Interview of Eric Hobsbawm - part one

tranmere789 Says:

Dec 30, 2010 - This bastard supported Stalin and Soviet Union when Red Army attacked to Finland during the Winter War. So do you think that people of Finland will ever love this pile of shit, this western usefull idiot who admired terrorists like Lenin and Stalin.

kamvysis Says:

Jan 3, 2011 - This bastard supported the Soviet Union as a symbol for the emancipation of workers, not for himself. In his books he criticised Stalinism. He is one of the few intellectuals that talk about the working class; why do you choose HIM for your attacks?

gonzalezalvo Says:

Feb 17, 2011 - For a discussion in other terms I recomend you both the article about Hobsbawm in Tony Judt's "Reflections on the forgotten Twentieth Century", London, Vintage Books, 2009.

oipolloi1 Says:

Feb 20, 2011 - Hahaha, Youtube comments do make me laugh :)

cidmariano2010 Says:

Jun 12, 2011 - que pena falta uma legenda em portugues

marceloelfilosofo Says:

Jul 20, 2011 - A unique historian, intelligent, wise, creator of masterpieces that any lover of history should read.

crazywhapeles Says:

Aug 23, 2011 - This soviet gulag supporting pig forgot to bring his armband and jackboots.

1738Alexander Says:

Sep 14, 2011 - He is not a bastard. How dare you say such insults?

kamvysis Says:

Sep 14, 2011 - I was responding to the guy in the end o the list who has been erased because of the many negative votes.

shannanschoe Says:

Oct 5, 2011 - Unless you have read him, You obviously have no idea what you are talking about! The man is an innovator, he is not only politics he has become one of the longstanding faces of History. And has written on a variety of topics....READ people before you bash! I recommend reading on his article on the Invention of tradition.

theH0UNDSofD00M Says:

Oct 13, 2011 - Se precisares de ajuda com alguma parte em especial, diz que terei todo o prazer em ajudar.

Bastiat90 Says:

Oct 17, 2011 - When asked whether he thought the extermination of 20 million Russians was justifiable as precursor to Soviet Communism was justifiable, he said yes. As Camus said, ''responsibility to history absolves one of responsibility to human beings.''

wwwonderful Says:

Oct 25, 2011 - sauf qu'il l'a dit en français

Bastiat90 Says:

Oct 25, 2011 - Google translator allows me to respond thus; je ne sais pas du tout le français

TheEphos Says:

Feb 4, 2012 - 'Jackboots' and 'armbands' is just hyperbole. Under Stalin, the 'crimes' that people were arrested, tried and sentenced for were nonsensical and the procedures by which people were investigated and convicted were absurd, but its inmates arrived most of the time via a legal system. No one tried and sentenced the Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe. When people entered the Gulag system they never thought for a moment they were going to die and most didn't, unlike the death camps of the Nazi's

Bastiat90 Says:

Feb 22, 2012 - He said if the Soviet Union had worked, the 20 million deaths would have been justified. I think it was Camus (don't quote me on it) who said a responsibility to history absolves one of a responsibility towards humanity. Hobsbawm is a great historian, and his Age tetrology is one of the finest works of history I have had the pleasure of reading. But he is a vile human being.

thesearchformagik Says:

Apr 19, 2012 - Pity about the audio