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Saturday saw the culmination of a week of campaigning against the EU with a day of action organised by the Communist Party and the Young Communist League, reports PHIL KATZ
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THE Communist Party Anti-EU & Popular Sovereignty Commission acts as an organising centre in the party, for researching developments in the EU and public campaigning.
In early July, it agreed to make the week leading up to this year’s TUC a focus of public campaigning for a clean break with the EU.
In Scotland and Wales, across the Midlands and London, members and supporters set up street stalls and leafleted public thoroughfares.
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