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Harold J. Laski: “But it never understood either the fact of trade unionism or the philosophy of trade unionism.”

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But it never understood either the fact of trade unionism or the philosophy of trade unionism.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski critiques Liberalism for its misunderstanding of trade unionism.

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