Eric Hobsbawm, historian of Capitalism, has died

[Guest]

Eric Hobsbawm has died aged 95

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19786929

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

he stayed in the CPGB after 1956 ..... however i did greatly appreciate his 'Age of Extremes' for bringing home to me the awful impact of the 1929 slump and its consequences ...

[Serial_Apologist]

As "Frank Newton" he was an articulate jazz critic.

[french frank]

Thanks, Amsy, for pointing that out.

A good quote from that link:

'In his 80s he reflected: "Anybody who saw Hitler's rise happen first hand could not have helped but be shaped by it, politically. That boy is still somewhere inside, always will be." '

[amateur51]

Thanks, Amsy, for pointing that out.

A good quote from that link:

'In his 80s he reflected: "Anybody who saw Hitler's rise happen first hand could not have helped but be shaped by it, politically. That boy is still somewhere inside, always will be." '

It helps to explain his attachment to Communism