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They could not struggle against Nazism or Fascism , because they could not understand them . Neither could they have struggled against Communism , if Communism had been a serious force in western Europe . To understand Fascism they ...
They could not struggle against Nazism or Fascism , because they could not understand them . Neither could they have struggled against Communism , if Communism had been a serious force in western Europe . To understand Fascism they ...
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But in spite of all the anti - Fascist ” heroics of the left - wing press , what chance should we have stood when the real struggle with Fascism came , if the average Englishman had been the kind of creature that the New Statesman ...
But in spite of all the anti - Fascist ” heroics of the left - wing press , what chance should we have stood when the real struggle with Fascism came , if the average Englishman had been the kind of creature that the New Statesman ...
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When the pinch comes , no one bred in the Western tradition can accept the Fascist vision of life . It is important to realize that ... It is a living contradiction of all the “ infallible " dogmas of Fascism . That is why all Fascist ...
When the pinch comes , no one bred in the Western tradition can accept the Fascist vision of life . It is important to realize that ... It is a living contradiction of all the “ infallible " dogmas of Fascism . That is why all Fascist ...
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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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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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