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Also , if things went badly enough on the Home front , the whole of the poorer
section of the working class might swing round to a position that was defeatist
though not actively pro - Hitler . - In this motley list one can see the daring of
German ...
Also , if things went badly enough on the Home front , the whole of the poorer
section of the working class might swing round to a position that was defeatist
though not actively pro - Hitler . - In this motley list one can see the daring of
German ...
Page 90
It would have had to hand over the administration of India and Africa and the
whole job of imperial defence to men drawn from a different class and
traditionally hostile to Socialism . Overshadowing everything was the doubt
whether a Labour ...
It would have had to hand over the administration of India and Africa and the
whole job of imperial defence to men drawn from a different class and
traditionally hostile to Socialism . Overshadowing everything was the doubt
whether a Labour ...
Page 91
Their chief importance , and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement ,
was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism . The
history of the past seven years has made it perfectly clear that Communism has
no ...
Their chief importance , and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement ,
was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism . The
history of the past seven years has made it perfectly clear that Communism has
no ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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