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The Rise of Student Unionism
Article first published in Labour & Trade Union Review, No. 25, September-October 1991, 10-14. 

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Part One: A personal introduction

Roots in the movement
Charles Clarke
A matter of roots

Part Two: The Rise of Student Unionism

The shape of student politics in the 1960s-1970s
Student politics turn inward looking
Labour Club and Students Union politics compared
The fall of the Labour Clubs