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It explains the decay of country life , due to the keeping - up of a sham feudalism which drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of the public schools , which have barely altered since the ' eighties ...
It explains the decay of country life , due to the keeping - up of a sham feudalism which drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of the public schools , which have barely altered since the ' eighties ...
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abolished , there are still capitalists and workers , and — this is the important point , and the real reason why rich men all over the world tend to sympathize with Fascism -generally speaking the same people are capitalists and the ...
abolished , there are still capitalists and workers , and — this is the important point , and the real reason why rich men all over the world tend to sympathize with Fascism -generally speaking the same people are capitalists and the ...
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The standard of living of the Trade Union workers , whom the Labour Party represented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology ...
The standard of living of the Trade Union workers , whom the Labour Party represented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology ...
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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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| 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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