Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part seven
The 1981 riots in Liverpool and elsewhere were a political challenge for Marxists, especially the Militant, as Tony McMahon discovers
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Labour Party battles of the 1980s that created Keir Starmer
The Labour Party in the 1980s saw a stormy civil war that ended in purges as Tony McMahon remembers from a misspent youth
National Union of School Students membership card for 1978
National Union of School Students membership card for 1978
Labour Party youth wings: NOLS and LPYS
NOLS and the LPYS were the two youth wings of the Labour Party in the 1970s and 1980s and they couldn’t have been more different
The disastrous lead up to the 1983 general election
The disastrous lead up to the 1983 general election. Michael Foot interviewed by ITV.
Croxteth Comprehensive – the 1980s campaign
1981 to 1983 saw a community campaign to keep a school in Liverpool called Croxteth Comprehensive open for local kids
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
Marxism at Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
In 1982, I ran to be welfare officer of Liverpool University Guild of Undergraduates – needless to say, I didn’t win!
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader