This book addresses the ideas and experiences of a small British
revolutionary socialist and feminist organisation in the 1970s and 1980s.



Written by two ex-members, it sets out the organisation’s eclectic
influences: Italian Marxism, libertarianism, James-ianism, anarchism — and its
complex relationship with Leninism and Trotskyism. Big Flame lost momentum in
the early 1980s when many leftists joined the Labour Party. It includes a
critical interpretation of Big Flame’s successes and failures.



The analysis is interspersed with vignettes from 40 members reflecting
on their days in the organisation. ‘Our book is aimed at those in the radical
movements of every type who are seriously interested in political ideas and
their relationship to political struggle. We are writing for an audience wider
than those in the academy. This book seeks to assist those who continue to
expose racist, patriarchal capitalism and to organise for a future where love
and equality will prevail. The book explains Big Flame’s unconventional
organisational structure and it includes descriptions of its  interventions
in a wide variety of struggles."