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Roger Hallam
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1. IMAGINATION Revolution is a function of prophecy - what ought to be becomes what is. Defeatism is a function of analysis - what is becomes what ought to be. Before the French revolution there had been no major revolt in France for over a 100 years.

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Roger Hallam
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2. Before 1989 the continuation of the soviet system was "inevitable". Before 2027 the UK had not had a revolution for three centuries... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comAngry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why | Kitty SayersI grew up in France, where all children are taught about the revolutionary roots of their nation and the responsibility of the state towards its citizens, says Kitty Sayers, a master’s student in…