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#EricLevy has passed on at the age of 94. A Maoist communist, supporter of black liberation, former member of Black Unity & Freedom Party. We met him March 2020, he knew #ClaudiaJones personally and talks about her support for Mao here. #Vietnam #Korea #Mao #Stalin #Kruschev
Here #EricLecy continues to talk about his former comrade #ClaudiaJones and her comradeship with #PaulRobeson, Eric explains the meaning of the ‘African spiritual’ songs of Paul Robeson and Robeson’s attitude towards the USSR.
#EricLevy continues to talk about #PaulRobeson here, emphasising the importance of his songs and encouraging young people to listen carefully to the meaning of his songs. He explains after the Second World War there was a the turn to repression of McCarthyism.
1/. My friend, #EricLevy - an true activist & tireless campaigner for human rights - died today aged 93
I met Eric 19yrs ago when he signed up to be a human shield to try & stop the illegal invasion of Iraq
One of the most courageous people I know, I asked him about courage👇
I met Eric 19yrs ago when he signed up to be a human shield to try & stop the illegal invasion of Iraq
One of the most courageous people I know, I asked him about courage👇
2/. “I hate to see the evening sun go down”
While talking about courage, #EricLevy - who was active in the US Civil Rights movement told me how activists had surrounded activist & singer, Paul Robeson, to shield him from possible white supremacist snipers
While talking about courage, #EricLevy - who was active in the US Civil Rights movement told me how activists had surrounded activist & singer, Paul Robeson, to shield him from possible white supremacist snipers
3/. "We may have failed to stop the invasion, but by putting ourselves in harm’s way, we sent a clear message to the world"
#EricLevy was one of only about 80 human shields who stayed in Baghdad throughout the #IraqWar
10 years later, I interviewed him
vice.com/en/article/kw5…
#EricLevy was one of only about 80 human shields who stayed in Baghdad throughout the #IraqWar
10 years later, I interviewed him
vice.com/en/article/kw5…
