{"product_id":"party-is-always-right","title":"Party Is Always Right","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A very readable and meticulous take-down that will be seen as a must-read source on left-wing politics from the 1930s to the twenty-first century’ - \u003c\/b\u003ePaul Le Blanc, author of \u003ci\u003eLenin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Aidan Beatty skilfully brings us into this sexist, ultra-hierarchical world, highlighting the courageous actions of predominantly female members who exposed decades of sexual assault committed by Healy’ - \u003c\/b\u003eCamilla Fitzsimons, author of \u003ci\u003eRepealed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Love it or hate it, it’s hard to deny that British Trotskyism created some fascinating stories. Finding themselves increasingly irrelevant in modern politics, these political sects often became twisted aberrations of Comrade Trotsky’s ideals. Gerry Healy’s Workers Revolutionary Party was no exception. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This new biography tells the story of Healy’s life, picking apart fact from fiction to reveal a man rotten to the core with authoritarian tendencies. Healy embraced the party with his personality and took advantage of his comrades’ trust and revolutionary zeal, eventually forcing a split in 1985. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is a tragic story in the history of Communism, wracked with accounts of abuse, collaboration with the state, and vicious infighting. It also reveals the dangers of male-dominated political movements, secular cults, and celebrity culture. It is an essential reminder of what can happen when a working-class movement is betrayed from within. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAidan Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning historian and lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrivate Property and the Fear of Social Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMasculinity and Power in Irish Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize. He has written for \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e , and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57200487399806,"sku":"NW9780745348728","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780745348728.jpg?v=1778542957","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/party-is-always-right","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}