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\u2018NEWSRAID\u2019 ELECTION BROADCAST (16 mins)<\/a>
\nElection broadcast aired in the London area
\nDate: 28th April 2010 Party speaker is Danny Lambert<\/p>\n

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INTERVIEW ON V-RADIO (120 mins)<\/a>
\n Venus Project-inspired \u2018V RADIO\u2019 interview with Paddy Shannon
\nDate: May 17, 2010<\/p>\n

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SLUMS AND SLUMPS (24 mins)<\/a>
\nManchester branch meeting
\nDate: 26th July 2010 Speaker \u2013 Paul Bennett<\/p>\n

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MARX AND ECONOMICS (28 mins)<\/a>
\nFrom the Party dayschool \u2013 \u2018Marx: A Vision for Today\u2019
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 17th September 2011
\nSpeaker: Darren Poynton
\nPt 2 (31 mins)
\nPt 3 (34 mins)<\/p>\n

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BANKS AND BANKING SERVICES (52 mins)<\/a>
\nGlasgow branch meeting
\nDate: 16th November 2011
\nSpeaker: Vic Vanni\t<\/p>\n

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CAPITALIST PROPAGANDA AND THE MASS MEDIA (49 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 15th January, 2012
\nSpeaker: Rob Worden
\nPt 2 (49 mins)<\/p>\n

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SECRETS OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD (37 mins)<\/a>
\nGlasgow branch meeting
\nDate: 15th February 2012
\nSpeaker: Vic Vanni<\/p>\n

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Z-DAY 2012 (33 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Cardiff
\nDate: 11th March 2012
\nSpeaker: Adam Buick
\n(See the video here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING (33 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 18th March 2012
\nSpeaker: Pat Deutz
\nPt 2 (47 mins)<\/p>\n

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CAPITALISM \u2013 AN UNHEALTHY OPTION (52 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Hotel Nelson, Norwich
\nDate: 31st March 2012
\nSpeaker: Dick Field
\nPt 2 (27 mins)
\nPt 3 (53 mins)
\nPt 4 (54 mins)<\/p>\n

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CRITIQUE OF \u2018MONEY AS DEBT\u2019 (37 mins)<\/a>
\nThe meeting was titled \u2018Myths About Money and Banking\u2019. The film \u2018Money as Debt\u2019 was shown, and these files are a mix of discussion from both before and after the film.
\nVenue: Hotel Nelson, Norwich
\nDate: 21st April 2012
\nSpeaker: Adam Buick
\nPt 2 (36 mins)
\nPt 3 (30 mins)<\/p>\n

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MARXISM, PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY (33 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 13th May, 2012
\nSpeaker: Mike Foster
\nPt 2 (38 mins)
\nPt 3 (34 mins)<\/p>\n

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BRITISH TROTSKYISM \u2013 SONS OF THE PROPHET (42 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office, London
\nDate: 27th May 2012
\nSpeaker: Keith Scholey
\nPt 2 (46 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE SECRETS OF THE INCA (35 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office, London
\nDate: 24th June 2012
\nSpeaker: Bill Martin
\nPt 2 (42 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE CASE FOR SOCIALISM (46 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Caxton House Community Centre, London
\nDate: 24th July 2012
\nSpeaker: Bill Martin<\/p>\n

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THE CURSE OF RELIGION (58 mins)<\/a>
\nGlasgow Branch meeting
\nDate: 15th August 2012
\nSpeaker: John Cumming<\/p>\n

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MARTOV\u2019S CRITICISM OF BOLSHEVISM (20 mins)<\/a>
\nFringe meeting at the CPGB\u2019s \u2018Communist University 2012\u2019
\nVenue: Catford, London SE6 2TP
\nDate: 23rd August 2012
\nSpeaker: Adam Buick
\nPt 2 (33 mins)
\nPt 3 (28 mins)<\/p>\n

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MARX, MYTH AND MONEY (40 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: The Nelson, Norwich
\nDate: 15th September 2012
\nSpeaker: Pat Deutz
\nPt 2 (37 mins)
\nPt 3 (43 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE TORY PARTY (40 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Maryhill Community Halls, Glasgow
\nDate: 19th September 2012
\nSpeaker: Vic Vanni<\/p>\n

