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Category: Chris Williamson

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020mbarker2012

Socialists Must Build a Mass Movement to Force “Test and Trace” to be Taken into Local Control

April 14, 2020May 16, 2022mbarker2012

The Truth About Jonathan Ashworth and Emilie Oldknow: An Anti-Corbyn Retrospective

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019mbarker2012

How Labour Might Overcome the Problems Faced By the Billionaire-owned Media (and their Own MPs)

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019mbarker2012

Labour Members Show Solidarity With Chris Williamson

March 4, 2019April 8, 2021mbarker2012

Defend Chris Williamson. Fight to Kick Out the Blairites

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018mbarker2012

The Failure of 3aaa Apprenticeships Highlights the Need for Socialist Planning

May 19, 2018May 20, 2018mbarker2012

Two Party’s in One: Differing Responses to the Looming Universal Credit Crises

May 10, 2018May 20, 2018mbarker2012

Keith Vaz and the Controversy of Marc Wadsworth’s Expulsion

March 25, 2018November 18, 2018mbarker2012

The Hypocritical Roots of the Anti-Semitic “Mear One” Smear Against Corbyn

September 12, 2016May 20, 2018mbarker2012

Unison Support Workers Fight Back Against Threatened 25% Pay Cut

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