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Security was the demand which set in motion labour movements in history trade unions, friendly societies, consumer cooperatives were all about compensating for the impotence of individual resistance.

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Zygmunt Bauman
Age: 91 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 19
Died: 2017
Died: January 9
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Poznan
Unions
Consumer
Trade
Movements
Demand
Societies
Movement
Motion
Security
Labour
Individual
Friendly
Compensating
History
Consumers
Cooperatives
Resistance
Impotence

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