#1239 Sophie Scott-Brown - The Radical Fifties: Activist Politics in Cold War Britain

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The episode discusses the political context of 1950s Britain and the activist politics that emerged during that time.

******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on****** Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Podcast: http://bit.ly/3FeSNqb This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Sophie Scott-Brown is a Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews. She is also Founder of the Everyday Democracy project with Open Society Foundation. She is well-known for her historical work on left-wing politics, especially the post-war British left. She is the author of The Radical Fifties: Activist Politics in Cold War Britain. In this episode, we focus on The Radical Fifties. We talk about the political context of 1950s Britain, and the activist politics that emerged from there, including…

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Host: Ricardo Lopes

Guest: Sophie Scott-Brown

Topics covered

• Cold War Britain
• activist politics
• left-wing politics
• anarchism
• socialism
• pacifism

Keywords

• Cold War
• activism
• politics
• 1950s
• British left
• radicalism
• social movements

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Enlites

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of St. Andrews, Open Society Foundation

Books & works: The Radical Fifties: Activist Politics in Cold War Britain

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