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Nearly always it is more in the nature of self - deception , of the right hand not
knowing what the left hand doeth . And being unconscious , it is limited . One
sees this at its most obvious in the English Press . Is the English press honest or ...
Nearly always it is more in the nature of self - deception , of the right hand not
knowing what the left hand doeth . And being unconscious , it is limited . One
sees this at its most obvious in the English Press . Is the English press honest or ...
Page 117
Our potential allies are not the Europeans but on the one hand the Americans ,
who will need a year to mobilize their resources even if Big Business can be
brought to heel , and on the other hand the coloured peoples , who cannot be
even ...
Our potential allies are not the Europeans but on the one hand the Americans ,
who will need a year to mobilize their resources even if Big Business can be
brought to heel , and on the other hand the coloured peoples , who cannot be
even ...
Page 119
The “ semi - apes ” of whom Hitler speaks with such loathing will be flying
aeroplanes and manufacturing machine guns . The Fascist dream of a slave
empire will be at an end . On the other hand , if we are defeated we simply hand
over our ...
The “ semi - apes ” of whom Hitler speaks with such loathing will be flying
aeroplanes and manufacturing machine guns . The Fascist dream of a slave
empire will be at an end . On the other hand , if we are defeated we simply hand
over our ...
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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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