Harold Pinter's Nobel speech

[mirrorshard]

Harold Pinter, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, explains something about the relationship between art and politics, and demonstrates in ample measure the artist's duty of speaking truth to power.

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[eddie777.livejournal.com]

"You see this fist? This is my moral authority. And don't you forget it."

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Read it on the plane yesterday, very impressive stuff. I get the impression he's not fond of America much ;p