The Fate of Labour Socialism: The Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation and the Dream of a Working-Class Future

by James Naylor

Almost a century before the New Democratic Party rode the first "orange wave," their predecessors imagined a movement that could rally Canadians against economic insecurity, win access to necessary services such as health care, and confront the threat of war. The party they built during the Great Depression, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), permanently transformed the country's politics.

Past histories have described the CCF...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442629096
• ISBN13: 9781442629097
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher