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Page 25
... factories and the armed forces , in the four - ale bar and the suburban back garden ; and at present they are kept under by a generation of ghosts . Compared with the task of bringing the real England to the surface , even the winning ...
... factories and the armed forces , in the four - ale bar and the suburban back garden ; and at present they are kept under by a generation of ghosts . Compared with the task of bringing the real England to the surface , even the winning ...
Page 73
... factories , mines and transport are owned privately and operated solely for profit - does not work . It cannot deliver the goods . This fact had been known to millions of people for years past , but nothing ever came of it , because ...
... factories , mines and transport are owned privately and operated solely for profit - does not work . It cannot deliver the goods . This fact had been known to millions of people for years past , but nothing ever came of it , because ...
Page 103
... Hitler's empire and the growth of democratic consciousness . Everywhere in England you can see a ding - dong battle raging to and fro - in Parlia- ment and in the Government , in the factories and The English Revolution 103.
... Hitler's empire and the growth of democratic consciousness . Everywhere in England you can see a ding - dong battle raging to and fro - in Parlia- ment and in the Government , in the factories and The English Revolution 103.
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