Question the Powerful

Look at the way power & responsibility are distributed around society today and ask: can’t we do better? Question the Powerful promotes political understanding and democratic action through a range of publications, guidance, and talks. (For more info, click on ‘Henry Tam: Words & Politics’ under ‘Menu’).

Saturday, 7 July 2007

What’s wrong with being all-powerful?

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Take a house with a dozen people, a neighbourhood with a few hundred, or a country with a few million, would it be better if in each case on...

Saturday, 2 June 2007

Together We Can

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Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ continues to resonate down the age. It is so true that when citizens give up striving to ho...

Sunday, 20 May 2007

Long live the Con

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When so many commentators in Britain and America are queuing up to congratulate France for electing a President who’s prepared to drive thro...

Sunday, 29 April 2007

Give restorative justice a chance

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I have heard so many people say that the youths of today are getting out of control. They cannot be made to behave and they ruin the lives ...

Sunday, 22 April 2007

Weapons of mass confusion

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What is it about America and weapons? Why does this country stockpile more weapons of mass destruction than anyone else and yet is permanen...

Saturday, 31 March 2007

Of frogs and men

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A sign by the road along the stream nearby warns drivers of frogs crossing in the breeding season. It was put up in the early 1990s when ev...

Sunday, 11 March 2007

What exactly is pro-family?

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On the whole, children having to grow up in unstable, dysfunctional families tend to suffer more problems than children brought up by loving...

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Henry Benedict Tam: Director of ‘Question the Powerful’ project. Author of political studies and dystopian novels. Policy expert on community empowerment. Convenor of Communitarian Forum. Educator (WEA; Cambridge University; Visiting Professor, Birkbeck, London University).

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