On this day, 27 January 1866 Alice Wheeldon, British suffragette, socialist and anti-war campaigner, was born in Derby. She was later sentenced to 10 years’ penal servitude, alongside her daughter Winnie and son-in-law, on bogus charges of conspiracy to murder the prime minister, Lloyd George.
She fought for women’s right to vote, then with the outbreak of World War I began opposing the war, and sheltered young men on the run from conscription. One man she let into her home was a convicted criminal who had been declared criminally insane and was working for MI5 (Britain’s domestic secret service) who then framed her family.
Wheeldon’s health was permanently damaged by prison, and she died shortly after her release. Her son emigrated to the Soviet Union but was shot by the Cheka (secret police).
Pictured left-right: a prison warder, Alice’s two daughters and Alice https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.1819457841572691/1908062716045536/?type=3
I’m sorry but I can’t help but find people who try to visit uncontacted tribes and get subsequently murdered a little bit morbidly funny. What did you THINK would happen…
“The uncontacted peoples of the Getthefuckout Islands, known primarily for firing incessant volleys of arrows at any vessel that gets too close, will surely welcome our missionaries with open arms.”
I also think it’s really funny that the only groups to successfully contact the people North Sentinel Islands were extremely polite Indian anthropologists. Madhumala Chattopadhyay and a team of anthropologists had multiple instances of peaceful contact with the tribe, because–hold onto your hats–the anthropologists respected them, offered food and goods (coconuts and iron), and left when told to leave.
Additionally, Chattopadhyay came to the conclusion that–don’t be shocked!–further contact of these tribes was neither necessary nor helpful. She was quoted by National Geographic in saying:
“The tribes have been living on the islands for centuries without any problem. Their troubles started after they came into contact with outsiders. The tribes of the islands do not need outsiders to protect them; what they need is to be left alone.”
To any would-be John Chaus out there whose desire to preach to the “godless tribes” overrides their survival instinct, please take a note from the people with actual experience relating to the Sentinelese and don’t go there.
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