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Revolution at the LSE

Two former revolutionaries remember the heady days of protest at the London School of Economics in 1969. Gautam Appa and Martin Shaw really believed they could change the world.

Students in London in the 1960s believed that they could change the world with occupations and sit-ins. When the authorities built steel gates at the London School of Economics - the students couldn't let them stand. Our history programme Witness hears from two former revolutionaries about those heady days of protest.

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Tue 12 Jan 2010 08:50GMT
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