Searching for Socialism: The Project of the Labour New Left from Benn to Corbyn

by Colin Leys and Leo Panitch

A new and essential history of the Labour new left from Tony Benn to Jeremy Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn's rapid ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party, driven by a groundswell of popular support particularly among the young, was met at the time by a baffled media. Just where did Jeremy Corbyn come from? In Searching for Socialism, Leo Panitch and Colin Leys argue that it is only by understanding Corbyn's roots in the Bennite Labour new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788738349
• ISBN13: 9781788738347
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"