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The American philosopher and radical activist John Dewey was born on this day in 1859 America has a proud tradition of public intellectuals on the Left. Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Audre Lorde, … read more

The story of Mark Twain, American author and radical convert... British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said of his colleague Tony Benn that he “immatures with age”. Obviously we don’t b … read more

Born today in 1924, James Baldwin was driven from the US by its entrenched racism but he never gave up the dream of an American society in which all could be at peace and thrive. "To be a Negro i … read more

Yesterday was the 236th anniversary of the Patriots' victory at the Battle of Yorktown in the Revolutionary War. You might already know that George Washington was in command at Yorktown – … read more

I've always loved America. I don't know if it was because I watched a lot of the Simpsons on TV as a kid. Or that Indiana Jones was just as much of a hero for this British boy as James Bon … read more