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We need to learn the lessons of the 1970s – when the state sabotaged the last left-wing Labour government, writes CHRIS NINEHAM
Harold Wilson and his wife Mary

FOR the first time in a generation, we have the chance of a radical Labour government.

To get an idea of what to expect and how the left should prepare, we need to know the history of the last such experiment.

The Wilson/Callaghan Labour government was elected in 1974 on the back of a wave of militant strikes.

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