Essential writings from a leading British Socialist thinker

"First published as Class Power and State Power: Political Essays"--T.p. verso.

“A veritable giant of a man who had an almost unique capacity to understand – and explain – the world in which we live.”
—Tony Benn

“An inspiring teacher of politics and an internationally renowned figure on the British Left.”
—Daily Telegraph

“A Miliband speech was always a treat; alternately sarcastic and scholarly, witty and vicious.”
—Tariq Ali

“A beacon on the international Left. He epitomized what it meant to be a creative and independent socialist intellectual, and he provided consistent leadership in defining the issues for critical engagement.”
—Leo Panitch

“[Miliband’s] perspective—simultaneously hopeful and clear-eyed, fiercely principled but tethered to reality—made the British socialist the most impressive Marxist of his generation.”
—In These Times

“His whole effort is to render the language of socialism in terms of the needs of the here and now.”
—Raphael Samuel