{"product_id":"direct-action-and-autonomous-organizing-across-the-united-kingdom","title":"Direct-Action and Autonomous Organizing across the United Kingdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eNo history of post-war British left-wing activism would be complete without mention of the iconoclastic London Solidarity group.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirect-Action and Autonomous Organizing across the United Kingdom: London Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book dedicated to examining this group’s surreptitious origins, influences and legacy. \n\nPart of an international and mostly informal movement breaking away from traditional left-wing politics at the height of Cold War tensions, the London Solidarity group contributed to the re-emergence of direct-action and autonomous working-class struggle in the UK. \n\nThe group rigorously critiqued authoritarian exploitation in the East and West, championed sexual liberation, wildcat strikes, housing struggles and played a historic role in the 1963 “Spies for Peace” scandal which rocked the British government by revealing its secret preparations for elite rule after nuclear war. \u003ci\u003eDirect-Action and Autonomous Organizing across the United Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e uses both first-hand participant accounts, personal correspondence, previously unpublished archival material and the latest historical research on left-wing radical politics to tell the story of this radical left group and its activities while locating it in various activist networks in Britain and abroad.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54559370183000,"sku":"9781350274723","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/direct-action-and-autonomous-organizing-across-the-united-kingdom","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}