> And to my Cold War-shaped mind, it is impossible to think of him as anything other than a whistleblower that this country badly, badly needed.
Imagine this was 1980 and the issue at hand was apartheid.
Jelly-fish CEOs print an open letter in newspapers, asking governments to improve race relations because unhappy black folk don't want to buy their products.
Not once is Nelson Mandela mentioned in the letter, so out of the public eye, his years in prison continue.
Imagine this was 1980 and the issue at hand was apartheid.
Jelly-fish CEOs print an open letter in newspapers, asking governments to improve race relations because unhappy black folk don't want to buy their products.
Not once is Nelson Mandela mentioned in the letter, so out of the public eye, his years in prison continue.
Are we supposed to be impressed with this?