
by - written on 16/05/02, updated on 16/05/02 (Very useful, 222 readings)
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Mark Steel presents his own personal memoirs as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. There is much with which most activists will empathise. What could well have been a fairly depressing tale of how many papers he sold one Saturday, how many recruits he got at Marxism 1992 and how he had been consistently on the losing side for the ... Read the complete review

by - written on 19/12/01, updated on 19/12/01 (Very useful, 263 readings)
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Mark Steel is a rarity - a Marxist with a sense of humour. And in this book, he tells the story of his political life, from his first, tentative but guilt-ridden commmunist leanings in the strike-ridden 90s, to his all-out political opposition through the Thatcher years, to his disillusionment under New Labour. Steel makes his ... Read the complete review



