Al Richardson (20 December 1941 - 22 November 2003) was a British Trotskyist historian and activist. Born in Barnsley, Richardson studied theology at Hull University before becoming a lecturer at the University of Exeter. He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, but left after reading Isaac Deutscher's biography of Leon Trotsky. Convinced of Trotskyism, he joined the Socialist Labour League (SLL), … Wikipedia
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