The Six-Month Revolution of ‘7 Days’
50 years ago this autumn, a socialist weekly newspaper called ‘7 Days’ appeared on British newsstands. It lasted less than a year – but its brief revolutionary spark still holds lessons for the Left today.
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Dr Madeleine Davis is a historian of the British New Left. She is currently a Reader at Queen Mary University of London.
50 years ago this autumn, a socialist weekly newspaper called ‘7 Days’ appeared on British newsstands. It lasted less than a year – but its brief revolutionary spark still holds lessons for the Left today.