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Like the mass of the people , he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war . And public opinion was behind him all the while , in policies that were completely incompatible with one another . behind him when he went to ...
Like the mass of the people , he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war . And public opinion was behind him all the while , in policies that were completely incompatible with one another . behind him when he went to ...
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And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing . So far as outward appearance goes , the clothes of rich and poor , especially in the case of women ...
And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing . So far as outward appearance goes , the clothes of rich and poor , especially in the case of women ...
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After twenty years of stagnation and unemployment , the entire English Socialist movement was unable to produce a version of Socialism which the mass of the people could even find desirable . The Labour Party stood for a timid reformism ...
After twenty years of stagnation and unemployment , the entire English Socialist movement was unable to produce a version of Socialism which the mass of the people could even find desirable . The Labour Party stood for a timid reformism ...
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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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