Don't Let My Past Be Your Future
A Call to Arms
Harry Leslie Smith
- 'Harry
- Leslie
- Smith
- is
- a
- vital
- and
- powerful
- voice
- speaking
- across
- generations
- about
- the
- struggle
- for
- a
- just
- society'
- Jeremy
- CorbynTHIS
- A
- CALL
- TO
- ARMS
- FOR
- THE
- MANY,
- NOT
- THE
- FEW:
- DON'T
- LET
- THE
- PAST
- BECOME
- OUR
- FUTUREHarry
- Leslie
- Smith
- is
- a
- great
- British
- stalwart.
- A
- survivor
- of
- the
- Great
- Depression,
- a
- Second
- World
- War
- veteran,
- a
- lifelong
- Labour
- supporter
- and
- a
- proud
- Yorkshire
- man,
- Harry's
- life
- has
- straddled
- two
- centuries.
- As
- a
- young
- man,
- he
- witnessed
- a
- country
- in
- crisis
- with
- no
- healthcare,
- no
- relief
- for
- the
- poor,
- and
- a
- huge
- economic
- gulf
- between
- the
- North
- and
- South.
- Now
- in
- his
- nineties,
- Harry
- wanders
- through
- the
- streets
- of
- his
- youth
- and
- wonders
- whether
- anything
- has
- actually
- changed.Britain
- is
- at
- its
- most
- dangerous
- juncture
- since
- Harry's
- youth
- -
- the
- NHS
- and
- social
- housing
- are
- in
- crisis,
- whilst
- Brexit
- and
- an
- unpopular
- government
- continue
- to
- divide
- the
- country
- -
- but
- there
- is
- hope.
- Just
- as
- Clement
- Attlee
- provided
- hope
- in
- 1945,
- Labour's
- triumphant
- comeback
- of
- June
- 2017
- is
- a
- beacon
- of
- light
- in
- this
- season
- of
- discontent.
- Britain
- has
- overcome
- adversity
- before
- and
- will
- do
- so
- again
- -
- a
- new
- nation
- will
- be
- forged
- from
- the
- ashes
- of
- grave
- injustice.Moving
- and
- passionate,
- Don't
- Let
- My
- Past
- be
- Your
- Future
- interweaves
- memoir
- and
- polemic
- in
- a
- call
- to
- arms.
- Above
- all,
- this
- book
- is
- a
- homage
- to
- the
- boundless
- grace
- and
- resilience
- of
- the
- human spirit.
