{"product_id":"9781448217281","title":"Protest and Power : The Battle For The Labour Party","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eProtest and Power\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Kogan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe battle for the Labour party is dramatic and intense. This is its definitive history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabour 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A \u003cb\u003emeticulously researched and balanced history\u003c\/b\u003e by a writer with sources at the highest level across different wings of the party” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eHighly-readable\u003c\/b\u003e and well-researched” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Kogan's \u003cb\u003eabsorbing history\u003c\/b\u003e, the only one to cover the period from Old Labour via New Labour to this hard-Left ascendancy ... \u003cb\u003einvaluable to future historians\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eProtest and Power\u003c\/i\u003e] is an \u003cb\u003eexcellent overview and dispassionate analysis\u003c\/b\u003e of the past 40 years of Labour party history…David Kogan's book \u003cb\u003eshould be mandatory reading\u003c\/b\u003e for all those concerned about antisemitism in the Labour party” —\u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Under the eyes of Kogan's cool, fair-minded intelligence, the struggles of the Labour party go from a pub brawl to an Icelandic saga. \u003cb\u003eNew insights, vivid interviews,\u003c\/b\u003e granular, often objectively funny details, combine to build a portrait of the British left that is both honest and dignifying.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProtest and Power\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly brings to life the political drama\u003c\/b\u003e of the popular uprising that is Corbyn's Labour party, from its beginnings in the 1970s to the mobilisation of hundreds of thousands by what became Momentum” —\u003ci\u003eFounder of Momentum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a \u003cb\u003eno-nonsense, straightforward account\u003c\/b\u003e of what has happened within the party over the last four decades – and it's truly thorough. You'll get to the bottom of each page and think, 'I need to remember every word of this'. Or at least I did” —\u003ci\u003eLabour List\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProtest and Power\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea very good book\u003c\/b\u003e, probably the most even-handed of all the accounts of Corbyn's rise to power ... and definitely the book that best explains Corbyn in the context of the 40-year battle by the left in Labour to seize control of the party” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian Politics Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A tremendously good read and very enlightening, \u003cb\u003e5 stars\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eMaster of Selwyn College, Cambridge and former BBC Head of News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An \u003cb\u003eempirical, balanced and exhaustive account\u003c\/b\u003e of political conflicts” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Timely new book about Labour” —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448217281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40690220466382,"sku":"9781448217281","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_93b7f5c3-d789-4238-8171-12ceb693a55a.jpg?v=1640406901","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448217281","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}