The Marxist Analysis Has Got Nothing To

After The War People Said, 'if You Can Plan For War, Why Can't You Plan For Peace?' When I Was 17, I Had A Letter From The Government Saying, 'dear Mr. Benn, Will You Turn Up When You're 17 1/2? We'll Give You Free Food, Free Clothes, Free Training, Free Accommodation, And Two Shillings, Ten Pence A Day To Just Kill Germans.' People Said, Well, If You Can Have Full Employment To Kill People, Why In God's Name Couldn't You Have Full Employment And Good Schools, Good Hospitals, Good Houses?

It's The Same Each Time With Progress. First They Ignore You, Then They Say You're Mad, Then Dangerous, Then There's A Pause And Then You Can't Find Anyone Who Disagrees With You.

The Present Combination Of Corporate Or Commercial Control Theoretically Answerable To Politically Appointed Boards Of Governors Is Not In Any Sense A Democratic Enough Procedure To Control The Power The Broadcasters Have.

I Am Not A Reluctant Peer But A Persistent Commoner

I Did Publish A Bill Once Called "common Sense" With A New Constitution For Europe Called The "commonwealth Of Europe," Setting It All Out - What It's Rights Were, How It Would Work. And I Think That That Will Be Where Is Has To Go. But I'm Not Anti-european, I'm Just A Democrat, A Very Committed Democrat. I Don't See Why The Hell I Should Obey A Law Made By Someone I Didn't Elect And Can't Remove.