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3 days ago June 20, 2018June 20, 2018mbarker2012

The Latest Win for Rushey Mead is a Win for the Working-Class

6 days ago June 17, 2018June 17, 2018mbarker2012

Lessons From the McDonald’s Strike

1 week ago June 14, 2018June 14, 2018mbarker2012

Hesitancy to Label Hate Crime in Leicester

2 weeks ago June 11, 2018June 12, 2018mbarker2012

Restoring Labour’s Working Class Vote in Mansfield: The Financial Times’ Investigates

2 weeks ago June 10, 2018June 11, 2018mbarker2012

Child Rape and the Roots of Political Anger: Grooming Gangs in Context

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018mbarker2012

Regressive and Stale: Liz Kendall’s Plan to “Save” Our NHS

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018mbarker2012

Escalating Attacks on the Working-Class: The Dangers of the Blairite Response to Knife Crime

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018mbarker2012

Opposing All Blairite Witch-Hunts

May 23, 2018May 24, 2018mbarker2012

Ricky Tomlinson and the Striking Seventies

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018mbarker2012

Why Socialists Are NOT Glad that Ken Livingstone has Left the Labour Party

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