Earliest political memory of the day #119
Going to the inaugural meeting of the Feminist Party of Canada, aged 10, with my mother. Wearing a white cotton Indian dress that had embroidered flowers. Many women were there, […]
Going to the inaugural meeting of the Feminist Party of Canada, aged 10, with my mother. Wearing a white cotton Indian dress that had embroidered flowers. Many women were there, […]
I was able to vote in the school ‘mock’ election for the US President when I was in 1st grade. All my friends told me not to vote for Al […]
HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION VOTE BY THE MEMBER OF ELECTION COMMITTEE. DISAPPOINTED 🙁
I remember my parents talking about politics over dinner as a child, but the first political event I really engaged in was the fall of the Berlin Wall (I was […]
A boy in school said “Who would you kill if you could kill one person?@ And I randomly picked someone. He said “That’s the wrong answer, it’s Donald Trump!”
Having a row with my mother about whether I ought to be allowed to go to the US to study at University if I got a full scholarship.
Loads of kids in my school had Dads who were away because of the Gulf War. I was happy my dad wasn’t away but also I remember being aware that […]
When I was in primary school aged 8 or 9 my parents had to sit me down and explain that I had to start wearing a shift to the swimming […]
I guess I was 3-4. My father was a member of the Executive People’s Committee of the Socialist Party in Italy. He used to take me with him. I spent […]
Watching news of surrounding wars in the Middle East Whilst I was not in a war zone however still feared the potential of something happening in my area (nightmares)