The Socialist League in the 1930s
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Michael Bor"s detailed analysis of "The Socialist League in the 1930s" explains the role of the Labour Left, from its origins in 1932 to its demise in 1937. This 400 page book (with numerous cartoons from the great political cartoonist David Low) clarifies the influence of The Socialist League in debates on The Constitution, The Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy, The Press, Fascism, Economics, Mass Unemployment, and Marxism and Class Struggle. It also traces its relations with the Labour Party, the Trade Union Movement, the Communist Party and the ILP. Crucially, its views on foreign affairs are delineated in sections on The Empire, India, The League of Nations, German Politics, and The Spanish Civil War, culminating in The Socialist League"s own "Resistance to Rearmament" Conferences, and the United Front Campaign of 1936-7.