Democracy’s highest expression is in people’s direct action

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,451 Wednesday 01 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, In an article entitled ‘Election Madness’ in the USA, the late Howard Zinn wrote, “Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.” This is by no […]

Apparently strikes and protests are anti democratic, whilst hit squads to suppress them aren’t

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,133 Tuesday 30 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Government hit squads to counter a wave of summer strikes Mr Cameron? Like Iain Duncan Smiths sanctions ‘regime’, this is the language of dictatorships, not whatever shreds of democracy we may have left in the UK. Mind you, we […]