Following last week’s rail strikes, Glen Hart, Yaseen Aslam and Unjum Mirza discuss the opportunities and challenges for the labour movement at Counterfire’s Revolution! Festival
This discussion took place at Counterfire’s recent Revolution! Festival. You can watch the videos from all the sessions here.
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