Communist candidates discuss student elections | Communist Radio #17
In this episode of Communist Radio, Sarah discusses the student union elections we ran in with our communist candidates.
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Last month, Labour announced the biggest cuts to disability benefits in a generation. This will have a brutal, devastating effect upon hundreds of thousands of people. One reader told us that Starmer and Reeves “should be put on trial” – we couldn’t agree more!
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