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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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But the Labour Party's history and background made this impossible . It was a party of the Trade Unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the men who actually held the ...
But the Labour Party's history and background made this impossible . It was a party of the Trade Unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the men who actually held the ...
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The Labour leaders never found a solution , and from 1935 onwards it was very doubtful whether they had any wish to take office . They had degenerated into a Permanent Opposition . Outside the Labour Party there existed several ...
The Labour leaders never found a solution , and from 1935 onwards it was very doubtful whether they had any wish to take office . They had degenerated into a Permanent Opposition . Outside the Labour Party there existed several ...
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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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