Harold Pinter is dead now (1930 - 2008). I didn't know the man and yet, after seeing this video I somehow feel a great kinship.He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005 and recorded this acceptance speech in lieu of actually attending the ceremony in Stockholm. He was dying.
Possibly only a man facing death would speak with such honesty, but Pinter was known to speak his conscience. His speech is about the horrors and the audacity by which the U.S. government has executed its policies throughout the world, especially with respect to South America and the Middle East of late.
I began this blog with Pinter in mind. He calls on us as citizens, to find what he calls the real truth of our lives and society.
You must see this video. Please follow this link to NobelPrize.org
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