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The Politics of Protest [week 10]
The Left: the Old, the New, and the Far
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Characteristics of Old Left politics (by 1960s)
• 1. Industrial workers and trades unions as key motor forces of change
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Characteristics of Old Left politics (by 1960s)
• 2. Emphasis on economic explanation• Condemnation of
capitalism
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Characteristics of Old Left politics (by 1960s)
• 3. Politics parties as chief organisational vehicles
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Characteristics of Old Left politics (by 1960s)
• 4. Belief in ‘progressive’ reform from above
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Characteristics of Old Left politics (by 1960s)
• 5. Depression, war and Stalinism• Key reference points
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Even after practically half a century, my throat contracts as I recall the almost intolerable
tensions under which we lived month after month, the unending moments of decision
about what to say and do on which our future lives seemed to depend, the friends now clinging together or facing one another
bitterly as adversaries.
Eric Hobsbawm
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Two key events from 1956
1. Hungarian Uprising2. The Suez Crisis
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The Old Left and New Left – key difference 1
• Old Left:- Claimed to represent proletariat
• New Left:- Adapted Marx to conceive new
social groups as force for change
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The Old Left and New Left – key difference 2
• Old Left:- Emphasised economic explanation
• New Left:- Emphasis on culture
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The Old Left and New Left – key difference 3
• Old Left:- Political parties as vehicles for change
• New Left:- Believed in creation of counter-
institutions
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The Old Left and New Left – key difference 4
• Old Left:- Belief in inevitability of socialism
• New Left:- Emphasised importance of
continuous revolt
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The Old Left and New Left – key difference 5
• Old Left:- Experiences of trauma and defeat
• New Left:- General sense of prosperity and
expanding horizons
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C Wright Mills
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Herbert Marcuse
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Happy Sad Angry Intrigued
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