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Progressives must win over those vulnerable to far-right propaganda
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THE vicious attack on RMT assistant general secretary Steve Hedley raises important questions that anti-racists, the labour movement and the left ignore at their peril.

Most immediate is the need for solidarity with a trade union leader who is a staunch working-class anti-racist and anti-fascist.

He embodies the political awareness and determination that must be created throughout the organised working-class movement to oppose anti-foreigner, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hatred.

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