{"id":2549,"date":"2012-05-15T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2549"},"modified":"2012-05-24T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T09:11:13","slug":"mills-bone-subverting-democracy","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/mills-bone-subverting-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills &#038; Bone Subverting Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Bone relates his experiences of contemporary interventions into the electoral process including <em>The Alarm<\/em> the Swansea based forerunner of <em>The Bristolian<\/em>, the legendary anarchist tabloid <em>Class War<\/em> and the <em>Vote Nobody<\/em> campaign of 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Millsy will briefly analyse democracy is this country for the working classes, and describe what it means for us now. How democratic are society, our political parties, and our organisations?<\/p>\n<p>These two renowned local troublemakers will also provide their own searing critique of the upcoming General Election.<\/p>\n<p>Local historian and researcher of the Kingswood Colliers and the Cock Road Gang. He is a West Ham United fan and will therefore receive preferential treatment. Author of the BRHG pamphlet <a title=\"A Barbarous And Ungovernable People \u2013 A Short History Of The Miners Of The Kingswood Forest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pamphlets\/a-barbarous-and-ungovernable-people-a-short-history-of-the-miners-of-the-kingswood-forest\/\"><em>A Barbarous And Ungovernable People &#8211; A Short History Of The Miners Of The Kingswood Forest<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ian Bone is the erstwhile editor of <em>The Bristolian<\/em> and was once called &#8220;the most dangerous man in Britain&#8221;. 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