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Category: Mansukhlal Chohan

December 11, 2017December 12, 2017mbarker2012

Planning Development Controversies in Leicester and the Socialist Alternative

November 23, 2017November 24, 2017mbarker2012

The Odorous Link Between Multiple House Ownership and Opposing Corbyn

July 2, 2017July 4, 2017mbarker2012

Fire Chief Outlines Latest Hair-Brained Scheme to Close Leicester’s Central Fire Station

March 17, 2017November 29, 2017mbarker2012

Ho, Hum! How City Planning Works for the Rich and Not the Homeless

February 12, 2017November 28, 2017mbarker2012

How to Prevent Further Cuts to Fire, Police, Education, and Health Services Right Now

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  • Demanding Safe Working Conditions for Britain’s Key Food Workers
  • Amazon Contractor Treats Their Workers Like Dirt
  • Greencore Workers Demand 100% Furlough Pay!
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  • Workers in Italy and Ireland Strike Back Against Their Governments Dangerous Coronavirus Priorities
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  • Leicester Socialist Alternative to Launch Campaign to Demand “Full Sick Pay for All Workers”
  • Owen Paterson and His Coronavirus Profiteering
  • Demand That Greencore Treat Their Workers Like Humans During This Pandemic (And Afterwards Too)
  • Boris Johnson Must Learn Lessons From Italy: People Before Profit!
  • Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus in Our Supermarkets
  • Another Inadequate Plan from the Tories for People’s Jobs and Incomes: The Pandemic Continues
  • Make the Capitalists Pay… We All Need Sick Pay!
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