{"product_id":"jimmy-reid-walking-with-history-the-autobiography-of-jimmy-reid-9780857163011","title":"Jimmy Reid: Walking with History: The Autobiography of Jimmy Reid","description":"Jimmy Reid: Walking with History is the long-anticipated posthumous autobiography of one of the most influential political voices of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled from fourteen years of in-depth conversations with journalist and close collaborator Brian McGeachan, the book captures Reid's life as trade union leader, orator, broadcaster and political activist. Best known internationally as the leading figure in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in of 1971-72, Reid helped secure thousands of jobs and demonstrated a powerful alternative to industrial conflict through workers' control and discipline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Govan during the Depression, Reid's life intersected with the major political currents of his age: communism, labour politics, nationalism and the struggle for social justice. His election as Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971 led to his famous 'rat-race' address, later described by The New York Times as \"the greatest speech since the Gettysburg Address.\" Its critique of alienation, inequality and moral compromise continues to resonate across generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReid went on to become a respected journalist and BAFTA-award-winning broadcaster, engaging global audiences through documentaries and debates while remaining rooted in the experiences of working-class Scotland. With a Foreword by Neil Kinnock and contributions from figures including Tony Benn and Billy Connolly, Walking with History is both an intimate personal narrative and a vital historical record of modern Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNidder and Grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857163011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Jimmy Reid,Brian McGeachan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53678493073589,"sku":"9780857163011","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780857163011.jpg?v=1793722022","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jimmy-reid-walking-with-history-the-autobiography-of-jimmy-reid-9780857163011","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}