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Man of the people: Jeremy Corbyn mixes with the crowds at the Durham Miners' Gala
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
April 9 1928 – July 26 2025
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
IT’S not just the weather that’s hotting up — so too is the political situation.
This summer our movement has two tasks: get Boris Johnson out of No 10 and get Jeremy Corbyn into No 10.
The new Prime Minister, imposed upon the country by a small number of unrepresentative Conservative Party members, will defend a rotten economic system which is rigged to benefit the billionaire class at the expense of the many.
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