Earliest political memory of the day #138
It was the 1979 UK election. I was 8, and my class had a discussion about the election with the teacher. I cant remember it. Inf act, I only know […]
It was the 1979 UK election. I was 8, and my class had a discussion about the election with the teacher. I cant remember it. Inf act, I only know […]
My father going to the European Social Forum in Genoa in 2001, where Carlos Juliani was shot dead by the carabinieris. I think I about 8 years old.
I recall Alf Garnett in a TV show Till Death Do Us Part (circa 1966) saying in a dismissive tone : “Harold Bloody Wilson” and thinking I wonder who that […]
Ήμουν 9 χρονών όταν το πρωί στην αυλή, υπήρξε μια αναστάτωση. Οι νοικοκυρές είχαν πλησιάσει τις χαμηλές μάντρες που χώριζαν τις ιδιοκτησίες τους και με συνωμοτικό ύφος συζητούσαν ταραγμένες. Προσπαθούσα […]
Placing “Vote No” leaflets under doors at the time of Australian referendum to make Australian Communist Party illegal 1951. I was 9 years old.
When I was growing up in North Carolina, it was still very segregated. I must have been 5 years old when my mum explained racism to me and told me […]
When I was a child in the 1970s/80s, I remember heated discussions between my father and his brother in law. After a meal the talk often turned to politics, Thatcher’s […]
given tape-worm test in first grade to take home (in Taiwan) being corrected / shamed to speak a language correctly
A teacher at school was handing out womens rights stickers. When we got into class, everyone realised they had no idea why they were wearing them. Our teacher told us […]