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Aneurin Bevan


Born
in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
November 15, 1897

Died
July 06, 1960

Genre
Nonfiction


Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a Welsh politician and member of the British Labour Party who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people. He was a long-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing Ebbw Vale in southern Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party’s left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. ...more

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In Place of Fear
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Why Not Trust The Tories?
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Democratic Values
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Aneurin Bevan: A Parliament...
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What We Saw in Russia
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“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over!”
― Aneurin Bevan
tags: randomness
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“Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets”
― Aneurin Bevan, In Place of Fear
tags: capitalism, consumerism, labour-party-uk, socialism
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“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the 20th century.”
― Aneurin Bevan
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