Description

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For more than a hundred years, the British Labour Party has been the home of working-class organization and struggle. But has it ever truly been on the side of workers? Where do its interests really lie, and can it be relied on to provide a check on right-wing forces?
            A Party with Socialists in It addresses those questions and more, telling the story of the Labour Party from its origins to today, showing how at every turn it has struggled with the tension between the rights and demands of workers and a more centrist position. As Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership attempts to revitalize the party after the initial success of the Blair years turned into disappointment and disenchantment, this clear-eyed history could not be more timely.
 

About the Author

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Simon Hannah is a writer and political activist whose work has been featured in Open Democracy and New Left Project. He is an active trade unionist and a member of the Labour Party.

Praise For…

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“Unsparing rather than triumphalist or romantic. . . . This book astutely appraises British politics’ most frustrating but important dissident tradition.” 
— Guardian

“Traces the various disputes between the right and left of the Labour Party since its foundation up until the Party's 2017 general election campaign under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. It's striking how both the neoliberal authoritarian tendency of Blair and the desire for a transformative agenda represented by Corbyn are quite different from previous right-left divisions. This informative and thought-provoking historical account allows us to assess the Party's history, whilst acknowledging that the progressive movement inspired by Corbyn's leadership is something new and exciting.”
 
— Liz Davies, Labour Party Activist