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Nothing Ever Burns Down by Itself: Political Protest in Britain 1971-2001
Nothing Ever Burns Down by Itself Political Protest in Britain 19712001 Author:Conor Foley Conor Foley describes a time of fundamental change in Britain and follows the development throughout 30 years of second wave feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racist organizations, community justice groups, and the British environmental movement. It also describes the impact on British politics of Irish and Scottish nationalism, the pe... more »ace movement, and various single-issue campaigns. Largely based on the recollection of protesters themselves and written by a political activist, the book analyzes the impact of these campaigns on the British left and provides an insider's account of the rise of New Labour. The arrests of former dictators Augusto Pinochet and Slobodan Milosovic show the increasing influence of international human rights law. The end of the Cold War has provoked a re-examination of many issues and a neat political divide into left-right has become less useful. Globalization has changed the nature of political discourse and campaigning, and the protest movement itself has gone global.« less