The book outlines a critical history of the British Communist Party and the Left. It focuses on the relations of the CP with the wider labour movement. British Marxism failed to carry on a dialogue with mass labour organisations. Unions did not desert the Labour Party because there was no credible left alternative in the period examined. Why was this so? What was on offer? The authors conclude that more often than not, and especially in times of crisis and radicalisation, the Communist Party stood on the right of the labour movement, they sketch a history of Trotskyism developing out of these critical perspectives.
| ISBN | 0850365996 | | Pages | 168 | | ISBN13 | 9780850365993
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | The Merlin Press Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 222 | | Imprint | The Merlin Press Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 08 May 2007 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | DEWEY | 338.1 | | Spine width (mm) | 9 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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Preface, The Field of Battle: The situation in 1934; Left Right, Right Left, 1934-5; Showing the Flag, 1936-9; Beating the Retreat, 1939-41; Trooping the Colour: The Communists in Politics, 1941-5; At the Double: The Communists in Industry, 1941-5; Disaffection in the Ranks: Communists and the Labour Revolt, 1942-5; The March Past, 1945.
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