TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Raymond AU - Jones,Owen TI - May Day Manifesto 1968 SN - 9781786636270 AV - HX 246 M466 2018 U1 - 335.5/0942 PY - 2018/// CY - London : PB - Verso, KW - Socialismo KW - Gran Bretaña KW - Condiciones económicas KW - 1964-1979 N1 - Previous edition: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1968; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Urgently relevant to current arguments about the crisis of austerity, the 1968 manifesto set out a new agenda for socialist Britain, after the failure of the postwar consensus. It sought to change the nature of the state, to drive a wedge between finance and empire, to stress the importance of a planned economy for all, and to detach Britain from the imperial goals to which it had long been committed. Today, the spirit of The May Day Manifesto offers a road map to a brighter future. The original publication brought together the most influential radical voices of the era. Among the seventy signatories were Raymond Williams, E.P. Thompson, Stuart Hall, Iris Murdoch, Terry Eagleton, Ralph Miliband, and R.D. Laing. This edition comes with an introduction from Owen Jones, who brings a sense of urgency and hope to the contemporary debate ER -