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Posted on 12 February 202412 February 2024 by Barry Biddulph
Talking the talk

Review of Mick Lynch, The Making of a Working Class Hero, by Gregor Gall, Manchester University Press 2024. Gregor Gall poses this question: is Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT transport workers’ union, a working class hero? His answer is complicated: yes and no. Gregor’s assessment is that “Lynch Continue Reading

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