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Book Synopsis

A smart and succinct history of the Labour left



Trade Review

'A welcome corrective, This book astutely appraises British politics’ most frustrating but important dissident tradition'

-- 'Guardian'

'Admirably clear-sighted'

-- 'New Statesman'

'At a very crucial time in British politics, this book helps us to fill in important gaps in our knowledge'

-- David Coates, author of 'Prolonged Labour: The Slow Birth of New Labour in Britain'

'A well-timed explanation of the class contradictions at the root of the Labour Party from its creation to the present day'

-- 'Labour Briefing'

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition by Nadia Whittome MP
Foreword to the First Edition by John McDonnell MP
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1. Divided Beginnings
2. Second Time as Disaster
3. The Age of Consent
4. The Civil War
5. 'Though Cowards Flinch...'
6. The Broad Church Collapses
7. The Single Idea
8. The Corbyn Supremacy
9. From Ancient Grudge Break to New Mutiny…
Conclusion: …Where Civil Blood Makes Civil Hands Unclean
Notes
Index

A Party with Socialists in It

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 20 August 2022
      ISBN-13 9780745345574
      978-0745345574
      ISBN-10 0745345573
      Also in:
      History European history European history: medieval period, middle ages Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A smart and succinct history of the Labour left



      Trade Review

      'A welcome corrective, This book astutely appraises British politics’ most frustrating but important dissident tradition'

      -- 'Guardian'

      'Admirably clear-sighted'

      -- 'New Statesman'

      'At a very crucial time in British politics, this book helps us to fill in important gaps in our knowledge'

      -- David Coates, author of 'Prolonged Labour: The Slow Birth of New Labour in Britain'

      'A well-timed explanation of the class contradictions at the root of the Labour Party from its creation to the present day'

      -- 'Labour Briefing'

      Table of Contents

      Foreword to the Second Edition by Nadia Whittome MP
      Foreword to the First Edition by John McDonnell MP
      Preface to the Second Edition
      Introduction
      1. Divided Beginnings
      2. Second Time as Disaster
      3. The Age of Consent
      4. The Civil War
      5. 'Though Cowards Flinch...'
      6. The Broad Church Collapses
      7. The Single Idea
      8. The Corbyn Supremacy
      9. From Ancient Grudge Break to New Mutiny…
      Conclusion: …Where Civil Blood Makes Civil Hands Unclean
      Notes
      Index

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