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January 29, 2017January 29, 2017mbarker2012

Liverpool Labour Council Pledges to Set-up a Local Lottery Scheme Instead of Fighting the Tories

November 14, 2016November 14, 2016mbarker2012

Ending Labour’s Orwellian Dystopia: A Tale of Hope and Socialism

August 27, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

The Militant Tendency in Liverpool: Books, Pictures, and Videos

August 21, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

Bullying in the Labour Party

August 11, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

Why Militant Matters: What Blairites Are Afraid Of

July 1, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

The Corbyn Fightback: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics

May 10, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

Dr Simon Bennett’s Tall Tales

April 1, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

Spirit of Resistance That Can’t be Stopped: The Militant Interviews John Pilger

March 31, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

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

March 16, 2016August 27, 2016mbarker2012

Sir Peter Soulsby and the Art of Historical Revisionism

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