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The standard of living of the Trade Union workers , whom the Labour Party represented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology ...
The standard of living of the Trade Union workers , whom the Labour Party represented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology ...
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India . What we must offer India is not “ freedom ” , which , as I have said earlier , is impossible , but alliance , partnership - in a word , equality . But we must also tell the Indians that they are free to secede , if they want to ...
India . What we must offer India is not “ freedom ” , which , as I have said earlier , is impossible , but alliance , partnership - in a word , equality . But we must also tell the Indians that they are free to secede , if they want to ...
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Moreover , English is the chief lingua franca and nearly the whole of the Indian intelligentsia is deeply anglicised . Any transference to foreign rule — for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would ...
Moreover , English is the chief lingua franca and nearly the whole of the Indian intelligentsia is deeply anglicised . Any transference to foreign rule — for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would ...
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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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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