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“We believe that the developing crisis in the capitalist system, by which we mean both economic stagnation, and the social and political conflicts to which it gives rise, makes it possible to think in terms of developing a sizeable and serious revolutionary socialist party in a way that was not possible 20 or even 10 years ago.”

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Anthony Crosland

Anthony Crosland was a prominent British politician, born on August 29, 1918, and died on February 19, 1977. He was active in British politics for several decades and had a profound impact on British social policy. more

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