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Page 42
... political knowledge as can be acquired from a sixpenny 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 ...
... political knowledge as can be acquired from a sixpenny 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 ...
Page 47
... political parties . The mentality of the English left - wing intelligentsia can be studied in half a dozen weekly and monthly papers . The immediately striking thing about all these papers is their generally negative , querulous ...
... political parties . The mentality of the English left - wing intelligentsia can be studied in half a dozen weekly and monthly papers . The immediately striking thing about all these papers is their generally negative , querulous ...
Page 62
... political democracy , and abolition of all hereditary privilege , especially in educa- tion . These are simply the necessary safe- guards against the reappearance of a class - system . Centralized ownership has very little meaning ...
... political democracy , and abolition of all hereditary privilege , especially in educa- tion . These are simply the necessary safe- guards against the reappearance of a class - system . Centralized ownership has very little meaning ...
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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