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IT'S LOCAL ELECTION time and as usual politicians of all parties will be
promising us wonderful things. It's probable that this election will also show
an increased vote for the Labour Party. Yet it is fair enough to ask "what
difference will it make".
We are used to being promised the sun, moon and stars in elections only to receive cuts, cuts and cuts. Is this just because all politicians are liars or are there deeper reasons? Abstention from elections has been an anarchist tactic from the time of Bakunin. In this article we look at some of the reasons anarchists advocate abstention/spoilt votes.
