The orator was adamant and deadly serious as he said, “We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to [...]
Tea parties and town hall meetings were the political arenas of colonial Boston patriots like Sam Adams. It is ironic that, despite the modern media, blogs and internet connections, we find ourselves getting back to those same basics. Sam would be proud to see us confronting our legislators face-to-face, advising them that they are not [...]
“Listen to the people”—that would be a better title to this discourse. History has shown that it takes time for some people in power to learn that lesson. King Louis XVI of France lost his head over the idea. The following demonstrates that Alexander Hamilton had an easier time of it.
“I have learned to hold [...]
It was a time of townhall meetings, letters to the editor, street demonstrations, and Tarring and Feathering.