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... Union of Soviet Republics . But the Labour Party's history and background made this impossible . It was a party of the trade unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the ...
... Union of Soviet Republics . But the Labour Party's history and background made this impossible . It was a party of the trade unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the ...
Page 110
... trade unions , to play off Moslem against Hindu , to protect the worthless life of the money - lender , to receive the salaams of toadying minor offi- cials , to prefer the half - barbarous Gurkha to the educated Bengali . Once check ...
... trade unions , to play off Moslem against Hindu , to protect the worthless life of the money - lender , to receive the salaams of toadying minor offi- cials , to prefer the half - barbarous Gurkha to the educated Bengali . Once check ...
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... Labour Party and its mass following will be in the trade unions , but it will draw into it most of the middle class and many of the younger sons of the bourgeoisie . Most of its directing brains will come from the new indeterminate ...
... Labour Party and its mass following will be in the trade unions , but it will draw into it most of the middle class and many of the younger sons of the bourgeoisie . Most of its directing brains will come from the new indeterminate ...
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