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Black communists, immigration, reparations and anti-racism
The proud history of black and white unity in the Communist Party over the last century has laid the ground to develop the progressive policies we need today, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
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COMMUNISM in Britain has had many key black activists since the founding of the party in 1920.
Much of this black communist tradition in the party has gone uncelebrated and is only now being rediscovered and revived.
This isn’t just because of a desire to demonstrate some kind of “right on” stance by the party. There is simply no need to do that.
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