Mouseland

The Story of Mouseland was a speech written in 1961 by Clare Gillis for Tommy Douglas, leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, a democratic socialist party in Canada. It was a political fable for the flaws in the way in which the Canadian population voted, which tended to be for parties that did not represent their interests.

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The mice voted in Black cats, which represented the Progressive Conservative Party, and then they found out how hard life was. Then they voted in the white cats, which symbolized the Liberal Party of Canada. The story goes on, and a mouse gets an idea that mice should run their government, not the cats. This mouse was accused of being a Bolshevik, and imprisoned. However, the speech concludes by saying you can lock up a mouse or a man, but you can't lock up an idea.

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Speech: One might be looking for the academic discipline of communications....

1961: 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

Cooperative Commonwealth Federation: redirect Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...