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It is a great feeling to know that there is at least one other human being on the planet that feels the way do. An Irish friend introduced me to this album. Passionate, articulate, intelligent and for the common man, Tony Benn's speaches reach at the core of what it means to be a thinking human being. And they reminded me of what it means to be an American, and the duty we have to speak out against government policies that are unfair, unjust or just plain wrong. It is great fun to listen too, I think you'll enjoy it and highly reccomend it! I like the kind of information provided by Michael Moore, and if you do you will like this, and visa - versa.

Staunch socialist and champion of democracy. Tony Benn is that most rare thing, a politician of conviction who works tirelessly for a better world.
The most relevent tracks for the US listener are tracks 1,4 and 8. Tracks 1 and 8 concern the circumstances leading to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. However track 4 is my personal favourite. A stinging indictment of the policies of the government of Margaret Thatcher and the philosophy that has so damaged both Britain and the US.

These are all lovely speeches -- as far as I can tell. I bought the CD because I love listening to Tony Benn. And I understood, when I bought it, that these were his speeches remixed with music. But even so, I wasn't warned of two things. First of all, the music stinks. I like techno. I like soft techno, I listen to a lot of ambient and chillout music. But even by ambient standards, this is really, really repetitive music. And secondly, it's also really, really loud music; at least a third of the time, maybe half, I could barely make out what he was saying under the thundering blast of elevator music. If the speeches had been remixed with better music, and at half the volume relative to the speaker, I could have given this 5 stars. As it is, I found it completely unlistenable.