...the opportunity for overthrowing capitalism has passed — Labor governments are the hope of the world.” From that time his commitment to the ALP was unquestioned.

Mungo MacCallum
...the opportunity for overthrowing capitalism has passed — Labor governments...
...the opportunity for overthrowing capitalism has passed — Labor governments...
...the opportunity for overthrowing capitalism has passed — Labor governments...
...the opportunity for overthrowing capitalism has passed — Labor governments...
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During the 1970s, the Labour Party was in power in Britain, but was unpopular with much of the British public. Richard Crossman, an influential Labour MP, spoke of the class war coming to Britain. Crossman believed that Labour could not win the class war unless it assumed power. When Crossman died in 1978, he was deeply regretted by many on the left of British politics who had come to regard him as a socialist.

Source: The Good, The Bad & The Unlikely, Australias Prime Ministers

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