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   Joe Fineman to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: For the attention of Martha A. Bride   
   26 Oct 06 00:57:38   
   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   Martha Bridegam  writes:   
      
   > E.g. this, from a September 1940 review of a book called *War by   
   > Revolution* by one Francis Williams:   
   >   
   > "Mr. Williams's is one of the first of a growing army of voices, the   
   > voices of ordinary people who realise that this war cannot be fought   
   > under the old slogans of 'King and Country,' because our chance of   
   > success lies in our recognising it for what it is, a civil war..."   
      
   There is also a passage -- I would have trouble finding it quickly,   
   and can't remember whether it was published or in a diary -- in which   
   he enjoys imagining that certain bomb shelters, useless for that   
   purpose, might be handy for urban guerrila warfare against the   
   bosses.   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
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