{"id":469,"date":"2010-03-10T20:45:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T20:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/?p=469"},"modified":"2010-03-10T20:45:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T20:45:58","slug":"election-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/2010\/03\/election-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The programme of events for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/election2010\/index.html\">Bristol Radical History Group Election Special<\/a> has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>In this series of events we will trace how we got the vote and try to find out whether there is a viable alternative to representational party democracy. \u00a0Therefore, we will find out about Thomas Spence, The Chartist, The Reform Acts and the Suffragettes. Searching for democratic alternatives we will look at anarchism in the 19th Century, election by lottery in Athens and participatory democracy from Anglo-Saxon Britain to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol Radical History Group are chuffed to welcome Dorothy Thompson, Owen Ashton, Steve Poole, Leon Rosselson, Robb Johnson, The Blue Sequoias, David Goldblatt, Roy Norris, Chris Chalkley, Les James, Keith Armstrong, Tony Dyer and some other familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>But there is more! If you are suffering from election fatigue already accomplished trouble maker Ian Bone will teach us how to subvert democracy with such shenanigans as the <em>Vote Nobody<\/em> campaign and <em>The Bristolian<\/em>. We will also be holding our own mock election in the dark and satirical tradition of The Mayor of Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>Talks, walks, gigs and films. 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