In 1969, Tony Cliff, leader of the International Socialists (which became the SWP) started worrying the party was too high falutin & middle class, so he ordered its student activists to get jobs in factories.
Some of them did!



Well, I wasn't talking about the 1970s onwards... That's recent history for me. I was involved in Anti-Nazi league events, CND events, Animal Liberation stuff (to my shame), etc. Some pics here:https://goo.gl/photos/LBKd9HKnbxVkggPm9 …
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Well you were you were talking about 1969 and the far left not WW2 and the CP
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No, that's not right. Check back my tweets from yesterday. It's the CP, WW2 & post-war (1956, etc). I'm not lying! :) I was just reminded of the Cliff thing, that's all.
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Mate I’m not in your tweets 24 hours a day I was referring directly to the Cliff tweet hence the direct response to it
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Yes, I know. But actually you responded to my tragi-comedy tweet, which was a reference to my recent reading, etc., which literally hasn't touched upon the 1970s. It was precisely about "class against class", WW2, support for Stalin, internecine warfare (Trots included), etc.
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