Anwar Fazal: Seeing New Possibilities for Social Activism Post-Pandemic [PART ONE]
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
April 2021 PENANG PROFILE
A HEALTH PANDEMIC lays bare the bones of human society. So, if Covid-19 has not riled up your interest in how the world works, in how that world will now change, and in what your place in it will be in the future, then nothing will. Penang is world-famous for its social activism, and indeed, quite a few of its NGO personalities, its authors and its academicians have been global trendsetters in raising issues and getting young people involved in...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
