Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other.

My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is Michael Hart.

We spoke about Michael's new book, The Subversive 70s.

The 1970s is often depicted straightforwardly as the moment when the radical movements of the 1960s

fractured, failed, radicalized in ways that were self-destructive, and laid the basis for the

neoliberal counter-revolution. In the subversive 70s, Michael Hart argues that not only

is that a much too simplistic understanding of the decade, but that it serves to prevent us

from drawing important lessons and inspiration from the radical movements of the 70s that

he argues are of more relevance to us today than the high points of the labour struggles of the

1950s and 60s. We talked about popular misconceptions about the movements of the 70s, how to understand the

turn towards projects characterised by autonomy and in some cases armed struggle, and we also

talked about why the emergence in the 70s of a multiplicity of struggles can be seen as a source

of strength for the left rather than evidence of irresolvable division.

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