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Page 33
... pamphlets abusing the Government , praising the enemy and clamouring for surrender are being sold on the streets , almost without interference . And this is less from a respect for freedom of speech than from a simple perception that ...
... pamphlets abusing the Government , praising the enemy and clamouring for surrender are being sold on the streets , almost without interference . And this is less from a respect for freedom of speech than from a simple perception that ...
Page 42
... pamphlet on Socialism knew that if Franco won , the result would be strategi- cally diastrous for England ; and yet generals and admirals who had given their lives to the study of war were unable to grasp this fact . This vein of ...
... pamphlet on Socialism knew that if Franco won , the result would be strategi- cally diastrous for England ; and yet generals and admirals who had given their lives to the study of war were unable to grasp this fact . This vein of ...
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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