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28 April 2008

Time for a New New Left Manifesto?

41 years ago, the New Left came up with a May Day manifesto to renew progressive politics. The time

By Martin Bright

A few weeks ago I stumbled across a copy of the 1967 New Left May Day Manifesto and found it resonated with the politics of 2008 Britain. I’ve written about it here on the Liberal Conspiracy website, which would be a great place to host a debate over what the manifesto should contain.

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