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	<title>alun parry - songwriter &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>Tressell And Me Radio Ballad On Preston FM</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2012/01/tressell-and-me-radio-ballad-on-preston-fm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My radio ballad Tressell And Me is being broadcast on Preston FM this Friday (6 Jan). It will feature in the popular 7pm show Best Kept Secrets presented by Paul and Lucy Breeze. You can hear Preston FM on 103.2FM in the Preston area or worldwide over the internet by going to http://www.preston.fm/ and clicking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tressell And Me &#8211; A Radio Ballad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have produced a radio ballad exploring the socialist ideas within the book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. I hope that you enjoy it, that you share it, and that it helps spread socialist ideas in a way that is easy to understand. I would love for it to become a well used resource within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Part In A Film For TUC</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/10/take-part-in-a-film-for-tuc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mate Stephanie Power is making a film for the TUC for the November 30th actions. And she needs YOU to be in it. Please pass this message on to others who&#8217;d be interested too. Here&#8217;s the details from Steph herself, so get in touch with her direct if you fancy it: I&#8217;m making a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti Riot Rally Concert?? Not me!</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/08/anti-riot-rally-concert-not-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was shocked and surprised to see press releases and facebook event pages saying that I am playing an &#8220;anti riot rally&#8221; concert on Friday night! I want to make it clear that I am absolutely not. I have not even been asked to play this event so am puzzled how I ended up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singing At Liverpool Bloody Tuesday Commemoration</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/08/singing-at-liverpool-bloody-tuesda-commemoration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday (August 15th) I&#8217;ll be singing as part of the Liverpool Bloody Tuesday Commemoration. This is the 100th anniversary of the day that two unarmed Liverpool men were shot dead by soldiers on Vauxhall Road during the 1911 Transport Strike. The soldiers had been sent onto the streets to help put down the strike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen To My &#8216;Dirty Thirty&#8217; BBC Interview</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/03/listen-to-my-dirty-thirty-bbc-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/03/listen-to-my-dirty-thirty-bbc-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed my interview yesterday morning regarding the struggle of the Dirty Thirty during the Miners Strike you can click the link below to listen in to myself and author David Bell whose book inspired my song. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00f2ssy/Ben_Jackson_07_03_2011/ Just slide along to 1hr 23mins and 38secs (or thereabouts!) and you can hear the interviews [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC Radio Leicester on Monday</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/03/bbc-radio-leicester-on-monday/</link>
		<comments>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/03/bbc-radio-leicester-on-monday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those in the Leicestershire area will be able to listen in to the Breakfast Show on Radio Leicester on Mon (7 March) to hear me chatting about my new song The Dirty Thirty. I&#8217;ll be on at around 8.20am and will be joined by David Bell, the author of the book The Dirty Thirty: Heroes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackburn Against The Cuts</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/02/blackburn-against-the-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/02/blackburn-against-the-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be in Blackburn tomorrow (Thursday) at an anti cuts rally in Blackburn. For more details, see the gigs page, but I&#8217;ll be singing two sets of four songs each in between the speeches. Organisers are hopeful of a great turnout so do come along and show your opposition to the cutbacks.]]></description>
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		<title>New Song: The Dirty Thirty</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/02/new-song-the-dirty-thirty/</link>
		<comments>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/02/new-song-the-dirty-thirty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Miner&#8217;s Strike of 84/85, the Leicestershire coalfields continued to work, with two and a half thousand miners working through the strike. Despite this, thirty or so miners refused to break the strike, despite being so isolated in their local area. This song tells their story. I am deeply indebted to author David Bell. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Tony Benn This Saturday</title>
		<link>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/02/with-tony-benn-this-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://parrysongs.co.uk/go/2011/02/with-tony-benn-this-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alunparry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 5th February there will be a march and rally in Liverpool against the ConDem cuts featuring Tony Benn, myself, and also the Liverpool Socialist Singers. The march assembles at Exchange Flags at 11.45pm and will walk to the Anglican Cathedral for 12.30pm to hear speakers including TONY BENN and David Prentis (General Secretary [...]]]></description>
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