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... direct and simple sense of right and wrong , give the world's rulers a feeling of power which they use , not to en- sure the happiness and prosperity of the multitudes of humble folk , but to glorify their own names and to feed their ...
... direct and simple sense of right and wrong , give the world's rulers a feeling of power which they use , not to en- sure the happiness and prosperity of the multitudes of humble folk , but to glorify their own names and to feed their ...
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... direct the new consciousness of democracy ? The answer to this question is not difficult . An examination of the present position of the political Labour movement will suffice to show that its form of organisation must be completely ...
... direct the new consciousness of democracy ? The answer to this question is not difficult . An examination of the present position of the political Labour movement will suffice to show that its form of organisation must be completely ...
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... Direct taxation , we hold , upon large incomes and private fortunes is the method by which the greater part of the necessary revenue should be raised ; we advocate the retention in some appropriate form of the excess profits tax ; 28 ...
... Direct taxation , we hold , upon large incomes and private fortunes is the method by which the greater part of the necessary revenue should be raised ; we advocate the retention in some appropriate form of the excess profits tax ; 28 ...
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... direct presupposes the definition of the lines along which organised democracy proposes to direct affairs when it has se- cured control . Organised democracy must have its own definite and well - thought - out plans of construc- tive ...
... direct presupposes the definition of the lines along which organised democracy proposes to direct affairs when it has se- cured control . Organised democracy must have its own definite and well - thought - out plans of construc- tive ...
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... , and the determination of the latter to enter upon direct political action , is significant of a new spirit of unity . Then the new policy of the Labour Party is indicative of a bolder effort to im- 38 THE AIMS OF LABOUR.
... , and the determination of the latter to enter upon direct political action , is significant of a new spirit of unity . Then the new policy of the Labour Party is indicative of a bolder effort to im- 38 THE AIMS OF LABOUR.
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Page 112 - If we in Britain are to escape from the decay of civilization itself, which the Japanese statesman foresees, we must insure that what is presently to be built up is a new social order, based not on fighting, but on fraternity — not on the competitive struggle for the means of bare life, but on a deliberately planned cooperation in production and distribution for the benefit of all who participate by hand or by brain...
Page 44 - The treaties and agreements which bring it to an end must embody terms which will create a peace that is worth guaranteeing and preserving, a peace that will win the approval of mankind, not merely a peace that will serve the several interests and immediate aims of the nations engaged.
Page 119 - Nation's industry, no longer deflected by individual profiteering, on the basis of the common ownership of the means of production; the equitable sharing of the proceeds among all who participate in any capacity and only among these...
Page 126 - Infancy) which is still so scandalously insufficient; for the Aged and those prematurely incapacitated by accident or disease, now in many ways so imperfectly cared for ; for the Education alike of children, of adolescents and of adults, in which the Labour Party demands a genuine equality of opportunity, overcoming all differences of material circumstances ; and for the organisation of public improvements of all kinds, including the brightening of the lives of those now condemned to almost ceaseless...
Page 102 - Fourth, that all well-defined national aspirations shall be accorded the utmost satisfaction that can be accorded them without introducing new or perpetuating old elements of discord and antagonism that would be likely in time to break the peace of Europe and consequently of the world.
Page 64 - The time has arrived when all possible encouragement should be given to the development of imperial resources and especially to making the Empire independent of other countries in respect of food supplies, raw materials, and essential industries.
Page 109 - No annexations or punitive indemnities, and the right of all peoples to self-determination," and that they are working with all their power to obtain from their Governments the necessary guarantees to apply these principles honestly and unreservedly to all questions to be dealt with at any official peace conference.
Page 112 - ... and wage-slavery; with its glorification of the unhampered struggle for the means of life and its hypocritical pretense of the "survival of the fittest"; with the monstrous inequality of circumstances which it produces and the degradation and brutalization, both moral and spiritual, resulting therefrom, may, we hope, indeed have received a death blow.
Page 125 - In the disposal of the surplus above the Standard of Life, society has hitherto gone as far wrong as in its neglect to secure the necessary basis of any genuine industrial efficiency or decent social order. We have allowed the riches of our mines, the rental value of the lands superior to the margin of cultivation, the extra profits of the fortunate capitalists, even the material outcome of scientific discoveries — which ought by now to have made this Britain of ours immune from class poverty or...
Page 117 - ... in the first years of peace, it is essential that the Government should make all necessary preparations for putting instantly in hand, directly or through the Local Authorities, such urgently needed public works as (a) the rehousing of the population alike in rural districts, mining villages, and town slums, to the extent, possibly, of a million new cottages and an outlay of...