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May 22, 2020May 22, 2020mbarker2012

Billionaires Are Not Our Friends: The Limits of Planet of the Humans

August 18, 2019October 29, 2019mbarker2012

Anti-Imperialist Films

March 31, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

Terry Fields and the History of the Militant in Liverpool (1992): Documentary and Reviews

October 18, 2015November 19, 2017mbarker2012

Suffragette Militancy

August 23, 2015August 23, 2015mbarker2012

Bollywood and the Hinduja Brothers

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015mbarker2012

“We Are Many” and the Fight-Back Against Austerity

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