Under siege : the Independent Labour Party in interwar Britain /

Under siege : the Independent Labour Party in interwar Britain /

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Author / Creator:	Bullock, Ian, 1941- author.
Imprint:	Edmonton, AB : AU Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 416 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Independent Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century. Independent Labour Party (Great Britain) Political parties -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Political parties. Politics and government. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936. Great Britain. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11758511

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ISBN:	9781771991568 9781771991575 9781771991551 9781771991582 1771991585 1771991569 1771991577
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-407) and index. PDF: Unrestricted online access. Unrestricted online access. EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization. Issued also in print format. Online resource; title from PDF version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed June 9, 2021)
Summary:	"During the period between the two world wars, the Independent Labour Party (ILP) was the main voice of radical democratic socialism in Great Britain. Founded in 1893, the ILP had, since 1906, operated under the aegis of the Labour Party. As that party edged nearer to power following World War I, forming minority governments in 1924 and again in 1929, the ILP found its own identity under siege. On one side stood those who wanted the ILP to subordinate itself to an increasingly cautious and conventional Labour leadership; on the other stood those who felt that the ILP should throw its lot in with the Communist Party of Great Britain. After the ILP disaffiliated from Labour in 1932 in order to pursue a new, "revolutionary" policy, it was again torn, this time between those who wanted to merge with the Communists and those who saw the ILP as their more genuinely revolutionary and democratic rival. At the opening of the 1930s, the ILP boasted five times the membership of the Communist Party, as well as a sizeable contingent of MPs. By the end of the decade, having tested the possibility of creating a revolutionary party in Britain almost to the point of its own destruction, the ILP was much diminished--although, unlike the Communists, it still retained a foothold in Parliament. Despite this reversal of fortunes, during the 1930s--years that witnessed the ascendancy of both Stalin and Hitler--the ILP demonstrated an unswerving commitment to democratic socialist thinking. Drawing extensively on the ILP's Labour Leader and other contemporary left-wing newspapers, as well as on ILP publications and internal party documents, Bullock examines the debates and ideological battles of the ILP during the tumultuous interwar period. He argues that the ILP made a lasting contribution to British politics in general, and to the modern Labour Party in particular, by preserving the values of democratic socialism during the interwar period."--
Other form:	Print version:Bullock, Ian, 1941- Under siege. Print version: Bullock, Ian, 1941- Under siege. Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, [2017] 1771991550 9781771991551

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Summary:	Despite its reversal of fortunes, during the 1930s--years that witnessed the ascendancy of both Stalin and Hitler--the ILP demonstrated an unswerving commitment to democratic socialist thinking. Drawing extensively on the ILP's Labour Leader and other contemporary left-wing newspapers, as well as on ILP publications and internal party documents, Bullock argues that the ILP made a lasting contribution to British politics by preserving the values of democratic socialism during the interwar period.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 416 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-407) and index.
ISBN:	9781771991568 9781771991575 9781771991551 9781771991582 1771991585 1771991569 1771991577
Access:	PDF: Unrestricted online access. EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients.