Nationalism, internationalism and anti-capitalism : left-wing opposition to the European Union

• Published in: Observatoire de la société britannique Vol. 25; no. 25; pp. 87 - 108
• Main Author: Tranmer, Jeremy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Université de Toulon 2020; La Garde : UFR Lettres et sciences humaines, Université du Sud Toulon Var
• Subjects: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science; left-wing euroscepticism; Brexit referendum; labour movement; European Union; Socialist Party; Labour Party; communism; extreme left; Socialist Workers Party; No2EU; European Union, Brexit referendum, left-wing euroscepticism, labour movement, extreme left, Labour Party, No2EU, Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Party, communism

Right-wing opposition to the European Union has frequently been in the headlines in the past two decades and has dominated debates about the future direction of the United Kingdom regarding Europe. However, some strands of the labour movement have been fiercely opposed to the United Kingdom’s member...