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Radical Glasgow: a skeletal sketch of Glasgow's radical tradition - John Couzin

Tanks and troops on the streets in the years of red Clydeside
Tanks and troops on the streets in the years of red Clydeside

Snapshots of Glasgow's revolutionary and working class radical history from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

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