The Spanish Civil War and the British Left - Political Activism and the Popular Front (Hardcover)


Was British Labour activist support for the anti-Franco cause 'the most outstanding example of international solidarity in British history'? Here Lewis Mates challenges this myth and argues that support for the anti-Franco cause was varied and multi-faceted. He analyses the 'Aid Spain movement': activities undertaken at grassroots level in support of the Spanish Republic. He explores the nature of grassroots support, its extent and depth, the motivations of activists, the institutions they operated through, and importantly, the role and impact of ideas on activism. Those within the British Left who did not embrace the Republic's cause are also examined as are the consequences of these divisions for the labour movement at its different levels from grassroots to national.
Mates provides new perspectives on an important period of twentieth-century British history, contributing to debates about the nature of the British left, grassroots activism and popular political engagement in a contradictory epoch.

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Was British Labour activist support for the anti-Franco cause 'the most outstanding example of international solidarity in British history'? Here Lewis Mates challenges this myth and argues that support for the anti-Franco cause was varied and multi-faceted. He analyses the 'Aid Spain movement': activities undertaken at grassroots level in support of the Spanish Republic. He explores the nature of grassroots support, its extent and depth, the motivations of activists, the institutions they operated through, and importantly, the role and impact of ideas on activism. Those within the British Left who did not embrace the Republic's cause are also examined as are the consequences of these divisions for the labour movement at its different levels from grassroots to national.
Mates provides new perspectives on an important period of twentieth-century British history, contributing to debates about the nature of the British left, grassroots activism and popular political engagement in a contradictory epoch.

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Imprint

I.B. Tauris

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

December 2007

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

March 2008

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Dimensions

216 x 138 x 29mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

304

ISBN-13

978-1-84511-298-1

Barcode

9781845112981

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LSN

1-84511-298-9



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