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There are every day fewer people who wish them to continue . Nor need we fear that as the pattern changes life in England will lose its peculiar flavour . The new red cities of Greater London are crude enough , but these things are only ...
There are every day fewer people who wish them to continue . Nor need we fear that as the pattern changes life in England will lose its peculiar flavour . The new red cities of Greater London are crude enough , but these things are only ...
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One was to continue administering the Empire exactly as before , which meant dropping all pretensions to to Socialism . Another was to set the subject peoples “ free ” , which meant in practice handing them over to Japan , Italy and ...
One was to continue administering the Empire exactly as before , which meant dropping all pretensions to to Socialism . Another was to set the subject peoples “ free ” , which meant in practice handing them over to Japan , Italy and ...
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Once in power , the same dilemma would always have faced it : carry out your promises , and risk revolt , or continue with the same policy as the Conservatives , and stop talking about Socialism . The Labour leaders never found a ...
Once in power , the same dilemma would always have faced it : carry out your promises , and risk revolt , or continue with the same policy as the Conservatives , and stop talking about Socialism . The Labour leaders never found a ...
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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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