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Patriotism is good for you
GFTU general secretary DOUG NICHOLLS reflects on this week’s VE Day celebrations and the international significance of socialist patriotism

THE spirit of 1945 endured as a dominant cultural force until the Thatcher regime arrived to demolish all post-war progress.
Globalisation, based on the freedom of capital to roam and speculate, replaced internationalism.
Privatisation replaced public ownership and a powerful sense of the common good.
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