New Blog Post: Undercover Activism

Hugo Slim, our Las Casas Institute Director, has published a blog on the London School of Economics site, exploring the long and nuanced history of deception in activism, and the reasons for today’s activists to exercise caution, while being prepared to lie and deceive to protect the fundamental rights of humanity and nature.

An excerpt reads:

There is a long and noble tradition of secret operations and deliberate deception in the global history of humanitarian, human rights and environmental activism. Undercover activism has saved millions of lives and brought public attention to violations of all kinds. It still does in many places round the world today. [But] if habitual, it can do lasting moral damage to people operating in secret…

To read the full blog post, please follow the link