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Tony Benn in conversation with John Rees – the early Labour Party

Author
Ady Cousins
Date
14 March 2014
Type
Video
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Tony Benn discusses the founding of the Labour Party and the impact of nationalism, which has shaped the politics of Europe from the collapse of Empire, through two world wars and the present day

Recorded on 3 February 2013, in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre. Part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise festival.

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