The Manchester Historian – Page 51 – Manchester Historian

Olive Elaine Morris (b.1953) was a grass-roots and radical Black feminist, likely known for her constant resistance to racism, sexism, and class oppression. Olive campaigned against racism, and in support of both women’s rights, international rights, and squatters’ rights. It is clear that she sought to unpick the interconnected systems which upheld the discriminatory structures in social, political, and economic arenas.

In the west today, charity has become as much about the giver as the recipient. James Green looks at the history of philanthropy and its selfish connotations.