Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood - Roxana Bicleanu

Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood

Roxana is now retired after a career in IT. She loves reading and her interests are philosophy, literature, art and politics. Her accent is Romanian.

Was Enoch Powell a villain or a prophet? With immigration always a hot topic, let’s have a look at the speech that, almost 60 years later, still divides opinions and at the controversial politician who authored it.

The speech: https://anth1001.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/enoch-powellspeech.pdf

Best videos are the ones from the Dick Cavett show in 1971 – there are 2 segments which are short and entertaining:

https://youtu.be/XVFhCNePJc?si=-eWP8i5HPt7vyaQC
https://youtu.be/MEPtyb9OHP8?si=RpvDHhcqohCqk20b

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