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Posted on 22 August 2016 at 12:27 GMT
Russia Today interviews Peter Taaffe and Tony Mulhearn
Former Militant supporter and leader of Liverpool District Labour Party, Tony Mulhearn, and Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party and editor of the Militant newspaper since its foundation, were interviewed by Russia Today last week, in a short report on the origins of the Militant tendency.
Russia Today visited Liverpool where Militant led a battle against Thatcher, mobilising 50,000 outside the town hall, as shown on the excerpt.
Click here to see the excerpt.
For more see:
The Rise of Militant
Liverpool - A City That Dared to Fight
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