Minds of the Movement

An ICNC blog on the people and power of civil resistance

Erik Van der Zanden

Erik van der Zanden is a nonviolent trainer and activist who holds a Master’s degree African Studies from Leiden University (the Netherlands). He is also a reviewer for the National Institute of African Studies (NIAS). Van der Zanden recently founded Sankara Revolutions, a Dutch-based organization that publishes blogs and knowledge products that aim to empower (African) activists to liberate themselves from corruption and oppression.

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Movement Commentary

Pigs in Parliament: Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Struggle

The Jobless Brotherhood pulled off their first action in 2014, when activists released two pigs painted yellow (the color of the ruling party) in the Ugandan Parliament while in session. The pigs were wearing tags with written descriptions of corrupt acts that ruling members of Parliament had committed. Pigs were chosen to symbolize the corrupt Ugandan elites who are “eating” public funds. In order to infiltrate Parliament, the activists had befriended the guards for six months. […]

by Erik Van der Zanden
January 12, 2022