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Tony Benn's ideas have remained as pertinent as ever
Our commitment to ongoing struggles IS the best way to remember Tony Benn, writes RICHARD BURGON

It was four years ago this week that Tony Benn died. He was one of Labour’s greatest ever MPs, socialist thinkers and socialist activists.

That’s why he was demonised in the right-wing press and why The Sun referred to him as “the most dangerous man in Britain.”

Benn encouraged me and countless others. I will never forget when, as a young Labour activist, I received a Christmas card from him, which simply said “Keep on Going!” I and many thousands more did just that.

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