Tony Benn (1925–2014)
Auteur van Free at Last!: Diaries 1990-2001
Over de Auteur
Tony Benn, born in London in 1925, is a former Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the Labour Party. He served as an MP for over fifty years and is the author of fifteen books. He is now a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
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Werken van Tony Benn
The International Significance of the Levellers and the English Democratic Tradition (The Spokesman) (2000) 3 exemplaren
The case for a constitutional premiership 2 exemplaren
The Spirit of '45 DVD 1 exemplaar
Industrial democracy : Tony Benn at the IWC debate : an account of the Institute for Workers' Control meeting at the… (1975) 1 exemplaar
Workers' control, how far can the structure meet our demands? : [discussion by] Tony Benn, Walt Greendale and others… (1973) 1 exemplaar
The case for Party democracy 1 exemplaar
Industry, technology and democracy 1 exemplaar
Tony Benn on the Falklands War 1 exemplaar
The need for a free press 1 exemplaar
Talking About Socialism 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood
- Geboortedatum
- 1925-04-03
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-03-14
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- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
- Opleiding
- Westminster School, London
Oxford University (New College) - Beroepen
- Member of Parliament
Postmaster General
Secretary of State for Industry
Secretary of State for Energy
diarist - Relaties
- Benn, Sir Ernest (uncle)
Benn, David Wedgwood (brother)
Barraclough, June (sister-in-law)
Benn, Caroline (wife)
Benn, Hilary (son)
Benn, Sir John (grandfather) (toon alle 11)
Benn, Wedgwood (father)
Holmes, Daniel Turner (grandfather)
Stansgate, Margaret (mother)
Benn, Melissa (daughter)
Rutherford, Margaret (cousin) - Organisaties
- Labour Party (UK)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 2nd Viscount Stansgate (Renounced)
Pipe Smoker of the Year (1992)
Paddy Power And Total Politics Political Book Award (lifetime achievement in political literature, 2012)
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Benn was a compelling orator. He was also one of the great stand-up comedians. This might sound facetious but, as anyone who heard him speak will attest, he was extremely funny and clearly understood the effectiveness of humour as a weapon in the political armoury.
He was not, alas, a great writer. As this book demonstrates his prose is unremittingly flat and, on the page, the jokes have a tendency to fall flat also. The device of framing this collection of political essays as a sequence of letters to his grandchildren soon becomes strained, and then faintly embarrassing, as Benn shoehorns references to his grandchildren into discussions of imperialism or the global financial crisis.
Still, when Benn wrote this in 2009 the world was criminally unjust and going from bad to worse and, when I read it in 2022, nothing had changed. So everything Benn had to say then remains absolutely pertinent now. His hatred of injustice, distrust of the powerful, and faith in the capacity of ordinary people to create a better world continue to inspire.… (meer)