Being Red - A Politics for the Future

Informationen zum Autor Ken Livingstone is a British politician who has twice held the leading political role in London regional government. He served as the Leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the Council was abolished in 1986, and then as the first elected Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as MP for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. His autobiography, You Can't Say That, was published by Faber and Faber in 2011. Klappentext Taking us from the self-proclaimed 'radical socialism' of the Greater London Council, through his two terms as Mayor of London and his 2012 candidacy against Boris Johnson, Livingstone recounts his many battles against privatization, pollution and Tory politicians. --From publisher description. Zusammenfassung An insider's account of the British left and the Labour Party! past and future! by one of its figureheads

Product details

• Authors: Ken Livingstone
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2016
• EAN: 9780745399058
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-9905-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Left Book Club
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies