tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post1526949005643193351..comments2024-03-26T13:14:16.760+00:00Comments on teifidancer: Paul Robeson ( 9/4/1898 - 23/1/1976) - A hero excludedteifidancerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14476044378212084216noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-48720852615355044822023-01-25T12:26:27.690+00:002023-01-25T12:26:27.690+00:00A great man who with the benefits of hindsight ha...A great man who with the benefits of hindsight had traits that would be wrong tp ignore, a principled, passionate man, who like many intellectuals of his time, in his fight against injustice in the case of Stalinist Russia, only saw what he wanted to see,and even if he harbored private doubts about the Soviet project (and his son, among others, would later insist that he did) he never allowed for any public criticism of the USSR – the land of the grand experiment that gave him hope and dignity but also destroyed the lives of the millions of innocents, including some of his closest friends, who never responded to the revelations of Stalin’s crimes,never allowed himself to criticize the regime that, according to his deepest conviction, safeguarded the interests of the downtrodden, especially his “own people” This ultimately is a tragedy that somewhat taints his otherwise great legacy.teifidancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476044378212084216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-22979742532787335112023-01-24T20:45:13.714+00:002023-01-24T20:45:13.714+00:00A great artist who apologized or ignored Stalin...A great artist who apologized or ignored Stalin's crimes and oppression of the bureaucrats against the working class because of the better treatment of the negro. A mixed review on his politics that were fiiled with contradictions. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-32316459240254151072022-01-23T22:49:41.544+00:002022-01-23T22:49:41.544+00:00Yes leaves us all with such a truly rich legacy.Th...Yes leaves us all with such a truly rich legacy.Thanks teifidancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476044378212084216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-25240888630887318722022-01-23T19:13:41.584+00:002022-01-23T19:13:41.584+00:00a great artist a
great mana great artist a <br />great manAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235543760046146776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-1952631815548085552021-04-09T21:54:12.690+01:002021-04-09T21:54:12.690+01:00he certainly was
he certainly was<br />teifidancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476044378212084216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-33228145278529755152021-04-09T19:34:35.176+01:002021-04-09T19:34:35.176+01:00what a marvellous man
what a marvellous man<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235543760046146776noreply@blogger.com