The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius |
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... left- wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it ... wingers were chipping away at English morale , trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist ...
... left- wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it ... wingers were chipping away at English morale , trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist ...
Page 73
... left - wingers who wail that " this is a capitalist " war and that " British Imperialism " is fighting for loot have got their heads screwed on back- wards . The last thing the British monied class wish for is to acquire fresh territory ...
... left - wingers who wail that " this is a capitalist " war and that " British Imperialism " is fighting for loot have got their heads screwed on back- wards . The last thing the British monied class wish for is to acquire fresh territory ...
Page 116
... left - wing press , what chance should we have stood when the real struggle with Fascism came , if the average ... wingers were vaguely pacifist . After 1935 the more vocal of them flung themselves eagerly into the Popular Front movement ...
... left - wing press , what chance should we have stood when the real struggle with Fascism came , if the average ... wingers were vaguely pacifist . After 1935 the more vocal of them flung themselves eagerly into the Popular Front movement ...
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