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PROUDHON\u2019S PIPE DREAM AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (37 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 28th October 2012
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton
\nPt 2 (31 mins)<\/p>\n

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WHY NOT UTOPIA? (54 mins)<\/a>
\nA discussion forum with Barbara Goodwin (Professor of Politics, U.E.A.) and Pat Deutz (SPGB)
\nVenue: Norwich (East Anglia Branch meeting)
\nDate: 10th November 2012
\nPt 2 (37 mins)
\nPt 3 (37 mins)<\/p>\n

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UNPATRIOTIC HISTORY OF THE 2ND WORLD WAR (24 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 11th November 2012 Guest
\nSpeaker: James Heartfield (heartfield.org<\/a>)
\nPt 2 (29 mins)
\nPt 3 (35 mins)<\/p>\n

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WILL THERE BE AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE? (31 mins)<\/a>
\nDebate between Federico Pistono, (Zeitgeist Movement) and Clifford Slapper (SPGB)
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 10th March 2013
\nPt 2 (37 mins)
\nPt 3 (44 mins)
\nPt 4 (48 mins)<\/p>\n

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MARX THE ANTHROPOLOGIST (46 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 21st April 2013
\nSpeaker: Brian Morris
\nPt 2 (41 mins)<\/p>\n

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UKIP \u2013 ARE THEY THE BNP IN BLAZERS? (57 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: West London branch meeting, Chiswick Town Hall
\nDate: 4th June 2013
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton<\/p>\n

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BRITISH COMMUNISM (37 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 30th June 2013
\nSpeaker: Keith Scholey
\nAn outline the history of the Communist Party of Great Britain, its origins (ultimately in the Social Democratic Federation), plus a brief survey of British anti-revisionism (\u2018Maoism\u2019) and other groups closely allied to the Communist Party.
\nPt 2 (38 mins)
\nPt 3 (32 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN RETREAT 1920-24 (38 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 21st July 2013 Guest
\nSpeaker: Simon Pirani
\nPt 2 (61 mins)<\/p>\n

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WHAT IS GOING ON IN SYRIA? (53 mins)<\/a>
\nWest London branch meeting
\nDate: 20th August 2013
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton<\/p>\n

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EHUD\u2019S DAGGER: CLASS STRUGGLE AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION (48 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 3rd November 2013
\nSpeaker: Rob Worden
\nPt 2 (37 mins)<\/p>\n

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ROSA LUXEMBURG (52 mins)<\/a>
\nSunday, 19 January 2014
\nSpeaker: Pat Deutz <\/p>\n

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DEBATE WITH PETER TATCHELL (41 mins)<\/a>
\nWhat Are We Going to do About Capitalism?
\nPublic Debate<\/strong> with Peter Tatchell SPGB \u2013 Clifford Slapper
\nVenue: Conway Hall, London
\nDate: 5th March 2014
\nPt 2 (39 mins)
\nPt 3 (39 mins)<\/p>\n

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AN INDEPENDENT UK OR A SOCIALIST WORLD? (47 mins)<\/a>
\nDebate<\/strong> between Elizabeth Jones (UKIP) and Bill Martin (SPGB)
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 26th March 2014
\nPt 2 (47 mins)<\/p>\n

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WHAT\u2019S WRONG WITH UTOPIA? (50 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 30th March 2014
\nSpeaker: Glenn Morris
\nPt 2 (36 mins)<\/p>\n

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2014 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS \u2013 BBC RADIO WALES INTERVIEW<\/a>
\nBrian Johnson interviewed on BBC Radio Wales, May 2014<\/p>\n

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DOSTOYEVSKY (54 mins)<\/a>
\n‘The Real 19th Century Prophet was Dostoyevsky, not Karl Marx: Why Socialists Should Read Dostoyevsky’
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 1st June 2014
\nGuest Speaker: Dave Flynn
\nPt 2 (31 mins)
\nPt 3 (35 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE LEFT AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR (61 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 17th August 2014
\nSpeaker: Keith Scholey
\nPt 2 (31 mins)
\nThe discussion part of the recording was unfortunately cut short<\/em><\/p>\n

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THE NOT-SO-GREAT WAR (49 mins)<\/a>
\nGlasgow branch meeting
\nDate: 20th August 2014
\nSpeaker: John Cumming<\/p>\n

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ECONOMICS, WAR AND RELIGION<\/h4>\n

SOCIALISM AND RELIGION \u2013 THE ILLUSORY HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE (55 mins)<\/a>
\nDay School \u2013 What we say about Economics, War and Religion<\/em>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 27th September 2014
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton
\nPt 2 (25 mins)<\/p>\n

WHY WARS HAPPEN (35 mins)<\/a>
\nDay School \u2013 What we say about Economics, War and Religion<\/em>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 27th September 2014
\nSpeaker: Howard Moss
\nPt 2 (28 mins)\n<\/div>\n

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HAVE YOU READ PIKETTY? (62 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 19th October 2014
\nSpeaker: Adam Buick<\/p>\n

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ELECTIONS<\/h4>\n

ELECTION CAMPAIGN WORKSHOP<\/a>
\nIn preparation for next year\u2019s General Election
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 26th October 2014
\nChaired by Rob Cox<\/p>\n

ELECTION CAMPAIGN \u2013 MOCK INTERVIEW (47 mins)<\/a>
\nPart of the Election Campaign Workshop held at Head Office<\/em>
\nDate: 26th October 2014
\nSpeakers: Dave Perrin with Danny Lambert\n<\/div>\n


\nLESSONS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (29 mins)\t<\/a>
\nVenue: Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
\nDate: 9th November 2014
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton
\nPt 2 (42 mins)<\/p>\n

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WAR WITHOUT END: THE UKRAINE, GAZA AND ISIS (51 mins)<\/a>
\nWest London branch meeting
\nChiswick Town Hall, London 2014
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton<\/p>\n

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SOCIALISTS AND FRACKING (40 mins)<\/a>
\nDate: 23rd November 2014
\nSpeakers: Steve Clayton and Adam Buick
\nPt 2 (39 mins)<\/p>\n

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RADICAL FEMINISM AND COMMUNISM (33 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 1st February 2015
\nSpeaker: Johnny Mercer
\nPt 2 (32 mins)<\/p>\n

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BEGINNERS\u2019 GUIDE TO ECONOMIC CRISES (36 mins)<\/a>
\nNorth London branch meeting
\nVenue: Torriano Meeting House, London
\nDate: 19th February 2015
\nSpeaker: Bill Martin
\nPt 2 (34 mins)<\/p>\n

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WHAT THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES AREN\u2019T TELLING YOU (26 mins)<\/a>
\nPublic meeting at Head Office
\nDate: 22nd February 2015
\nGuest speaker, Edmund Griffiths \u2013 Communist Corresponding Society (Oxford)
\nPt 2 (63 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL OF THE 19TH CENTURY: LIFE IN THE PARIS COMMUNE (33 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Chiswick Town Hall
\nDate: 17 March, 2015
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton <\/p>\n

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WILLIAM BLAKE: THE VISIONARY REVOLUTIONARY (49 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 29th March 2015
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton
\nPt 2 (32 mins)<\/p>\n

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VAUXHALL ELECTION RALLY (2015) (46 mins)<\/a>
\n\u2018Vauxhall Election Rally\u2019 at Head Office, London
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 26th April 2015 Introduction by Steve Clayton
\nSpeaker: Danny Lambert <\/p>\n

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DEMOCRACY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT AIN\u2019T (42 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 17 May 2015
\nSpeaker: Richard Headicar
\nPt 2 (44 mins)<\/p>\n

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SOCIALISM AND SUDOKU (37 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 31st May, 2015
\nSpeaker \u2013 Bill Martin
\nPt 2 (22 mins)<\/p>\n

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TTIP \u2013 TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP (52 mins)<\/a>
\nLambeth Socialist Group (Head Office)
\nDate: 25th June, 2015
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton <\/p>\n

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THE FAILURE OF CAPITALIST PRODUCTION: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE GREAT RECESSION (59 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 5th July, 2015
\nGuest Speaker: Andrew Kliman (Marxist-Humanist Initiative)
\nPt 2 (67 mins)<\/p>\n

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WHAT BECAME OF LABOUR\u2019S \u2018SOCIALISM\u2019? (42 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 19th July 2015
\nSpeaker: Pat Deutz
\nPt 2 (27 mins)<\/p>\n

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FRACKING: THE METABOLIC RIFT WITH NATURE (22 mins)<\/a>
\nLambeth Socialist Group discussion.
\nDate: 27 August 2015
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton
\nNote: the start of the talk was not recorded due to technical problems.<\/em>
\nPt 2 (41 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE ECONOMIC CALCULATION ARGUMENT (27 mins)<\/a>
\n\u2018The Economic Calculation Argument: Baron von Mises\u2019s Case Against Socialism\u2019
\nDate: 27th September 2015
\nSpeaker: Adam Buick
\nPt 2 (47 mins)<\/p>\n

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FRACKING \u2013 THE METABOLIC RIFT WITH NATURE (18 mins)<\/a>
\nMeeting in Norwich
\nDate: 17 October 2015
\nSpeaker: Steve Clayton<\/p>\n

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ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SUBJECT (39 mins)<\/a>
\nHead Office, London
\n15th November 2015
\nGuest Speaker: Brian Morris
\nPt 2 (34 mins)<\/p>\n

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CHARTISM, WORKING CLASS POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP (39 mins) <\/a>
\nHead Office
\nDate: 6th March, 2016
\nSpeaker: Colin Skelly
\nPt 2 (27 mins)<\/p>\n

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HOW CAN WE OPPOSE THE TRADE UNION BILL? (51 mins)<\/a>
\nDebate between Tosh McDonald (ASLEF, and Labour Party member) and Bill Martin (SPGB)
\nVenue: The Brewery Tap, Doncaster
\nDate: Saturday, 30th April 2016
\nPt 2 (37 mins)
\nPt 3 (38 mins)<\/p>\n

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FALLING STATUES AND SAFE SPACES (24 mins)<\/a>
\n\u2018The \u2018right\u2019 not to be offended, as a threat to free expression\u2026\u2019
\nHead Office, London
\nDate: 5th June 2016
\nGuest Speaker: Ed Griffiths (Oxford Communist Corresponding Society)
\nPt 2 (36 mins)<\/p>\n

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THE EU REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN: LIES AND COUNTER-LIES (22 mins)<\/a>
\nVenue: Head Office
\nDate: 19th June 2016
\nSpeakers: Adam Buick and Bill Martin
\nPt 2 (20 mins)
\nPt 3 (49 mins)<\/p>\n

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\u2018OUR WORLD OR NO WORLD!\u2019 SYSTEM CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE\u2019<\/h4>\n

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North London branch day school held at the MayDay Rooms, London \u2013 November 9th, 2019<\/strong>
\nUnfortunately the meeting room was poorly situated and the audio is affected by the \u2018Lord Mayor\u2019s Parade\u2019 taking place outside. This particularly affects the first two talks.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u2018Flat Earthers Against Global Warming: How, When and Why to Debate Climate Change\u2019 (54 mins)<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Bill Martin<\/p>\n

2. \u2018Reuse, Recycle, Revolt: why tokenism is not a class act\u2019 (52 mins)<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Paddy Shannon
\n(Roughly 14 mins to 21 mins is especially bad quality)<\/em><\/p>\n

3. \u2018Hot Planet, Cool Media: Environmental Discourse in the Digital Age\u2019 (48 mins)<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Stephen Harper<\/p>\n

4. \u2018A Utopian Vision?\u2019 (44 mins)<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Glenn Morris\n<\/div>\n


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2019 PLATYPUS DISCUSSION PANEL<\/h4>\n

DEMOCRACY AND THE LEFT (1hr 58 mins) <\/a>
\nPanel discussion hosted by Platypus Goldsmiths, (Platypus Affiliated Society)
\nDate: 28th March 2019
\nPanel:<\/p>\n