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Review of Democracy Kills in The Morning Star:-
Humphrey Hawksley is not another Friedrich Engels. Yet the BBC correspondent’s latest book certainly has the potential to be something comparable to The Condition Of The Working Class in England in 1844, albeit different in the scope and scale of its subject matter. Democracy Kills: What’s So Good About Having The Vote? offers an impressive collection of evidence, including interviews with people at the bottom of the capitalist pile across five continents, to show that the last 20 years of imposed liberal democratic values – usually narrowly defined as the opportunity to periodically participate in elections – has led to the deaths of millions and the impoverishment of many more.
To read the whole review Click here: Democracy Kills — Morning Star
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January 13th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Will spend my christmas book token – looks like a good read.
After the morning star review, I am now expecting similar details, magnified and up front, about conditions if not in the workers England of 1840’s, then an equally in depth research of 21st century Britain.
But did you explore the question:
Is the two party system the best one party state in the world?