Dr Who: Was William Hartnell a Socialist?

Paul Robeson had suffered terrible persecution in the USA for his political beliefs, and I think it is significant that Hartnell had the fore-sight to place Robeson at the top of his list. Charlie Chaplin was hounded-out of the USA for his leftwing sympathies (and friendship with Ho Chi Minh). William Hartnell had no qualms associating himself with these other great progressive entertainers and revolutionaries.

Bhikkhus and Politics

In ancient days, according to the records of history, the welfare of the nation and the welfare of the religion were regarded as synonymous terms by the laity as well as by the Sangha. The divorce of religion from the nation was an idea introduced into the minds of the Sinhalese by invaders from the West, who belonged to an alien faith. It was a convenient instrument of astute policy to enable them to keep the people in subjugation in order to rule the country as they pleased.

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