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... living memory it was common for " the redcoats " to be booed at in the street and for the landlords of respectable public- houses to refuse to allow soldiers on the premises . In peace - time , even when there are two million unemployed ...
... living memory it was common for " the redcoats " to be booed at in the street and for the landlords of respectable public- houses to refuse to allow soldiers on the premises . In peace - time , even when there are two million unemployed ...
Page 77
... living , because the essential act of war is to manufacture armaments instead of consum- able goods . The working classes will have to suffer terrible things . And they will suffer them , almost indefinitely , provided that they know ...
... living , because the essential act of war is to manufacture armaments instead of consum- able goods . The working classes will have to suffer terrible things . And they will suffer them , almost indefinitely , provided that they know ...
Page 89
... living of the Trade Union workers , whom the Labour Party repre- sented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology , thinking in terms ...
... living of the Trade Union workers , whom the Labour Party repre- sented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology , thinking in terms ...
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers