Known as "World's oldest Rebel" , WW2 Vet, Author of Harry's Last Stand & 4 other books. Refugee advocate. Feb 25, 1923-Nov 28, 2018. Curated by his son John
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John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
Every war for territory, resources and profits produces so many stories like this one.
John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
Abolish the war machine.
Remember all the victims of war.
Let us work towards a world free of war, conflict, and genocide.
Learn more here:
- vowpeace.org/peace-poppy-cam…
- peacepoppies.ca
- ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white…
John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
I’ve been alive for 44 years. Chuck Schumer has been in office for 52. What the fuck does he think he’s gonna get done in year 53 that he couldn’t get done in the first 52?
Neoliberalism made #RemembranceDay a remembrance betrayed.
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John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
Sicario?
Inside the CIA’s armed operations in Mexico:
The CIA enlisted a Chihuahua state prosecutor under investigation by the FBI for his suspected cartel ties. He embedded CIA officers with state police—and got his revoked U.S. visa back.
The CIA sought to build a Mexican special forces unit in Chihuahua state
CIA officers helped plan Mexican police deployments, and provided rifle cover during one raid.
Masked Americans joined a meth-lab raid. Two CIA officers later died in a cliffside crash, exposing the mission.
With @jacknicas
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/world…
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John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
It´s very easy to determine who is on the right side of history when you look at these pictures.
#CubaIsNotAThreat, the blockade is!
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Spain was ground zero for the financial takeover of housing--so it's no coincidence that it's where housing uprising is most clearly and powerfully emerging in a national-scale, mass form. Solidarity with the general strike.
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François Truffaut famously argued it’s impossible to make an anti-war film without glamorizing combat.
He hadn't seen the mud-soaked, suffocating meat-grinder of the Battle of Shrewsbury in Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight. Absolute anti-spectacle.
John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
BREAKING 🇪🇸 Millions of workers have walked off the job in Spain's first general strike for 14 years.
The strike, called by the UGT and CCOO, involves 90% of workers in the automotive sector, 85% in the meat industry, 82% in waste collection, and 75% in the energy sector.
John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
Stanley Kubrick a incroyablement bien réussi à restituer dans Les Sentiers de la Gloire (1957) l'enfer de la Première Guerre mondiale avec le pilonnage constant de l'artillerie, les assauts meurtriers et le cynisme des généraux. 🌺Guerre à la guerre !🕊️ #11novembre #ArmisticeDay
Just remember WW1 was fought to maintain a status quo of entitlement not to get your grandmother or great grandmother the vote. #RemembranceDay2026
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these are people you should remember for fighting for your "freedoms," rather than the Tommy being machine gun to death defending an Empire and an entitled class. #RemembranceDay
#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com…
Once Remembrance Day Taught ‘Never Again’. , by @Harryslaststand jmsmith.substack.com/p/once-…
John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
🇫🇷 resgataram vídeos de Mitterrand em que ele faz falas mais duras e mais à esquerda do que Mélenchon.
é extraordinário como o mundo ocidental caminhou para a direita. hoje, Mitterrand seria odiado e acusado de ser de “extrema esquerda”.
John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) retweeted
Palestine Action Canada says they’ve targeted an avionics manufacturer’s facility in Quebec.
A July 2025 report found the manufacturer sent parts to Israel throughout the Gaza genocide that were likely used by its military.
armsembargonow.ca/wp-content…
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When innovation becomes a business backed by the mobilization of scientific and technical know-how as a commodity for sale to the highest bidder, a whole new world opens up for capital to colonize,
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Snake in the grass who knows that labour is more demobilized than it is mobilized.
Carney government actively involved in talks leading to Stellantis plant sale: sources cp24.com/news/canada/2026/11…
ALT Carney government actively involved in talks leading to Stellantis plant sale: sources