Inside the Left: Thirty Years of Platform, Press, Prison and Parliament

by Fenner Brockway, Kenneth S. Coates (Editor)

Fenner Brockway lived a long life and it was certainly packed with colorful action. Here we are reproducing the first volume of his autobiography, which was written on the eve of the Second World War. Never afraid to court controversy, this book celebrated the Socialist movement's opposition to the First World War, and the activities of an anti-war movement which continued after the conflict.

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1942

About the author

Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway, was a British anti-war activist and politician.

Reviews

[Simon Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book has many of the flaws of modern autobiographies - and the acronyms have lost their meaning in 60 years, but this book is absolutely essential reading.

The lessons which can be learned about splits in the Labour movement and the dilemmas of pacifists in the face of world war are shocking, insightful and inspiring in equal measure.

[angel]

just read book 2 for my assignment and it was actually so interesting. it’s basically a memoir of this guy from the ILP in britain and talks about the socialist splits from the outbreak of ww1, the ILP policy/position and how they they weren’t all unified around an anti-war policy, how he established the no-conscription fellowship and his time in prison where he made a prison newspaper and organised mass disobedience from prisoners.