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But revolution to Orwell is not a coup d ' état , it is a mass movement : if there are
sudden bloody events , it will be through counter - revolution when the
expropriators refuse to be expropriated . This was in fact a characteristic
argument of ...
But revolution to Orwell is not a coup d ' état , it is a mass movement : if there are
sudden bloody events , it will be through counter - revolution when the
expropriators refuse to be expropriated . This was in fact a characteristic
argument of ...
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The post - war world , for all the massive increase in educational provision , has
been dominated by mass media which reach the people ' , indeed , but which can
only think short - term , and trivialize , sensationalize and entertain , consciously ...
The post - war world , for all the massive increase in educational provision , has
been dominated by mass media which reach the people ' , indeed , but which can
only think short - term , and trivialize , sensationalize and entertain , consciously ...
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... agreement that does unfortunately exist between the leaders and the led .
However much one may hate to admit it , it is almost certain that between 1931
and 1940 the National Government represented the will of the mass of the people
.
... agreement that does unfortunately exist between the leaders and the led .
However much one may hate to admit it , it is almost certain that between 1931
and 1940 the National Government represented the will of the mass of the people
.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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