I understand ‘political awareness’ in a very broad sense early on…..my father was a very abusive man and there was a lot of domestic violence in my home when I […]

Wow! This is fascinating. I am passionately interested in this area […] And on to the question you posed! Yes, I do believe that I can identify a particularly significant ‘political’ […]

I suppose a definition of what is ‘political’ would be needed but since, in my view, all things can be political my earliest political memory would be this. I remember […]

My Mum used to have Radio 4 on in the mornings and in the late 70s I remember hearing the names “Bishop Muzorewa” and “James Callaghan” in the news a […]

I’m from the Republic of Ireland, and when I was about 8 years old I was on a family holiday in France and in the playground and pool I would […]

My family talked about politics a lot. My earliest political memory is watching the Watergate hearings while my father yelled obscene things at the TV. It was very exciting to […]

My earliest political memory is hearing that JFK had been shot on our old radio and running to tell my mom. I was 5 at the time.

Several things come to mind. I’m not entirely clear about the age – but they’re all around 7 to 9 years old, so mid to late 1970s. One is my […]

Only after reflecting on your request did I realise that my earliest ‘political’ memories are all related to gender. May I share two ‘proto-political’ memories and one which I would […]

Mine is walking with my parents near our apt. in NYC and joining a crowd on 8th street and 6th avenue to listen to Bella Abzug give a campaign speech […]