'The Left is dead. Its ailments cannot be cured. In its current form it cannot win elections, transform the economy, or advance the interests of the broad multi-ethnic working class.'Winlow and Hall argue that the only way to resurrect what was once valuable in leftist politics is to declare the left dead and begin from the beginning again. They focus on key historical moments when the left could have pushed history in a better direction. They identify the root causes of its maladies, describe how new cultural obsessions displaced core unifying principles, and explore the yawning chasm that now separates the left from the working class. Drawing upon a wealth of historical evidence to structure its story of entryism, corruption, fragmentation and decline, they close the book by outlining how a new reincarnation of the left can win in the 21st century.'This is probably the most important book to emerge in the humanities and social sciences in the last two decades.' — Tara Brabazon, Flinders University'A brave and bumpy ride. I salute the authors who have dared to put together a critique of how the left went from representing the people with the least power to a self-identifying group of leftists who cannot even acknowledge working-class people. A hard-to-put-down long, difficult and sad tale that needs to be told.' — Lisa McKenzie, author of Getting By
