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An ongoing anti-fascist inspiration
The Young’uns’ SEAN COONEY tells Susan Darlington why a working-class hero from the 1930s is celebrated in their new show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAcZnu-9do
THE global rise of the far right and the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish civil war make The Young’uns’ fifth album as pertinent as it could be.
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