It is time to look afresh at the 1970s. It was not a grey decade of decline,defeat and power blackouts. Bursting with cultural experimentation,sexual liberation and industrial militancy,the 1970s saw the ruling elites of Britain challenged at every level,most especially by a Labour left led by Tony Benn which aimed to effect a "fundamental and irreversible shift in the balance of wealth and power in favour of working people". That Option No Longer Exists reveals a hidden history - how Benn and the left tried to reform British industry,to introduce democracy in the workplace and overturn the power of Finance; and how Whitehall,the security services and the City fought back,paving the way for Thatcher to re-establish the rule of money and the markets. Britain almost took a different path in 1974-76 to that of massive wealth inequality,the dominance of the City,and the slow death of the welfare state. This is the story of a struggle within government almost forgotten,and of a tragic turning point in British history.
Publisher: John Hunt PublishingISBN: 9781782796008Weight: 234 gDimensions: 216 x 140 x 12 mm
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