Radical Left-wing politics in student days consisted in slogans and programmes. There were pamphlets that detailed the steps necessary for the revolutionary transformation of society; all that was needed was to ensure that the process began. It was never quite clear what the catalyst to initiate the revolution, there was talk of people being conscientised and organised so that they would launch a general strike. Political activity seemed chiefly about demonstrations against those things that were disliked and meetings to repeat the lines regarding what was favoured. It was obvious, …