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... mass of the people . It toler- ated 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 ...
... mass of the people . It toler- ated 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 ...
Page 70
... mass of the people are now ready for the vast changes that are neces- sary ; but those changes have not even begun to happen . England is a family with the wrong members in control . Almost entirely we are governed by the rich , and by ...
... mass of the people are now ready for the vast changes that are neces- sary ; but those changes have not even begun to happen . England is a family with the wrong members in control . Almost entirely we are governed by the rich , and by ...
Page 64
... mass of the German people , third come the conquered European populations . Fourth and last are to come the coloured peoples , the " semi - apes as Hitler calls them , who are to be reduced quite openly to slavery . " " However horrible ...
... mass of the German people , third come the conquered European populations . Fourth and last are to come the coloured peoples , the " semi - apes as Hitler calls them , who are to be reduced quite openly to slavery . " " However horrible ...
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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