Come the Revolution
NewSouth, $39.95 pb, 551 pb, 9781742233079
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Come the Revolution by Alex Mitchell
by Jeff Sparrow •
In 1963, ASIO opened a file on a disreputable fellow named Laurie Oakes, who was then living with Alex Mitchell, another Daily Mirror reporter. The two men came to the spooks’ attention when Mitchell suggested hiding unionist Pat Mackie from the police.
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