Part of the Why I Left the Left series.
Today is the anniversary of Hamish Fraser’s Birth in 1913
And was called a zealot for doing so by the New York Times
A little known but brilliant book by Alison Macleod, who worked for the British Communist Daily Worker in the 1940s and 1950s
Don’t mention the perks
Whittaker Chambers was one of the great hate figures of the American liberal left.
Today, 27th February, is the birth date of Roger Scruton in 1944
A younger Matt had among his bêtes noir those I considered to be traitors to the doctrine of scientific socialism. Among them were Richard Crossman.
Today, 7th November, is the birth date of Albert Camus in 1913 in Algeria Albert Camus, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, was an early left critic of Marxist totalitarianism. He had been a member of the Communist Party of France and the Communist Party of Algeria in the1930s but rejected both […]
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Doris Lessing in 1919
Part of the Why I Left the Left series.
Today is the anniversary of Hamish Fraser’s Birth in 1913