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...
“At Least It’s Not Leukaemia” — The Rich and the Poor Die Differently
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“At Least It’s Not Leukaemia” — The Rich and the Poor Die Differently
The rich live and die differently from you or me.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“At Least It’s Not Leukaemia” — The Rich and the Poor Die Differently
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Harry Leslie Smith on his Mum finding a Shop's deposit purse during Great Depression and how she was treated. "Her good deed was valued by the store’s manager as worth no more than a tin of broken biscuits in a city where children were dying from hunger." jmsmith.substack.com/p/i-am-going...
“I am going out of this World Fighting.”
In the last 10 years of Harry Leslie Smith’s life, five books were published, hundreds of essays penned, and a podcast produced.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Harry Leslie Smith on his Mum finding a Shop's deposit purse during Great Depression and how she was treated. "Her good deed was valued by the store’s manager as worth no more than a tin of broken biscuits in a city where children were dying from hunger." jmsmith.substack.com/p/i-am-going...
“I am going out of this World Fighting.”
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“I am going out of this World Fighting.”
In the last 10 years of Harry Leslie Smith’s life, five books were published, hundreds of essays penned, and a podcast produced.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“I am going out of this World Fighting.”
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One of the best books I've read all year!
After many years of reporting and writing, the day is finally here: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out today.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
One of the best books I've read all year!
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LISTEN: “All Eyes on #Sudan: A Foreign Correspondent Tells the Stories of A Country & A People Living Through The Horror of War”…My @ricochetmedia.bsky.social conversation with Yousra Elbagir @skynewsrss.bsky.social Africa journalist. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/y...
Yousra Elbagir - All Eyes on Sudan: A Foreign Correspondent Tells the Stories of A Country Living Through The Horror of War
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · 2025-11-20 · 53m
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November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
LISTEN: “All Eyes on #Sudan: A Foreign Correspondent Tells the Stories of A Country & A People Living Through The Horror of War”…My @ricochetmedia.bsky.social conversation with Yousra Elbagir @skynewsrss.bsky.social Africa journalist. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/y...
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Ford's reason for seizing control of Exhibition Place makes no sense.
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
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He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
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Doug Ford government offers reason for its unusual move to control Exhibition Place land
A spokesperson for the provincial government confirmed the reason Bill 68 included clauses about the ownership of Exhibition Place land.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ford's reason for seizing control of Exhibition Place makes no sense.
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
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Macbeth’s Damned Spot: Neoliberalism’s Murder of Hope
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Macbeth’s Damned Spot: Neoliberalism’s Murder of Hope
Seven years ago today, my dad, ill with a fever and exhausted from age, stood from his bed and then fell to the floor, banging his head against a dresser drawer on his way down.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Macbeth’s Damned Spot: Neoliberalism’s Murder of Hope
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Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR. He knew ignoring the Refugee Crisis or responding to it with indifferent cruelty would portend fascism return to power in the West.
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Starmer’s Asylum Laws Are Cynical Fascism in Action
Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR. He knew ignoring the Refugee Crisis or responding to it with indifferent cruelty would portend fascism return to power in the West.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/starmers-a...
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Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR. He knew ignoring the Refugee Crisis or responding to it with indifferent cruelty would portend fascism return to power in the West.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/starmers-a...
jmsmith.substack.com/p/starmers-a...
Starmer’s Asylum Laws Are Cynical Fascism in Action
Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR.
jmsmith.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR. He knew ignoring the Refugee Crisis or responding to it with indifferent cruelty would portend fascism return to power in the West.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/starmers-a...
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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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#SocialistSunday No3 @harryslaststand.bsky.social @revbluessusie.bsky.social @kazzyannie1.bsky.social @pj1958.bsky.social @lucycrew.bsky.social @derbychrisw.bsky.social @citizentommy.bsky.social
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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.
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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...
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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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JM Smith | Substack
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...
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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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