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It tolerated slums, unemployment and a cowardly foreign policy. Yes, but so did
public opinion. It was a stagnant period, and its natural leaders were mediocrities
. In spite of the campaigns of a few thousand left-wingers, it is fairly certain that ...
It tolerated slums, unemployment and a cowardly foreign policy. Yes, but so did
public opinion. It was a stagnant period, and its natural leaders were mediocrities
. In spite of the campaigns of a few thousand left-wingers, it is fairly certain that ...
Page 48
In left- wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in
being an Englishman and that it is a duty to ... All through the critical years many
left-wingers were chipping away at English morale, trying to spread an outlook
that ...
In left- wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in
being an Englishman and that it is a duty to ... All through the critical years many
left-wingers were chipping away at English morale, trying to spread an outlook
that ...
Page 116
Up to 1935 virtually all English left- wingers were vaguely pacifist. After 1935 the
more vocal of them flung themselves eagerly into the Popular Front movement,
which was simply an evasion of the whole problem posed by Fascism. It set out to
...
Up to 1935 virtually all English left- wingers were vaguely pacifist. After 1935 the
more vocal of them flung themselves eagerly into the Popular Front movement,
which was simply an evasion of the whole problem posed by Fascism. It set out to
...
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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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