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 187
... told us that men had dropped down dead in the harvest fields , and that many horses had fallen dead upon the road ; and yet the heat during those days never exceeded eighty - four degrees in the hottest part of the day . We were ...
... told us that men had dropped down dead in the harvest fields , and that many horses had fallen dead upon the road ; and yet the heat during those days never exceeded eighty - four degrees in the hottest part of the day . We were ...
Page 379
... told them if they brought cables he would serve them after the same manner . But , however , they found means to tie him to the ground , having his limbs extended ... 2. The chaplain found him lying in the vault upon the bare ground ...
... told them if they brought cables he would serve them after the same manner . But , however , they found means to tie him to the ground , having his limbs extended ... 2. The chaplain found him lying in the vault upon the bare ground ...
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... told you about refused to pay unjust taxes and commenced a revolution which took off the head of King Charles . George Washington and his friends would not pay taxes which they considered wrong and this resulted in the establishment of ...
... told you about refused to pay unjust taxes and commenced a revolution which took off the head of King Charles . George Washington and his friends would not pay taxes which they considered wrong and this resulted in the establishment of ...
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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