"If the electrician who comes to mend my fuse blows it instead, so I should stop having electricity? I should cut off my light? Socialism is my light, can you understand that?"
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Reacting to the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary.
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Arnold Wesker
Sir Arnold Wesker (24 May 1932 - 12 April 2016) was an English playwright, seen as one of the originators of the kitchen sink drama
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