Thanks Nate!

This one has been in the pipeline (no pun intended!) for a fair while. I was fortunate to have a British Academy-Wolfson fellowship which gave me time to do the research and writing.

Brilliant stuff. Also a big fan of this number by Archie Fisher who sadly passed away recently. It refers to Cromarty.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=JLhQ...

My sons they have grown an’ away they have flown,
Tae search for black oil in the far northern sea.
Like oilmen they walk an’ like Yankees they talk,
There’s no much in common ’tween my sons an’ me…

—Matt Armour, “Generations of Change”
Sung here by Joe Aitken
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf9D...

It will be published by Routledge in a new edited collection - Cultural Landscapes of Energy by Torsten Meyer and Corrine Geering.

Some of the illustrations are fantastic. There are a few of prominent individuals but they are predominantly depictions of a vibrant movement.

I think the use of the term ‘social revolution’ is very interesting given the strictly ‘reformist’ orientation of dominant trends in the TUC in the late 1960s and before and since then. It again points towards a firm belief in the progressive collectivist direction of society.

Now to turn to a neglected half written chapter to accompany a book proposal which I have written!

Congratulations!

There are some examples of left or labour movement equivalents. For instance the Institute for Workers' Control pamphlet series is available online, which is very helpful. There isn't an equivalent Clement Attlee or Harold Wilson foundation though! www.socialistrenewal.net/iwc-pamphlet...