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, 6 September 2008

The Freedom to Crash

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Let’s rewind and replay the mantra: leave the powerful businesses to do as they see fit, especially those in the financial sector because in...

Saturday, 2 August 2008

Talk about Slavery

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According to the walking quote machine, Sepp Blatter, footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo who earned millions of pounds from their job were b...

Sunday, 6 July 2008

Thou Shall Make Money

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If instead of Moses, the CEO of a multinational corporation had gone up to meet the Almighty, he would probably have returned with just one ...

Sunday, 1 June 2008

The Gene Code Lottery

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People in Britain are outraged any time they hear about the National Health Service agreeing to cover the costs of certain medical prescript...

Saturday, 3 May 2008

The S Word

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You can tell a lot from people’s reactions to a single word. Take subsidiarity. For many people, this is an awkward, complicated word. It...

Saturday, 5 April 2008

The Good, the Bad & the Foreign

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“Our laws and customs must be preserved,” so say many ‘descendants’ of the distant Anglo-Saxon tribes, fearing that the British or the Ameri...

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Between Nader and the Plastic Sea

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There is now more plastic in the oceans than plankton. Six times more in fact. And who’s producing all this stuff to choke our marine life...

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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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