The Peace Movement Didn't Stop The Iraq

Change From Below, The Formulation Of Demands From The Populace To End Unacceptable Injustice, Supported By Direct Action, Has Played A Far Larger Part In Shaping British Democracy Than Most Constitutional Lawyers, Political Commentators, Historians Or Statesmen Have Ever Cared To Admit. Direct Action In A Democratic Society Is Fundamentally An Educational Exercise.

The People Who Have Sacrificed Their View In Order To Get To The Top Have Very Often Left No Footprints In The Sands Of Time.

There Is Good And Bad In All Of Us And The Church Uses The Idea Of Original Sin To Control Us By Saying That, If We Do Not Obey The Bishops, We Will Rot In Hell.

There's People On The Left Who Say, The Ballot Box Is A Waste Of Time. Forget Them. When Mandela Voted For The First Time At The Age Of 76 There Was A Lot Of Grown Men, Including Me, Wept Buckets. That Was What It Was About. It Doesn't Solve Things, But It Gives You The Mechanism To Hold To Account The People With Power.

Well, It All Began With Democracy. Before We Had The Vote All The Power Was In The Hands Of Rich People. If You Had Money You Could Get Health Care, Education, Look After Yourself When You Were Old, And What Democracy Did Was To Give The Poor The Vote And It Moved Power From The Marketplace To The Polling Station, From The Wallet...to The Ballot.