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At the time of the Spanish civil war , anyone with as much political knowledge as can be acquired from a sixpenny pamphlet on Socialism knew that if Franco won , the result would be strategically diastrous for England ; and yet generals ...
At the time of the Spanish civil war , anyone with as much political knowledge as can be acquired from a sixpenny pamphlet on Socialism knew that if Franco won , the result would be strategically diastrous for England ; and yet generals ...
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One must also add the following : approximate equality of incomes it need be no more than approximate ) , political democracy , and abolition of all hereditary privilege , especially in education . These are simply the necessary ...
One must also add the following : approximate equality of incomes it need be no more than approximate ) , political democracy , and abolition of all hereditary privilege , especially in education . These are simply the necessary ...
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Obviously the snobbishness and political ignorance of people like airmen and naval officers will be a very great difficulty . But without those airmen , destroyer commanders , etc. , etc. , we could not survive for a week .
Obviously the snobbishness and political ignorance of people like airmen and naval officers will be a very great difficulty . But without those airmen , destroyer commanders , etc. , etc. , we could not survive for a week .
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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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