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Document of the Month – April 2018

Welcome back to our Document of the Month feature, showcasing some of the awesome documents in our collections.

May Day is upon us, so here's a fun one:

May Day in Dundee (Dundee Anarchist Group) 1965.

A handwritten manuscript, probably to be published in the Syndicalist Workers' Federation's paper Direct Action (for more DAs from the 1960s, please see this long list). Reports e.g. on some trouble with the Labour Party.

Have a good May Day, wherever you are!

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