"Tariq Ali has not lost the passion and vim which made him a symbol of the spirit of '68 . has not seen fit to join forces with the terminally cynical, or set up a graven god that can be accused of failing . Ali has spent much of his life documenting America as the arsenal of counter-revolution."--Christopher Hitchens, Observer "We need to remember the sixties, and Tariq Ali's book is valuable and well presented evidence of the time . as Ali points out the transition from revolutionary to arch-conservative is nothing new . we may frequently have been misguided, but nothing is sadder than a generation without a cause."--John Mortimer, Sunday Times "Has me rapt on the hearthrug, peering into the embers of memory . the Memoir proposes that the overriding themes were the confrontation with US imperialism .

the efforts of a generation to shake off the shackles of social-democracy and conduct war on capitalism l'outrance."--Alexander Cockburn, Guardian " Street Fighting Years is readable, informative and also inspirational . the recollections of a person who has remained true to himself."-- Sydney Morning Herald.