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Title: Marx on Monday – Polly Toynbee, the people’s voice
Post by: Barman on January 15, 2013, 09:30:36 AM
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In an ideal world we working class people would be able to stick up for ourselves. We would be able to write our own articles in The Guardian telling people how hard it is to live without hope and in poverty. We could set out on paper what our aspirations are.

But we can’t – because we are too thick to speak for ourselves. Thank goodness then that there are posh rich people who know what we think, who know what we want – and are selfless enough to write articles in The Guardian telling everyone – including us – exactly what that is....

Read it all here (http://bogpaper.com/2013/01/07/marx-toynbee-voice/) - most excellent!  Thumbs:
Title: Re: Marx on Monday – Polly Toynbee, the people’s voice
Post by: The Moan Ranger on January 15, 2013, 12:17:58 PM
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In an ideal world we working class people would be able to stick up for ourselves. We would be able to write our own articles in The Guardian telling people how hard it is to live without hope and in poverty. We could set out on paper what our aspirations are.

But we can’t – because we are too thick to speak for ourselves. Thank goodness then that there are posh rich people who know what we think, who know what we want – and are selfless enough to write articles in The Guardian telling everyone – including us – exactly what that is....

Read it all here (http://bogpaper.com/2013/01/07/marx-toynbee-voice/) - most excellent!  Thumbs:

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