Political Activities
In 1967, Flynn served as a chairperson for the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE), a civil rights organization in the U.S. South.
Flynn campaigns passionately for left-wing causes, and became an initiating member of both the NewLabour Party and of the Alliance. He also advised Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk on foreign policy. He has stood as a Parliamentary candidate in the general elections on several of occasions, most recently in 2005 as an Alliance list-candidate. As of 2008 he acts as the Alliance spokesperson for finance and taxation.
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