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... . It is not true that public opinion has no power in England . It never makes itself heard without achieving some- thing ; it has been responsible for most of the changes for the better during the past six months 77 SHOPKEEPERS AT WAR.
... . It is not true that public opinion has no power in England . It never makes itself heard without achieving some- thing ; it has been responsible for most of the changes for the better during the past six months 77 SHOPKEEPERS AT WAR.
Page 111
... past , will be its bitter enemies . Inevitably they will denounce it as Fas- cism " . Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ...
... past , will be its bitter enemies . Inevitably they will denounce it as Fas- cism " . Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ...
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... past . No real revolu- tionary has ever been an internationalist . During the past twenty years the negative , fainéant outlook which has been fashionable among English left - wingers , the sniggering of the intellectuals at patriotism ...
... past . No real revolu- tionary has ever been an internationalist . During the past twenty years the negative , fainéant outlook which has been fashionable among English left - wingers , the sniggering of the intellectuals at patriotism ...
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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