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It is important not to misunderstand their motives , or one cannot predict their actions . What is to be expected of them is not treachery or physical cowardice , but stupidity , unconscious sabotage , an infallible instinct for doing ...
It is important not to misunderstand their motives , or one cannot predict their actions . What is to be expected of them is not treachery or physical cowardice , but stupidity , unconscious sabotage , an infallible instinct for doing ...
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It is the fact that we are fighting a war , and a very peculiar kind of war , that may make this possible . vi One of the most important developments in England during the past twenty years has been the upward and downward extension of ...
It is the fact that we are fighting a war , and a very peculiar kind of war , that may make this possible . vi One of the most important developments in England during the past twenty years has been the upward and downward extension of ...
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Their chief importance , and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement , was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism . The history of the past seven years has made it perfectly clear that Communism ...
Their chief importance , and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement , was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism . The history of the past seven years has made it perfectly clear that Communism ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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