Dragan Plavšić explains why the Labour Party fails as a party that was founded to represent the working class
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Dragan Plavšić
Dragan Plavšić is a member of Counterfire in London and of Marks21 in Serbia. He jointly edited The Balkan Socialist Tradition and the Balkan Federation 1871-1915 (2003).
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