▁clear ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁to ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁student ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁New ▁Left ▁began ▁taking ▁action . ▁The ▁London ▁School ▁of ▁Econom ics ▁became ▁a ▁key ▁site ▁of ▁British ▁student ▁milit ancy . ▁The ▁influence ▁of ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁events ▁in ▁France ▁were ▁also ▁felt ▁strongly ▁throughout ▁the ▁British ▁New ▁Left . ▁Some ▁within ▁the ▁British ▁New ▁Left ▁joined ▁the ▁International ▁Social ists , ▁which ▁later ▁became ▁Social ist ▁Work ers ▁Party ▁while ▁others ▁became ▁involved ▁with ▁groups ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁International ▁Marx ist ▁Group . ▁The ▁politics ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁New ▁Left ▁can ▁be ▁contrast ed ▁with ▁Sol id ar ity , ▁which ▁continued ▁to ▁focus ▁primarily ▁on ▁industrial ▁issues . ▁ ▁Another ▁significant ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁New ▁Left ▁was ▁Stuart ▁Hall , ▁a ▁black ▁cultural ▁the or ist ▁in ▁Britain . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁found ing ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Left ▁Review ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁Review , ▁in ▁an ▁ob itu ary ▁following ▁Hall ' s ▁death ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁wrote ▁" H is ▁exempl ary ▁investig ations ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁invent ing ▁a ▁new ▁field ▁of ▁study , ▁' c ult ural ▁studies '; ▁in ▁his ▁vision , ▁the ▁new ▁discipline ▁was ▁prof ound ly ▁political ▁in ▁insp iration ▁and ▁rad ically ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁in ▁character ." ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁Black ▁British ▁sch