Reasons to Rebel: My Memories of the 1980s
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Reasons to Rebel: My Memories of the 1980s

Reasons to Rebel: My Memories of the 1980s

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Sheila Rowbotham (Author)  

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Following on from Daring to Hope, 9781839763892; Promise of a Dream 9781788734806 , "Rowbotham has wisdom - and wit." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/29/daring-to-hope-by-sheila-rowbotham-review-on-the-frontline-of-70s-feminism The 1980s were a shock. Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government battered left movements, painfully disrupted working-class peoples' livelihoods and pressed down on many groups who faced discrimination. There was no shortage of reasons to rebel. Along with thousands upon thousands of others I opposed not just the repressive laws, but the fundamental tenets of the new right. Hanging on to visions of creative utopias, we strove for new ways of organizing and relating to others and we sought to connect a liberatory sexual politics with rebellions against many kinds of inequality. We argued wrote, campaigned, demonstrated, picketed. We established alternative cooperative projects, secured reforms through local government and made direct international links. Resourceful resistance slowed down the onslaught but we were contending not simply with the doctrinal resolve of a right-wing government. We faced something larger, something that could not be voted out - a more ruthless global capitalism, geared to profits which was prepared to dump hard-won social provision and neglect to conserve even basic infrastructure.
Meet the author - conversation with Sheila Rowbotham - author lives in Bristol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2TvaACyGz8 Read more - https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sheila-rowbotham
  • Contributor: Sheila Rowbotham
  • Imprint: The Merlin Press Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9780850367911
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: The Merlin Press Ltd
  • Release Date: 2024-09-24
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Meet the author - conversation with Sheila Rowbotham - author lives in Bristol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2TvaACyGz8 Read more - https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sheila-rowbotham

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