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Harry Leslie Smith (25 February 1923 – 28 November 2018) was an English writer and political commentator. He grew up in poverty in Yorkshire, served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and emigrated to Canada in 1953. After retiring, Smith wrote his memoirs and about the social history of 20th-century Britain. Smith wrote five books, about life in the Great Depression, the Second World War, and post-war austerity, and columns for The Guardian, New Statesman, The Daily Mirror, International Business Times, and the Morning Star. He appeared in public at the 2014 Labour Party conference in Manchester, and during the 2015 general election and the 2016 EU membership referendum. In Canada he made a 2015 "Stand Up for Progress" national tour.

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  • Harry Leslie Smith (* 25. Februar 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire; † 28. November 2018 in Ontario, Kanada) war ein britischer Autor, politischer Kommentator, Menschenrechtsaktivist und Verteidiger der Sozialdemokratie. Er wuchs in Yorkshire in Armut auf und diente während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in der Royal Air Force (RAF); im November 1953 wanderte er an Bord der nach Kanada aus. Nach seiner Pensionierung begann Smith, Memoiren sowie über die Sozialgeschichte Großbritanniens zu schreiben. Er verfasste insgesamt fünf Bücher über das Leben in Großbritannien in der Weltwirtschaftskrise, im Zweiten Weltkrieg und in der Nachkriegszeit. Er schrieb Kolumnen für den Guardian, den New Statesman, den Daily Mirror, die International Business Times und den Morning Star und hatte eine Reihe von öffentlichen Auftritten in Großbritannien (u. a. auf dem Labour-Party-Kongress 2014 in Manchester und während der Parlamentswahlen 2015 und des EU-Referendums 2016) und in Kanada. (de)
  • Harry Leslie Smith (25 February 1923 – 28 November 2018) was an English writer and political commentator. He grew up in poverty in Yorkshire, served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and emigrated to Canada in 1953. After retiring, Smith wrote his memoirs and about the social history of 20th-century Britain. Smith wrote five books, about life in the Great Depression, the Second World War, and post-war austerity, and columns for The Guardian, New Statesman, The Daily Mirror, International Business Times, and the Morning Star. He appeared in public at the 2014 Labour Party conference in Manchester, and during the 2015 general election and the 2016 EU membership referendum. In Canada he made a 2015 "Stand Up for Progress" national tour. (en)
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  • Harry Leslie Smith (25 February 1923 – 28 November 2018) was an English writer and political commentator. He grew up in poverty in Yorkshire, served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and emigrated to Canada in 1953. After retiring, Smith wrote his memoirs and about the social history of 20th-century Britain. Smith wrote five books, about life in the Great Depression, the Second World War, and post-war austerity, and columns for The Guardian, New Statesman, The Daily Mirror, International Business Times, and the Morning Star. He appeared in public at the 2014 Labour Party conference in Manchester, and during the 2015 general election and the 2016 EU membership referendum. In Canada he made a 2015 "Stand Up for Progress" national tour. (en)
  • Harry Leslie Smith (* 25. Februar 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire; † 28. November 2018 in Ontario, Kanada) war ein britischer Autor, politischer Kommentator, Menschenrechtsaktivist und Verteidiger der Sozialdemokratie. Er wuchs in Yorkshire in Armut auf und diente während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in der Royal Air Force (RAF); im November 1953 wanderte er an Bord der nach Kanada aus. Nach seiner Pensionierung begann Smith, Memoiren sowie über die Sozialgeschichte Großbritanniens zu schreiben. Er verfasste insgesamt fünf Bücher über das Leben in Großbritannien in der Weltwirtschaftskrise, im Zweiten Weltkrieg und in der Nachkriegszeit. Er schrieb Kolumnen für den Guardian, den New Statesman, den Daily Mirror, die International Business Times und den Morning Star und hatte eine Reihe von öffentlic (de)
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