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1 online resource |
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AGAINST THE GRAIN: The British far left from 1956; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: The far left in Britain from 1956: Evan Smith and Matthew Worley; Part I: Movements; 1. Engaging with Trotsky: The influence of Trotskyism in Britain: John Callaghan; 2. The New Left: Beyond Stalinism and social democracy?: Paul Blackledge; 3. Narratives of radical lives: The roots of 1960s activism and the making of the British left: Celia Hughes |
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4. Marching separately, seldom together: The political history of two principal trends in British Trotskyism, 1945-2009: Phil Burton-Cartledge5. Opposition in slow motion: The CPGB's 'anti-revisionists' in the 1960s and 1970s: Lawrence Parker; 6. Dissent from dissent: The 'Smith/Party' Group in the 1970s CPGB: Andrew Pearmain; 7. British anarchism in the era of Thatcherism: Rich Cross; Part II: Issues; 8. Jam tomorrow?: Socialist women and Women's Liberation, 1968-82: an oral history approach: Sue Bruley; 9. Something new under the sun: The revolutionary left and gay politics: Graham Willett |
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10. 'Vicarious pleasure'?: The British far left and the third world, 1956-79: Ian Birchall11. Anti-racism and the socialist left, 1968-79: Satnam Virdee; 12. Red Action -- left-wing political pariah: Some observations regarding ideological apostasy and the discourse of proletarian resistance: Mark Hayes; 13. Anti-fascism in Britain, 1997-2012: David Renton; Index |
| Summary |
'Against the grain' is the first general history of the British far left to be published in the twenty-first century. Its contents cover a range of organisations beyond the Labour Party, bringing together leading experts on British left-wing politics to examine issues of class, race and gender from 1956 to the present day.--page 4 of cover |
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British history |
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British politics |
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British society |
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Labour Party |
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Socialist Party |
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Socialist Workers Party |
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Trotskyism |
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anarchism |
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anti-colonialism |
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anti-fascism |
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anti-racism |
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anti-revisionism |
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economic crisis |
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gay liberation |
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labour movement |
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social issues |
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social movements |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 30, 2015) |
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Right and left (Political science) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Socialism -- Great Britain -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Right and left (Political science)
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Socialism
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Evan, 1981- editor.
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Worley, Matthew, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781847799234 |
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184779923X |
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9781781707388 |
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1781707383 |
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9781847799227 |
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1847799221 |
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