John Langdon-Davies, (1937), Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War, publisher: Left Review Quoted in Buchanan, Tom (1997), Britain and the Spanish Civil War, page: 32, publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-0-521-45569-5
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Two things make the future real, the artist's imagination and the worker's hope. Fascism destroys both. Therefore the artist and the worker must unite to destroy Fascism. The Fascist artist is a traitor, the neutral is already dead. Art and anti-Fascism are synonymous.
— John Langdon-Davies on Anti-fascism
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About John Langdon-Davies
John Eric Langdon-Davies (18 March 1897 – 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish war.
About John Langdon-Davies
John Eric Langdon-Davies (18 March 1897 – 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish war.
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