Waiting for the revolution : the British far left from 1956 / edited by Evan Smith and Matthew Worley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Evan, 1981- editor.

Worley, Matthew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Communist Party of Great Britain.

Left-wing extremists--Great Britain.

Left-wing extremists.

Right and left (Political science)--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Right and left (Political science).

Socialism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Socialism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

British far left from 1956

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

A companion piece to 'Against the Grain', this collection of essays explores trajectories in the British far left from 1956 to the present day.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Revolutionary vanguard or agent provocateur

2 Not that serious?

3 Protest and survive

4 Anti-apartheid solidarity in the perspectives and practices of the British far left in the 1970s and 1980s

5 'The merits of Brother Worth'

6 Making miners militant?

7 Networks of solidarity

8 'You have to start where you're at'

9 Origins of the present crisis?

10 A miner cause?

11 The British radical left and Northern Ireland during the 'Troubles'

12 The point is to change it

13 The Militant Tendency and entrism in the Labour Party

14 Understanding the formation of the Communist Party of Britain

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526113672

1526113678

OCLC:

1021145343