Waiting for the Revolution - The British Far Left From 1956

A companion piece to 2014's Against the grain, this collection of essays explores trajectories in the British far left from 1956 to the present day.

Sommario

Introduction: The continuing importance of the history of the British far left - Evan Smith and Matthew Worley
1 Revolutionary vanguard or agent provocateur: students and the far left on English university campuses, c. 1970-90 - Jodi Burkett
2 Not that serious? The investigation and trial of the Angry Brigade, 1967-72 - J. D. Taylor
3 Protest and survive: the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Labour Party and civil defence in the 1980s - Jacquelyn Arnold
4 Anti-apartheid solidarity in the perspectives and practices of the British far left in the 1970s and '80s - Gavin Brown
5 'The Merits of Brother Worth': the International Socialists and life in a Coventry car factory, 1968-75 - Jack Saunders
6 Making miners militant? The Communist Party of Great Britain in the National Union of Mineworkers, 1956-85 - Sheryl Bernadette Buckley
7 Networks of solidarity: the London left and the 1984-85 miners' strike - Diarmaid Kelliher
8 'You have to start where you're at': politics and reputation in 1980s Sheffield - Daisy Payling
9 Origins of the present crisis? The emergence of 'left-wing' Scottish nationalism, 1956-79 - Rory Scothorne and Ewan Gibbs
10 A miner cause? The persistence of left nationalism in postwar Wales - Daryl Leeworthy
11 The British radical left and Northern Ireland during 'the Troubles' - Daniel Finn
12 The point is to change it: a short account of the Revolutionary Communist Party - Michael Fitzpatrick
13 The Militant Tendency and entrism in the Labour Party - Christopher Massey
14 Understanding the formation of the Communist Party of Britain - Lawrence Parker
Index

Info autore

Matthew Worley is Professor of Modern History at the University of ReadingEvan Smith is a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of International Studies at Flinders University, South Australia

Riassunto

A companion piece to 2014's Against the grain, this collection of essays explores trajectories in the British far left from 1956 to the present day. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Evan Smith, Evan (Visiting Adjunct Fellow in the School Smith, Evan Worley Smith
• Con la collaborazione di: Evan Smith (Editore), Evan (Visiting Adjunct Fellow in the School of History and International Relations at Flinders University South Australia) Smith (Editore), Smith Evan (Editore), Matthew Worley (Editore), Matthew (University of Reading) Worley (Editore), Worley Matthew (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781526113665
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1366-5
• Pagine: 296
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)