Who is peter hain

Hain vividly describes his anti-apartheid parents' arrest and harassment in the early s, the hanging of a close white family friend, and enforced London exile in Narrowly escaping jail for disrupting all-white South African sports tours, he was framed for bank robbery and nearly assassinated by a bomb.

He used British parliamentary privilege to expose looting and money laundering in President Jacob Zuma's administration, informed by his government 'deep throat', and likely influenced Zuma's resignation.

Hain ends by exhorting South Africa to reincarnate Nelson Mandela's vision and integrity for the future. More books by this author. Peter was 16 years of age when the family arrived at Southampton Docks in April and the family settled in Putney, London, where he went to a nearby school. Following his arrival in Britain Peter became involved in anti-Apartheid protestes, disrupting an international Davies Cup Match against Britain with a sit-down.

Then at the age of 19 he became chairman of the Stop The Seventy Tour. As Chairman of the STST campaign in , Peter scored the first victory for anti-apartheid protests by first heavily disrupting the all white Springbok rugby tour and then finally stopping the all white South African cricket tour of Britain.

His mother, father, brother and sisters were all involved in helping him run the STST from his home. In Peter received a letter bomb from the South African security police fortunately it had a technical fault and was defused.

In the years that followed, Peter was a leading campaigner against racism in Britain, and in was a founder member of the Anti-Nazi League which was successful in confronting and then effectively destroying the National Front.

He also holds a Master of Philosophy from the University of Sussex. He is the author or editor of fifteen books and has written widely in pamphlets and articles on Labour policy and socialist ideology.

Peter Hain joined the Labour Party in Top judge attacks growing 'abuse' of parliamentary privilege. Published: 9 Apr An invisible Irish border is crucial. Published: 4 Jan Published: 28 Oct Lord Hain named Philip Green 'to promote justice and liberty'.

Published: 27 Oct Parliamentary privilege can be 'threat' to rule of law, warns QC. Published: 26 Oct No 10 refuses to back calls for Philip Green to lose knighthood. The far right is a growing danger to tolerance and democracy. Published: 23 Aug