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‘Harry was a giant’
Unite paid tribute to the late Harry Leslie Smith, RAF veteran, author and anti-austerity activist, at a memorial event called Remembering a Rebel, held at... Read More
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Happy Birthday, Harry!
Second World War veteran, best-selling author and anti-austerity activist Harry Leslie Smith celebrated his 95th birthday on Sunday (February 25). Harry, who has worked... Read More
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Harry’s first podcast
Friend of Unite, Second World War veteran, bestselling author and anti-austerity campaigner Harry Leslie Smith has at 94 years of age decided to try his... Read More
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Happy birthday Harry
Harry Leslie Smith, a political activist who has worked with Unite and the wider Labour movement on various campaigns – most recently in getting out... Read More
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Harry makes a stand
Pictured is Harry Leslie Smith as he commemorated Armistice Day on November 11 at the Memorial Hospital, Holmfirth, Yorkshire. The 91-year old anti-austerity campaigner and... Read More
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Harry inspires
Currently Britain’s favourite 91 year old, author, RAF veteran and Barnsley miner’s son, Harry Smith, stole the show at the October 18 rally as he... Read More
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Love among the ruins
Harry Leslie Smith has published his latest memoir at a time when the world is witnessing the most devastating refugee crisis since the Second World... Read More
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Seize your destiny
Anti-austerity campaigner and war veteran Harry Smith urges students at Manchester University (March 11) to register and use their votes as part of the No Vote, No... Read More
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Time for timid is past
A resounding 150,000 people turned out for the TUC march and rally, Britain needs a pay rise, on Saturday (October 18), including a multitude of... Read More
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Whatever it takes
Ahead of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s latest economic update on Thursday (October 22), a number of trade unions, including Unite, alongside several Labour MPs, councillors and... Read More
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‘He will live on’
Many may recognise the late Harry Leslie Smith as a kind-hearted, humorous and passionate advocate against austerity, from either seeing him speak publicly or reading... Read More
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Remembering a rebel
Unite and the wider labour movement last night (February 12) paid tribute to RAF veteran, author and anti-austerity activist Harry Leslie Smith at a memorial... Read More
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World’s oldest rebel
Unite has paid tribute to legendary anti-austerity activist, Second World War veteran and the “world’s oldest rebel” Harry Leslie Smith, who died yesterday (November 28)... Read More
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‘Hard times are everywhere’
The darkness of austerity gathers all across Britain like the clouds of night while the Tory Party conference in Manchester celebrates its victory in May’s... Read More
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Call for justice
In response to the disappointing decision of the Independent Police Complaint’s Commission (IPCC) not to fully investigate criminal wrongdoings by police at Orgreave during the... Read More
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Ed is the real deal
You might be forgiven for thinking that celebrities would vote Conservative given that they are up there with the country’s top earners, paying the highest... Read More
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End NHS market experiment
Hundreds of trade unionists last night (April 23) rallied to Save the NHS at Leeds Town Hall. The event was organised by Unions Together,... Read More
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One in a million? Don’t be
One million people have fallen off the electoral roll since the government changed the way we register to vote back in September. Many won’t even know.... Read More
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Before it’s too late
Veteran anti-austerity campaigner and author Harry Leslie Smith speaks exclusively to UNITElive, following his address to a packed crowd at the University of Manchester NoVoteNoVoice... Read More
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Songs of power
I left home aged 18 to go to polytechnic in London and never moved back to live at home with my parents yet every general... Read More