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Michael Foot was the co-editor of Tribune from 1948 to '52 and editor from 1955 to '60. He was the leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to '83, and Labour member of parliament for Plymouth Devonport, Ebbw Vale and Blaenau Gwent.
Philosopher Bertrand Russell died on this day in 1970. In memory of his life, we republish Michael Foot’s tribute to “the incorrigible dissenter, the foremost sceptic and exponent of free thought throughout the last half-dozen decades.”
On Tom Paine’s birthday, we republish Michael Foot on Paine’s revolutionary legacy as a citizen of the world who translated words into action.