Posted on 06/24/2020 12:24:39 PM PDT by rktman
Youve probably never heard of Gareth Jones.
Youve certainly heard of the writer he inspired, and the classic dystopian novel that writer created. You were forced to read it, or at least the Cliffs Notes, in high school. But shorn of its context, that novel lacks the full punch it could deliver. Mr. Jones (2019), starring Peter Sarsgaard and James Norton, directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland and written by Andrea Chalupa, provides that context in a must-see film. Mr. Jones is powerfully relevant today, even more than when it premiered in 2019.
Mr. Jones tells the true story of speaking real truth to actual power, be it a government or an all-powerful newspaper. Gareth Jones (Norton) was a young idealistic Welsh journalist who wanted to interview Stalin, whom many in the West regarded as a savior of mankind. Thats not an exaggeration. In 1933, when Mr. Jones takes place, both Hitler and Stalin were widely regarded as men who were delivering the future: socialism. Collectivism. The new man as global citizen. They had the intelligentsias ear from Paris to London to Washington and Hollywood and points between.
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To you Beloved Comrade: a Tribute to Stalin by Paul Robeson
‘...In a box to the right - smiling and applauding the
audience - as well as the artists on the stage - stood
the great Stalin.
I remember the tears began to quietly flow. and I too
smiled and waved Here was clearly a man who seemed to
embrace all. So kindly - I can never forget that warm
feeling of kindliness and also a feeling of sureness.
Here was one who was wise and good - the world and
especially the socialist world was fortunate indeed to
have his daily guidance. I lifted high my son Pauli to
wave to this world leader, and his leader. For Paul,
Jr. had entered school in Moscow, in the land of the
Soviets...’
http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?t=41807
Thanks FN.
A 1931 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin documented a discussion between Walter Duranty and American diplomat A.W. Klieforth. Durant had gone to the embassy to renew his passport. Klieforth reported that during that visit Duranty told him that in agreement with the New York Times and the Soviet authorities his official dispatches always reflect the official opinion of the Soviet government and not his own.
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