Katherine McIntyre interviewed Mandy Hager on The Sapling about her new title Protest! Shaping Aotearoa this week. They discussed how Mandy chose her themes, what protests can achieve, and how she is supporting the younger generation. Here's a few quotes from the article but head to The Sapling for the full read.
Protest takes a lot of guts and bravery. Throughout history, many activists have faced mockery, abuse, state surveillance, police brutality, and social ostracism at the time which they were protesting, but time often shows that they are on the right side of history...
Mandy believes that activists today who might not be appreciated now will be appreciated with time...
Of course, not all protests are honourable...