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One year into the unjust suspension of Jeremy Corbyn
This is a concerted attempt by the Labour right to break the spirit of solidarity and camaraderie that was born in 2015 — but it won’t win, writes TOM RAESIDE
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joins a demonstration in Parliament Square, London, by the Stop the War campaign group

I FIRST became aware of Jeremy Corbyn though his work regarding Chile.

In May 1969 Corbyn attended the Vina Del Mar festival. The festival was a cultural event in solidarity with the Popular Unity party and Salvador Allende in the upcoming 1970 presidential election.

Such an occasion was symbolic of the victory that was to come for the left in Chile; culture combined with the Latin American revolutionary spirit, both underpinned by the pillar of solidarity.

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