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August 25, 2020August 25, 2020mbarker2012

Leicester City Council Are Wrong to State that “children are very unlikely” to Get Covid-19

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020mbarker2012

Sundip Meghani Resigns from Labour Even Though He Says Sir Keir Starmer is “a respectable man who is not a deluded Marxist”

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020mbarker2012

Test and Trace Systems Must Be Run Locally Under Democratic Workers Control

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020mbarker2012

Andy Burnham’s Lockdown Blame Game Moment

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020mbarker2012

Wrong Again: Paul Mason Urges Socialists to Campaign for “a new and less toxic form of capitalism”?!

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020mbarker2012

Why the Morning Star are Wrong to Criticise Claudia Webbe and John McDonnell for Opposing the Chinese Dictatorship

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020mbarker2012

ExtraCare Must Reinstate Nadia Whittome

April 17, 2020November 13, 2020mbarker2012

Weaponising Anti-Semitism: The Case of Sam Matthews

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020mbarker2012

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)

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