03-03-2017 15:00 via theguardian.com

Experience: I’ve been protesting for more than 60 years

Trump alarms me. He could press the button at any time. I sincerely hope we see a new wave of action nowI have always tried to stand up for my principles – I was a conscientious objector when I became due for national service in 1949. But it wasn’t until the 1955 general election that I did anything about it.For a long time I’d been leaning towards communism – I joined the Communist party and went round knocking on doors, and later ended up selling copies of the
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