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Militant Liverpool: A City on the Edge

Militant Liverpool: A City on the Edge

by PeterNorth (Author), Diane Frost (Author)

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Synopsis

In May 1983, in the wake of her victory in the Falklands, Mrs Thatcher won the second of her three general election victories. Liverpool, going not for the first or last time against the grain, elected a Labour council that vowed to be different. In an environment of mass unemployment in which Liverpool felt abandoned by an indifferent government, the council resolved to join others across the land in refusing to set a budget that would hurt the poorest. It was at first wildly popular, but the scene soon became set for a battle between the city and central government that would shape the future of Liverpool. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the 1983 election, Militant Liverpool: A City on the Edge sets out an even-handed assessment of events with oral testimonies from many of the key protagonists. Thirty years on, Liverpool has to some extent reinvented itself as a visitor destination, but it is again facing major spending cuts while its deep seated social problems remain. This book sheds new light on what is for some a dark period in the city's past, best forgotten, while for others is a memory of the city that refused to lie down and die and a continuing inspiration.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 30 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 1846318637
ISBN 13: 9781846318634

Media Reviews
Compiled from interviews with major and minor players, Militant Liverpool offers a punchy and at times gripping account of a city in revolt: the passion, the argument, the high hopes and the bitter disillusion. There's lots of talk now about Liverpool getting its mojo back . Militant Liverpool makes the case that this process may have been going on for a long time and, for good and ill, Hatton and co were part of it. -- Jamie Kenny * The Big Issue in the North *
This is an important book not just because of its analysis of the politics of Liverpool but also because it asks questions about the nature of socialist politics . People and history may scorn the role of left wing activists in groups such as Militant but how is it that they spoke to the needs and hearts of working class people in the 1980s? Why is it the Labour Party commands so little respect from working class people? And at a time when the term working class gets thrown around in the media why is it they have so little involvement in left wing organisations? * LipstickSocialist *
An enjoyable and timely read; I read it twice in order to write this review, and the first time I found that I could not put it down. The work is also a good way into a subject that is well known, but perhaps not fully understood, by many. * Reviews in History *
Author Bio
Diane Frost is Lecturer at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Liverpool. Peter North is Reader in Alternative Economics at the University of Liverpool.