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Philip Gunawardena: 51st death anniversary of Boralugoda lion

March 26 marks the 51st death anniversary of Philip Gunawardena, one of the most colourful political figures of the last century. Dubbed the ‘Father of Marxism’ and the ‘Boralugoda Lion’, Gunawardena whose son Dinesh is now prime minister was a committed socialist who however ended his political career as the Minister of Industries and Fisheries […] ....

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Shapurji Saklatvala - socialist and anti-imperialist rebel in Parliament

Our new pamphlet tells the story of Shapurji Saklatvala, the first BAME Labour MP, elected in Battersea North (South West London) in 1922. In numerous respects, he was no ordinary MP. Representing a strong and radical local labour movement, as well workers' and anti-colonial struggles much more widely, as an MP he suffered ostracism, police surveillance, arrests, imprisonment and exile from India in order to wage the fight against capitalism, racism and imperialism, and for working-class self-liberation. ....

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