A People's Man

Maraton espouses a radical program of general strikes to bring all of English industry to it's knees, and begin a decades long struggle for redistribution of wealth. In many eloquent speeches he argues for the cause of the poor. Lord Foley, on the other hand, sees England's enemies waiting for a massive labor action to cause the country to fall apart, at which time they will invade and conquer. Maraton is besieged by opposing forces who try to draw him to their side: Labor Party MP's, foreign agents, the distinquished author Selingman, and the German ideologue Mar.