A video essay on Emily Hobhouse, the British welfare activist who denounced the British army for their treatment of enemy civilians at war. Hobhouse was the first civilian to decry the government for creating the world’s first concentration camps, during the 2nd Boer War, and was the central figure in bringing aid and assistance to her country’s “enemies,” the captured Boer women and children.
Lord Kitchener, the British commander in chief during the war, referred to Hobhouse as “that bloody woman”. In our current times of war and violence, I think it’s important to remember the story of people like Emily Hobhouse, who stood up against violence, who stood for peace, and who led the cause for mercy and justice for one’s enemies.
In this essay I breakdown the world according to Emily Hobhouse, to show her essential pacifist philosophy.
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