The Benn Heresy: Foreword by Owen Jones

by Alan Freeman

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This new edition of the classic biography of Tony Benn captures the essence of Benn's formidable impact on the British Labour Party and British politics. Written at the apogee of his career, immediately after the Labour Party's 1981 Deputy Leadership campaign under Harold Wilson, it charts the evolution of Benn's ideas and the underlying reasons both for their resonance with the British public, and their root-and-branch rejection by the British political elite.



The rise and persistent attraction of both Benn and 'Bennism' is set against the background of a British industrial decline imposed by the obstinate...Read more
  • ISBN10 178371235X
  • ISBN13 9781783712359
  • Publish Date 20 September 2014 (first published August 1982)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Pluto Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 209
  • Language English