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Robert Blatchford
Robert Blatchford (1851–1943) was a British journalist, author, and socialist campaigner. He is best known for his influential work "Merrie England" (1893), which presented socialist ideas in an accessible and straightforward manner, reaching a mass audience. Blatchford co-founded and edited the socialist newspaper "The Clarion," through which he promoted social reform and workers' rights. His writings combined a deep concern for the working class with a focus on social justice, making him a prominent figure in the late 19th-century socialist movement in Britain.
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INFIDEL!The name has been bestowed on me by several Christian gentlemen as a reproach, but to my ears it has a quaint and not unpleasing sound. Infidel! "The notorious infidel editor of the Clarion" is the form used by one True Believer. The words recurred to my mind suddenly, while I was taking my favourite black pipe for a walk along "the pleasant Strand," and I felt a smile glimmer...
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THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK The motto of this book is expressed in its title: Britain for the British. At present Britain does not belong to the British: it belongs to a few of the British, who employ the bulk of the population as servants or as workers. It is because Britain does not belong to the British that a few are very rich and the many are very poor. It is because Britain does not belong to the...
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