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Somehow The Revolutionaries Must Approach The Workers Because The Workers Won't Approach Them. But It's Difficult To Know Where To Start; We've All Got A Finger In The Dam. The Problem For Me Is That As I Have Become More Real, I've Grown Away From Most Working-class People.

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Somehow The Revolutionaries Must

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Somehow The Revolutionaries Must Approach The Workers Because The Workers Won't Approach Them. But It's Difficult To Know Where To Start; We've All Got A Finger In The Dam. The Problem For Me Is That As I Have Become More Real, I've Grown Away From Most Working-class People.

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