John Pilger | Discovering the Power of People's History - and Why It Is Feared Today

Tuesday, 03 December 2013 10:07  
By John Pilger, Truthout | Op-Ed 

England is two countries. One is dominated by London, the other remains in its shadow. When I first arrived from Australia, it seemed no one went north of Watford, and those who had emigrated from the north worked hard to change their accents, and obscure their origins and learn the mannerisms and codes of the southern comfortable classes. Some would mock the life they had left behind. They were changing classes, or so they thought.