Some 180 people packed into Keir Hardie Primary School in Newarthill near Motherwell to hear Tommy Sheridan speak on independence last week.
He stressed the need not to blame immigrants or people on benefits for the crisis, but direct it towards the Tories.
Another 50 people attended his meeting in the Garngad the following day.
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But where there is repression, there is resistance.
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London march on 27 October