David Kogan

Protest and Power (MP3-Download)

The Battle for the Labour Party Ungekürzte Lesung. 1044 Min.
Sprecher: Farley, Rupert

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Produktbeschreibung

'A meticulously researched and balanced history'The Times 'Highly-readable and well-researched' The Sunday Times 'Faultless account of the twists and turns undertaken by the hard left of the Labour Party to retain relevance and the hope of power' James O'Brien, TLS 'A very good book, probably the most even-handed of all the accounts of Corbyn's rise to power' Guardian 'Timely new book about Labour' Independent The battle for the Labour party is dramatic and intense. This is its definitive history. Labour has shifted from the New Left, to New Labour, to Corbynista Labour. Now, it may see power again with a most unlikely group of activists from the 1970s becoming the fourth generation to win power since 1945. Only Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson and Tony Blair have won power from a sitting Conservative government. Of the ten general elections since 1979, Labour has won three, all under Blair. This record of failure, if applied to any other walk of life, would raise the fundamental question of why continue to fight a losing battle? For Labour, it asks whether it is a party of protest – designed only to be a voice from opposition, commenting on the flaws and falsities of Conservative police – or a party of power? Including exclusive interviews with key party members from the 1970s to today including Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair, Ed Miliband and Jon Lansman; and the party's recent struggles with antisemitism and Brexit, this book chronicles the conflicts within the Labour party, the schisms between ideologues and pragmatists, and how these fissures seem destined to keep Labour in opposition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Reader
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781448217809
• Artikelnr.: 70166832

Autorenporträt

Historian David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO. His first book, The Battle for the Labour Party, published in 1981, remains essential reading about the Labour party. He lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Interviewees 1981 and 2018 Abbreviations Part One: Protest; the
Rise and Fall of the New Left 1. Vladimir's Plan 2. The Years that Changed
Everything 3. The High-Water Mark - The Benn Campaign and its Aftermath 4.
The Reaction and the Response Part Two: The Counter-revolution 5. The Dream
Team 6. The Wilderness Years Begin Part Three: Power; the New Labour
Revolution 7. The New Generation 8. New Labour Takes Control Part Four: New
Labour; the Good, the Bad and the Ugly 9. What was New Labour? 10. The Good
11. The Bad and the Ugly 12. Conflict 13. Opposition - The Left, the Unions
and the Media 14. The Beginning of the End 15. Gordon Brown - The End of
New Labour 16. Judging New Labour Part Five: The Miliband Interregnum;
Between Power and Protest 17. The Last Electoral College 18. Where are the
Milibandites? 19. Falkirk and Collins 20. The Road to 2015 21. The 2015
General Election Part Six: The Four Summers of Jeremy Corbyn; the Summer of
Love 22. The Establishment 23. The Insurgents 24. Throwing it Away Part
Seven: The Four Summers of Jeremy Corbyn; the Summer of Redemption 25. From
Swarm to Momentum 26. Learning on the Job 27. The Referendum 28. The
Chicken Coup 29. The Importance of 2016 Part Eight: The Four Summers of
Jeremy Corbyn; the Summer of Fun 30. The Apotheosis - The 2017 General
Election 31. Consolidation Part Nine: The Four Summers of Jeremy Corbyn;
the Long, Hot Summer 32. The Baggage of the Past 33. The Dialogue of the
Deaf 34. The Wheel Turns Part Ten: Brexit and Beyond 35. The Shadow of
Brexit 36. The Fault Lines Exposed 37. Epilogue Acknowledgements Index

Rezensionen

‘If you want to understand Corbyn’s long march to take control of Labour this is the only book to read. Kogan turns on its head our understanding of Labour’s history over the past 50 years. A tour de force’