Smith, 91, one of the last remaining Canadian World War 2 veterans, fears that unrestrained capitalism is killing collective rights and western democracy. The post Canadian WW2 Veteran: “At 91, I am history, and I fear its repetition” [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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Dead Wild Roses: Now That…that is a Catch-22 – Belarus 1942
If you have not picked up or borrowed Blood Lands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder yet, I suggest you do so. It is a shockingly candid dissertation on what happened to the people on the Eastern Front between Stalin and Hitler. I quote from that text:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Now That…that is a Catch-22 – Belarus 1942
If you have not picked up or borrowed Blood Lands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder yet, I suggest you do so. It is a shockingly candid dissertation on what happened to the people on the Eastern Front between Stalin and Hitler. I quote from that text:
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Jack Ford and his war #nlpoli
Jack Ford spent three years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during the Second World War. He died on September 24, aged 94. The Japanese used jack and many of his fellow prisoners as forced labour at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. Jack was in the camp
Continue readingArt Threat: Portraits of WWII Veterans From All Sides – Jonathan Alpeyrie shares 210 diverse veteran faces
The aged faces of men of many nations look into Jonathan Alpeyrie’s lens for his collection of 210 photographic portraits of men who fought in WWII. The goal behind his project, World War II Veterans, on display until May 12, 2012 at Anastasia Photo in New York City, was to
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