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

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource 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 Summary 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 Analysis Britain Left Politics Socialism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 19, 2018) Subject Right and left (Political science) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Socialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Comparative Politics. Politics and government Right and left (Political science) Socialism SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056922 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Smith, Evan, 1981- editor. Worley, Matthew, editor. ISBN 9781526113689 1526113686 9781526113672 1526113678

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