Goodbye to the Unions! - A Controversy About Autonomous Class Struggle in Great Britain

Winter of Discontent 1979 - councilworkers picket

Winter of Discontent 1979 - councilworkers picket

A debate between Dutch Council communist Cajo Brendel and NUM official Dave Douglass about the nature of trade unions.

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