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Thatcher was defeated on the issue of the poll tax, photo Militant
13 May 2009
Despite being "too young to remember the anti-poll tax battle", Bob Severn (The Socialist issue 578) rightly criticises the middle-class editors of a middle-class paper, the Independent, writes Rob Windsor, Socialist councillor and former anti-poll tax federation secretary, Coventry.
The battle against the poll tax, photo by Dave Sinclair
14 April 2009
The battle to defeat the Poll Tax
A landmark in working class struggle TWENTY YEARS ago the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher introduced the hated poll tax, first in Scotland to be followed one year later in England and Wales...
31 March 2000
The Battle that brought down Thatcher
Ten years on from The Demo, the 200,000 strong march which represented the pinnacle of the mass movement which defeated the poll tax, Steve Nally, Socialist Party member And Secretary of the All Britain Anti Poll Tax Federation in 1990, looks back at how the battle was won...
31 March 2000
Militant's Proud Role in defeating the poll tax
THE MASS non-payment campaign against the poll tax inspired millions to get organised and take action in their local areas...
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