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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... Liberty To all real lovers of Liberty . Be assured that Liberty and Freedom will at last prevail . Tremble O thou the Oppressor of the People that reigneth upon the throne and ye Ministers of State , weep for ye shall fall . Weep ye who ...
... Liberty To all real lovers of Liberty . Be assured that Liberty and Freedom will at last prevail . Tremble O thou the Oppressor of the People that reigneth upon the throne and ye Ministers of State , weep for ye shall fall . Weep ye who ...
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... liberty we crave ! Give up your arms this instant , or the sea will be your grave . By tyranny we've been oppressed , by your Colonial laws , But we'll bid adieu to slavery , or die in freedom's cause . ' We next drove off the Skipper ...
... liberty we crave ! Give up your arms this instant , or the sea will be your grave . By tyranny we've been oppressed , by your Colonial laws , But we'll bid adieu to slavery , or die in freedom's cause . ' We next drove off the Skipper ...
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... liberty , an unholy licence ; your national greatness , swelling vanity ; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless ; your denunciation of tyrants , brass - fronted impudence ; your shouts of liberty and equality , hollow mockery ...
... liberty , an unholy licence ; your national greatness , swelling vanity ; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless ; your denunciation of tyrants , brass - fronted impudence ; your shouts of liberty and equality , hollow mockery ...
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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