Militant - Liverpool 1992 001

Documentary on Liverpool's Militant Tendency, following former Labour party MP and Militant member Terry Fields on his general election campaign. Militant members encountered are Mick Daley (who runs their creche), Julie McCann (the Housing Benefit Officer) and Mike Morris (organiser of the Anti-Poll Tax Federation). Labour MP Frank Dunne, who investigates Militant infiltration into the Labour Party, and sends incriminating photographs to Labour's National Exectutive, states that Militant is a dangerous political influence in Liverpool. On the campaign trail for Terry Fields, Labour candidate Jane Kennedy's campaign literature explains that she was partly responsible for ridding Liverpool of Militant, and Paddy Ashdown is seen getting a rough ride in a derelict housing estate when he accompanies Liberal Democrat candidate Rosemary Cooper. Fields comes third in the election behind the official Labour candidate. Militant members sing the Internationale at a rousing post-election party.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Militant
• Liverpool
• 1990s
• 1992
• Terry Fields
• Frank Dunne
• Derek Hatton

[barnab99]

this video is all about what can be achieved when working class people stand shoulder to shoulder. when people are pushed out of a job and onto the dole queue, they know who is to blame, and it isn't other people in exactly the same situation who happen to be black, asian, gay or jewish.

YOUR HATRED AND DIVISIVE, DIRTY POLITICS ARE NOT WANTED HERE.

[706807421]

Cracking documentary. It's great to see so many working-class fighters organising in their local communities. The contemporary Left could learn a few things from them.

[RebelSonBand]

Fuck labour..They are poisended by people that has never worked in their lives,only university and such,too many liberals.

[gopconservative78]

A Communist Party Rally

[MrRuaidhriGarvey]

Do you hear Jane Kennedy at around 8.30 .Does she honestly think that ordinary people are stupid. As if people would see a sign saying "we're against job cuts" and vote for militant solely because of that.

[aranterranting]

@gazz12345a bollox

[aranterranting]

@barnab99 dream on you commie wanker.........maggie maggie maggie

[Themsthebreaks1]

Yes Jane because "most people" dont care or think about politics. I guess we dont have the brains and need to be told what to do and think. Her smug patronising tone when she says "people like me" makes me feel sick. Exactly what is wrong about new labour attitude.

[MikeECGreen]

His leaflet as an independent, 2010 : "Sadly I have found the majority, more often than not, put their party's interest and those of their own before that of the constituents of Wavertree..."

Hmm.

[ilyenkova]

blairite scum!!

[ADProtty]

@otleybey yeah i think thats him...type in frank dunne liverpool and the 4th one down is alink to an election leaflet. what a weirdo......