The Chatto Book of DissentMichael Rosen, David Widgery This is an anthology of verbal protest, whether avowedly political or quietly subversive, against war, racism, slavery, chauvinism, censorship, injustice and oppression in all their guises. It ranges in place and time from the Ancient Egyptian Satire of the Trades to Vaclav Havel's Memorandum, in form from Chaucerian verse to Parisian graffiti, and embraces protest songs, radio broadcasts, the text of seditious posters and the transcripts of trials; Charlotte Bronte and Lenny Bruce, Aesop and Aborigines. |
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Page 136
... become ' true women , ' who personify all the attributes so highly treasured by the male consumer : resignation , sacrifice and an absence of ' ego . ' . . . From the Austrian magazine Dokumenteder Frauen , 1899 Take Up Arms ...
... become ' true women , ' who personify all the attributes so highly treasured by the male consumer : resignation , sacrifice and an absence of ' ego . ' . . . From the Austrian magazine Dokumenteder Frauen , 1899 Take Up Arms ...
Page 138
... become lawyers or judges or railway engineers . But if any of us wish to work in such professions our personal freedom should not be infringed . It might be argued that pregnancy causes women to leave work , but there are unmarried ...
... become lawyers or judges or railway engineers . But if any of us wish to work in such professions our personal freedom should not be infringed . It might be argued that pregnancy causes women to leave work , but there are unmarried ...
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... become of those destitute millions , who consume today what they earned yesterday ; who have created the greatness of England by their inventions and their toil ; who become with every passing day more conscious of their might , and ...
... become of those destitute millions , who consume today what they earned yesterday ; who have created the greatness of England by their inventions and their toil ; who become with every passing day more conscious of their might , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Words Must be Given their True Meaning | 75 |
Opulence is always the Result of Theft | 173 |
Copyright | |
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American Anon arms believe BESSIE better Birdbrain Bishop of Hereford blood Church colliery Communist cops to dinner DADA dead death Democracy Wall dissent Doc Daneeka E. M. Forster earth enemy England English Eulespiegle Excerpt eyes face father feel fight Flann O'Brien force freedom friends FRONDOSO fucking Fuente Ovejuna girl give hands head heart human Ilda jail JUDGE killed King labour land laugh Lenny Bruce liberty live look Lords Lubec Mary means MENGO Menocchio mind Miss America mother murder nation never night O-Level oppressed pigs police political poor priest prison Ptydepe reprinted by permission rich SCUM slavery slaves society soldiers Spartacus speak talk tell there's things thou thought thousand William Cobbett woman women word workers Yossarian
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