Cross Fire:RIP Tony Benn (1925 - 2014) - 14 March 2014

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John Rees pays tribute to Tony Benn who died today ...                                                  RIP Tony Benn (1925 - 2014)   John Rees pays tribute to the legendary socialist campaigner "I have spent a lifetime as a political organiser and for as long as I can recall if I wanted to get something moving the first phone call I would make would be to Tony Benn.  If there was a Stop the War Coalition march or meeting to be organised I rang Tony Benn. When we launched the People's Assembly with a letter to the Guardian, the first call was to Tony Benn. When we opened Firebox, the socialist café and event space, Tony Benn did the honours. When the Leveller's Association got a plaque to Thomas Rainsborough put up in the Wapping churchyard where he was buried, Tony Benn was there to make the dedicatory speech. When Tony Benn was part of any project you knew, and tens of thousands of others in the labour movement knew, that it was worth doing." Read the full article   Copyright © 2014 Counterfire, All rights reserved. Text to be added! Our mailing address is: Counterfire Unit 206 The Busworks 39-41 North Road London, London N7 9DP United Kingdom