The activist pressuring Dominic Raab on Myanmar: In Conversation with Wai Hnin Pwint Thon
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon had known her father was at risk of being arrested again. With rumours of a coup circulating in January, “he was very outspoken”, warning of “the military using bullying tactics to destroy democracy”. What she had not expected was to actually watch soldiers escorting him from his home through a deserted […]
Philanthropy is no get-out clause for immorality
The current zeitgeist over statues in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests should serve as a warning to contemporary ‘philanthropists’, says Jake Smaje. At the time of writing (the 8th June, 2020), the first sentence of the infamous Edward Colston’s Wikipedia page reads, “Edward Colston was an English merchant, slave trader, Tory member of […]