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  • Taken to its logical conclusion, Toynbee's argument is a call for the abolition of local government, presumably in favour of a paternalistic Fabianism run from Whitehall that has served us so well?

    Letters: Tea Party kettled 2011

  • A tangle of secondary families ranging over rich historical territory — the rise of Fabianism and feminism, the Arts and Crafts protest against industrialism, the new recognition of children as something other than short adults — provides plenty of meaty story.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • A tangle of secondary families ranging over rich historical territory — the rise of Fabianism and feminism, the Arts and Crafts protest against industrialism, the new recognition of children as something other than short adults — provides plenty of meaty story.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • Some of the thinkers around him feel he must listen to some of those on the left who believe Brown's Fabianism may not be the prescription for the party over the next few years.

    Ed Miliband leadership: 'Red Ed' yearns to put forward his centrist vision Allegra Stratton 2010

  • Establishment run Capitalism, which is what you called liberal Capitalism, which is really fascism in sheep's clothing, better known as Fabianism.

    The optimists of Davos past now face a world whose script has gone awry | Timothy Garton Ash 2011

  • The influences of the High Post-Elegiasts will include Golden-Age Science Fiction, Extropianism, Futurology and Fabianism, as well as self-help manuals and Paolo Coelho.

    What’s Next « Gerry Canavan 2009

  • The influences of the High Post-Elegiasts will include Golden-Age Science Fiction, Extropianism, Futurology and Fabianism, as well as self-help manuals and Paolo Coelho.

    June « 2009 « Gerry Canavan 2009

  • However, in Edwardian times they were the most articulate spokesmen of socialism, and the Chesterbelloc attacked them accordingly, without always discriminating between Fabianism and more extreme forms of socialism.

    The Drama of Distributism: The Later Battles 2008

  • The analogy with Fabianism becomes closer still when we find Mr. Clay declaring that "the most direct way of improving the position of the wage-earners will be by imposing conditions on the contract that will give it stability," and adding that " the intervention of the State is necessary, in order to enforce those conditions when discovered."

    Servility or Freedom? 2008

  • Plutocrats have funded all shades of socialism, from Fabianism to communism.

    Why Karl Marx Supported Libertarianism 2007

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