{"id":369,"date":"2006-07-27T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T09:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=369"},"modified":"2006-07-27T09:37:31","modified_gmt":"2006-07-27T09:37:31","slug":"those-who-remember-will-never-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"Those who remember will never surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\"><strong>*** BEATING THE POLL TAX ***<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anarchist Communist Editions (ACE) Pamphlet No. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anarchist Communist Federation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(now Anarchist Federation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afed.org.uk\/\">www.afed.org.uk<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First published in March 1990 under the Tories <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> (following &#8216;The Poll Tax and How to Fight It&#8217; October 1988) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now published online March 2006 and dedicated to New Labour and the Left<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: center; 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