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Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.

Frances O'Grady

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Als 17-Jähriger in einem College in Oxford Abwasch zu spülen und die privilegierten Lebensstile der Studenten dort zu sehen, überzeugte mich, dass ein System, das Luxus für die Wenigen auf Kosten der vielen erlaubte, in Frage gestellt werden musste.

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