Re: [Marxism] Barry Sheppard's "The Sixties: a political memoir"

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

I just finished Barry's book, and I share the enthusiasm expressed by Fred a 
week or so ago. To a certain extent it reads like an official history, i.e. a 
book that could have been issued by the Party itself -- assuming, of course, 
that the Party had maintained its 1973 politics (the year this volume ends). 
Aside from some fascinating behind-the-scenes asides, it mostly focuses on 
carrying out the intention stated in its first pages -- to introduce the period 
and its most important party to young radicalizing people seeking to benefit 
from that history.

I have no idea what he'll say in Volume II, and while I hope he paints a 
picture which fits with the FIT documents I've been posting at MIA, I'm not 
holding my breath.

Nonetheless I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone as an example 
of what a mostly healthy vanguard party did -- and could still -- do.

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