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Footsteps from the Finland Station: Newspeak and Double-Think

BBC Radio 3
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The last of five landmarks in the collapse of communism, presented by Michael Charlton.
Writers and poets, many of whom are now in power, reflect on the cultural havoc played by the 'isms', invective and 'all-embracing lies' of communism's artificial language.
With Professor Leszek Kolakowski ; Petre Pithart , Prime Minister of the Czechoslovak Republic; Arpad Goncz , President of Hungary; Miklos Vajda and Miroslav Kusy. Producer Louise Purslow

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Presented By:
Michael Charlton.
Unknown:
Professor Leszek Kolakowski
Unknown:
Petre Pithart
Unknown:
Arpad Goncz
Unknown:
Miklos Vajda
Unknown:
Miroslav Kusy.
Producer:
Louise Purslow
Source: Radio Times

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