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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’).

Friday, 15 June 2018

Exposing the Affordability Con

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Whenever people are made to think society cannot afford to support what is important, but accept costly policies that mainly benefit the wea...

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Friday, 1 June 2018

The Political Wing of Bad Business

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Think of those businesses which make their money from activities that are harmful to millions of people. If governments were left to develo...

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

What Should Citizens Believe?

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In order to have an informed discussion about what should be done to protect individuals and advance the common good, we need reliable evide...

Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Society’s Identity Crisis

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How people see themselves has always been a key factor in the political struggle for a better society. For reactionaries, their arbitrary d...

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Sunday, 15 April 2018

The Real Political Divide

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Political commentators see the causes of social fragmentation everywhere. Localists are supposedly at odds with the cosmopolitan minded. W...

Sunday, 1 April 2018

The Brexit Con

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Imagine a group of people who for decades have been getting increasingly resentful that they could not make more money because there are so ...

Thursday, 15 March 2018

The ‘Public Money Protection’ Act

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Unethical draining of public funds should not go unpunished. We pool our resources for the common good, and if anyone – through greed, mali...

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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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