Stand Up and Be Counted

During the Great Strike a group of coal miners, protesting against their appalling conditions, derail the Flying Scotsman ... in the Great War a group of British conscientious objectors, protesting against conscription, are taken to France and sentenced to death ... in the 30s some farmers in East Anglia stage an elaborate campaign against the payment of tithes; some Welsh patriots take direct action against the building of a bombing training school and a protest in London's East End stops a fascist march by sheer force of numbers. -The British people,' says JAMES CAMERON , have always been given to complaining about authority; often with plenty of reason. When complaining has failed, some have taken direct action; they have stood up and been counted.'