Barry Sheerman

Laski was a participant as well as an observer in most of the political and social issues in both Britain and the US from the end of the Edwardian Age through to 1950 such as the eugenics movement, women's right to vote, labour rights, free speech, reproductive rights, socialism, fascism, communism, Zionism and the onset of the cold war. The book provides an interesting presentation on the evolution of these issues and his views on them. Highlights include his involvement in direct action in show more the suffragette movement, his relationship with Holmes, Frankfurter and Brandeis and his struggles in the Labour Party. show less