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Page 35
... poor rela- tions who are horribly sat upon , and there is a deep conspiracy of silence about the source of the family income . It is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of ...
... poor rela- tions who are horribly sat upon , and there is a deep conspiracy of silence about the source of the family income . It is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of ...
Page 52
... poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing ...
... poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing ...
Page 82
... poor , masters and men . Therefore , as against genuine Socialism , the monied class have always been on his side . This was crystal clear at the time of the Spanish civil war , and clear again at the time when France surrendered ...
... poor , masters and men . Therefore , as against genuine Socialism , the monied class have always been on his side . This was crystal clear at the time of the Spanish civil war , and clear again at the time when France surrendered ...
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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 Empire enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist 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 BOOKS SEBASTIAN HAFFNER SECKER & WARBURG simply slums snigger Socialist movement Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers