{"product_id":"waiting-for-the-revolution-the-british-far-left-from-1956-9781526113658","title":"Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting for the revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the grain: The far left in Britain from 1956\u003c\/i\u003e, bringing together young and established academics and writers to discuss the realignments and fissures that maintain leftist politics into the twenty-first century. The two books endeavour to historicise the British left, detailing but also seeking to understand the diverse currents that comprise ‘the far left’. Their objective is less to intervene in ongoing issues relevant to the left and politics more generally, than to uncover and explore the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups, activists and struggles. To this end, the book will appeal to scholars and anyone interested in British politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction:   The continuing importance of the history of the British far left – Evan Smith and Matthew Worley                                    \u003cbr\u003e1          Revolutionary vanguard or agent provocateur: students and the far left on English            university campuses, \u003ci\u003ec.\u003c\/i\u003e 1970–90 – Jodi Burkett\u003cbr\u003e2          Not that serious? The investigation and trial of the Angry Brigade, 1967–72 – J. D. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e3          Protest and survive: the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Labour Party and          civil defence in the 1980s – Jacquelyn Arnold\u003cbr\u003e4          Anti-apartheid solidarity in the perspectives and practices of the British far left in            the       1970s and ‘80s – Gavin Brown\u003cbr\u003e5          ‘The Merits of Brother Worth’: the International Socialists and life in a Coventry car factory, 1968–75 – Jack Saunders\u003cbr\u003e6          Making miners militant? The Communist Party of Great Britain in the National Union      of Mineworkers, 1956–85 – Sheryl Bernadette Buckley\u003cbr\u003e7          Networks of solidarity: the London left and the 1984–85 miners’ strike – Diarmaid Kelliher\u003cbr\u003e8          ‘You have to start where you’re at’: politics and reputation in 1980s Sheffield – Daisy Payling\u003cbr\u003e9          Origins of the present crisis? The emergence of ‘left-wing’ Scottish nationalism,   1956–79 – Rory Scothorne and Ewan Gibbs\u003cbr\u003e10        A miner cause? The persistence of left nationalism in postwar Wales – Daryl Leeworthy\u003cbr\u003e11        The British radical left and Northern Ireland during ‘the Troubles’ – Daniel Finn\u003cbr\u003e12        The point is to change it: a short account of the Revolutionary Communist Party – Michael Fitzpatrick\u003cbr\u003e13        The Militant Tendency and entrism in the Labour Party – Christopher Massey\u003cbr\u003e14 Understanding the formation of the Communist Party of Britain – Lawrence Parker\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040982270295,"sku":"9781526113658","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526113658.jpg?v=1750948485","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/waiting-for-the-revolution-the-british-far-left-from-1956-9781526113658","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}