May Day Manifesto 1968

ISBN-13: 9781786636270 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Raymond Williams

Opis

Re-issue of the classic socialist call to arms in 1968

The original publication of the May Day Manifesto in 1968 collected together the most influential radical voices of the era. Amongst the 70 signatories were: Raymond Williams, E P Thompson, Stuart Hall, Iris Murdoch, Terry Eagleton, Ralph Miliband and R D Laing. The manifesto set out a new agenda for socialist Britain, in the aftermath of the failure of post war labourism.

Urgently relevant to the current arguments about the crisis of austerity, the burden of empire and the failures to control rampant capitalism, it offers a complete road map to a brighter future. From rethinking the purpose of the state; how finance and empire are twinned; the importance of a planned economy for all; the role of Britain in the world, the manifesto hoped to inspire change and a fairer society. It is a bold reminder that there are alternatives to the current situation, and that alternative policies can make a difference.

Recenzje

"A genuinely collaborative project among a range of leftwing intellectuals of the day."
-Terry Eagleton

"The Manifesto sought to rescue and renew the idea that the purpose of the politics of the left-Labour and beyond-should be to further the long-term transformation of capitalist society in a democratic and egalitarian direction."
-Michael Rustin, Guardian

O autorze

The May Day Manifesto committee consisted of over 70 signatories including: Raymond Williams, E P Thompson, Stuart Hall.