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

• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.0971241082
• Soggetto topico: Right and left (Political science) - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Socialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1945-
• Soggetto non controllato: Britain; Left; Politics; Socialism
• Persona (resp. second.): SmithEvan; WorleyMatthew
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Waiting for the revolution
• ISBN: 1-5261-1367-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822564703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II