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Alexander Linklater has summarized Hitchens' basic intellectual outlook as follows: One of [Hitchens'] old strongholds [was] the 17th-century contest between king and parliament of the English civil war. For Hitchens, the Cromwellian revolt represents not just the foundational struggle for parliamentary rule, but the great rejection of divine ...
Hitchens's political views evolved greatly throughout his life. [6] Originally describing himself as a democratic socialist, [7] he was a member of various socialist organisations in his early life, including the Trotskyist International Socialists. [8]
Political Views. Hitchens' political views defy categorization. He has run the gamut from communist to radical to liberal to siding with Republicans and conservatives on the "War on Terror."
Jul 25, 2024 · After the September 11 attacks of 2001, Hitchens was widely perceived as having migrated to the right on the political spectrum, actively campaigning for the invasion of Iraq and deposal of Saddam Hussein and endorsing George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
- Richard Pallardy
Mar 14, 2023 · Hitchens is a historical archetype from a disappearing era of journalism – one that was boozy, clubby, white and male. Being witty, rakish, camp, Marxist (or ex-Marxist), egomaniacal, a smoker,...
- Brendon O'connor
Christopher Hitchens was a British and American author, polemicist, debater and journalist who in his youth took part in demonstrations against the Vietnam War, joined organisations such as the International Socialists while at university and began to identify as a socialist.
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Oct 8, 2006 · In December, 1973, Hitchens, then twenty-four, published a lead article about Greek politics in the New Statesman. Datelined Athens, it was a serious, rather dry analysis of political...
