Nov 23, 2007Quickie Link: Peter Tatchell Marks 40 Years of Campaigning
By vanrozenheim
(UK) - Suggest to Peter Tatchell that, after 40 years of campaigning on a wide range of human rights issues, it might be time to ease-up a little, he has a two-word reply: “No way!” And then he expands his thoughts on any suggestions of “hanging up the placards” and taking things easy. “I am only 55, and only at my halfway mark,” he points out. “After another 40 years – when I'm 95 – perhaps, then, it will be time to retire from active campaigning.” It was in 1967 that Mr. Tatchell, then aged just 15, took part in his first campaign – against the death penalty in his native Australia. This was followed by his support of Aboriginal rights, opposition to military conscription and the Australian and US war against the people of Vietnam.
