old stuff and prioritise what remains. It gives me more time in the afternoon to do something else, usually sleeping. So many…
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November 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My father has been dead since 28 November 2018. That’s a long time gone. Yet if he could return, he would recognise 2025 instantly. He predicted much of it.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/i-am-a-gon...
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“I am a goner, but so is Labour.”
Today, November rain fell across the city, making my walk unpleasant.
jmsmith.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My father has been dead since 28 November 2018. That’s a long time gone. Yet if he could return, he would recognise 2025 instantly. He predicted much of it.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/i-am-a-gon...
jmsmith.substack.com/p/i-am-a-gon...
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The Welfare State Built His Future. Neoliberalism Ruined Ours
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The Welfare State Built His Future. Neoliberalism Ruined Ours
On November 28th, it will be seven years since Harry Leslie Smith died.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Welfare State Built His Future. Neoliberalism Ruined Ours
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The Welfare State Built His Future. Neoliberalism Ruined Ours
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The Welfare State Built His Future. Neoliberalism Ruined Ours
On November 28th, it will be seven years since Harry Leslie Smith died.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Welfare State Built His Future. Neoliberalism Ruined Ours
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Ten Days That Shook the World — and Why We Need Another
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Ten Days That Shook the World — and Why We Need Another
By the time you read this, it will have passed.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ten Days That Shook the World — and Why We Need Another
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This month the Harry's Last Stand Substack is 4 years old with over 3k subscribers. There is no paywall and the content not only deals with the here and now but preserving Harry Leslie Smith's working class legacy. Join today
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62, living with cancer & lung disease during a cost-of-living crisis. Son of Harry Leslie Smith, the "World’s Oldest Rebel." Co-conspirator in his final decade, including 6 books. Continuing his legac...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This month the Harry's Last Stand Substack is 4 years old with over 3k subscribers. There is no paywall and the content not only deals with the here and now but preserving Harry Leslie Smith's working class legacy. Join today
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On my laptop, I found a fragment of audio of my dad recalling the final months of the Second World War. His generation went to war on the promise of a tomorrow that wouldn’t repeat the hell of their Great Depression youth.
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Neoliberalism Betrayed the Victory of WW2
On my laptop, I found a fragment of audio of my dad recalling the final months of the Second World War.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On my laptop, I found a fragment of audio of my dad recalling the final months of the Second World War. His generation went to war on the promise of a tomorrow that wouldn’t repeat the hell of their Great Depression youth.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/neoliberal...
jmsmith.substack.com/p/neoliberal...
Remembrance Day in a Time of Dystopia: How Fascism Made Us Forget Our Past
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Remembrance Day in a Time of Dystopia: How Fascism Made Us Forget Our Past
My father, a WW2 veteran, stopped wearing a poppy for Remembrance Day in 2014.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remembrance Day in a Time of Dystopia: How Fascism Made Us Forget Our Past
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Much of our working-class history has been erased by neoliberalism. It was done to make ordinary people more compliant with the everyday exploitation of the 1%. It’s why the compassionate socialism of Harry Leslie Smith, found in his life’s story and that of his generation, must be preserved.
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Much of our working-class history has been erased by neoliberalism. It was done to make ordinary people more compliant with the everyday exploitation of the 1%. It’s why the compassionate socialism of Harry Leslie Smith, found in his life’s story and that of his generation, must be preserved.
That people wear a poppy in 2025 and believe veterans from WW2 died so 21st century politicians in western nations could appease the fascism of Donald Trump and also enable a genocide against Palestinians tells you it's all performative.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
That people wear a poppy in 2025 and believe veterans from WW2 died so 21st century politicians in western nations could appease the fascism of Donald Trump and also enable a genocide against Palestinians tells you it's all performative.
Ten Days That Shook the World — and Why We Need Another
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Ten Days That Shook the World — and Why We Need Another
By the time you read this, it will have passed.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ten Days That Shook the World — and Why We Need Another
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A whole new generation is going to be reading about Eugene Debs this morning.
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
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Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
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The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs, Vol. I
An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A whole new generation is going to be reading about Eugene Debs this morning.
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
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in light of the "libs" austerity and pipeline budget... think i'll re-read harry lesie smith, and how austerity, corruption, greed are bad.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
in light of the "libs" austerity and pipeline budget... think i'll re-read harry lesie smith, and how austerity, corruption, greed are bad.
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Frozen in Fascism’s Headlights
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Frozen in Fascism’s Headlights
When the West refused to make refugees welcome, its march to authoritarianism was only a matter of time.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Frozen in Fascism’s Headlights
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Penny for the Guy — The 1% Put a Torch to Our Working-Class Legacy
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Penny for the Guy — The 1% Put a Torch to Our Working-Class Legacy
Much of our working-class history has been erased by neoliberalism.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Penny for the Guy — The 1% Put a Torch to Our Working-Class Legacy
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Undead Dick Cheney is dead.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Undead Dick Cheney is dead.
Frozen in Fascism’s Headlights
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Frozen in Fascism’s Headlights
When the West refused to make refugees welcome, its march to authoritarianism was only a matter of time.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Frozen in Fascism’s Headlights
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The breadlines from Trump’s govt shutdown are enormous. Watching them on tv makes you think the Great Depression was colourised for a Netflix documentary. But this hunger is unfurling in the present tense, and there is no FDR in the wings. jmsmith.substack.com/p/2025-was-t... pic.x.com/nLwinZ0hEj
2025 Was The Beginning of Capitalism’s Second Great Depression
As always, the light wanes at October’s end.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The breadlines from Trump’s govt shutdown are enormous. Watching them on tv makes you think the Great Depression was colourised for a Netflix documentary. But this hunger is unfurling in the present tense, and there is no FDR in the wings. jmsmith.substack.com/p/2025-was-t... pic.x.com/nLwinZ0hEj
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This new volume stands as the 1st book in the Harry’s Last Stand cycle, tracing Harry’s journey from Barnsley slums in 1923 to Labour’s 1945 victory. It’s a linear memoir, from his birth to his time in the RAF — a record of experiences that shaped his political awakening. ko-fi.com/post/The-Mod...
The Modern Welfare State was born out of the ashes of WW2
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November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This new volume stands as the 1st book in the Harry’s Last Stand cycle, tracing Harry’s journey from Barnsley slums in 1923 to Labour’s 1945 victory. It’s a linear memoir, from his birth to his time in the RAF — a record of experiences that shaped his political awakening. ko-fi.com/post/The-Mod...
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