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1379:Anarchist
921:Class War
909:Anarchist
593:(earlier
510:Ted Grant
437:Open Turn
200:Ted Grant
190:Formation
152:Elections
106:Socialism
90:Newspaper
62:Dissolved
1401:King Mob
1172:The Club
550:Pat Wall
427:Entryism
412:The Club
390:Militant
273:Archived
268:BBC News
239:Militant
219:entryist
204:The Club
180:entryist
176:Militant
170:) was a
122:Far-left
101:Ideology
84:Militant
74:The Club
1421:WOMBLES
1047:Defunct
1008:Saoradh
649:Related
632:(later
400:General
54:Founded
725:Extant
718:Groups
286:works.
279:30 May
178:, an
388:—
281:2015
162:The
65:1964
57:1956
168:RSL
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283:.
271:.
265:.
253:^
198:,
186:.
703:e
696:t
689:v
636:)
597:)
378:e
371:t
364:v
166:(
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