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In memory of Burston, let’s form a united front
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ACTIVISTS in the East of England and beyond are eagerly looking forward to this weekend’s Burston School Strike Festival, which is just a shade north of Diss in south Norfolk and now firmly re-established post-Covid.
This year’s festival has a special character and is likely to be the last before a general election and certainly before several important local elections that will take place in May 2024 in Peterborough and Southend-on-sea, with most county councils following on in 2025.
These are an opportunity for local campaigners to open up a new political path. Burston is a great place to meet activists from all over the East of England, and the Communist Party and the Morning Star will be fully involved.
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