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Hugh Keays-Byrne Showed Us the Danger of Demagoguery and the Promise of Solidarity – Jacobin magazine

The Mad Max veteran villain actor Hugh Keays-Byrne died last week. His performances took us to the demonic dark side of politics and showed that if we dare to struggle,…

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Acclaimed actor Hugh Keays-Byrne died this week at the age of seventy-three. Enthusiastic tributes to the kindness of a man known for his on-screen cruelty dutifully poured in. When director Brian Trenchard-Smith announced his friends death last Thursday, he wrote that Keays-Byrne cared about social justice and preserving the environment long before these issues became fashionable. His life was governed by his sense of the oneness of humanity.
Keays-Byrne was born in India, but moved to Australia…

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