But whereas young Master De Botton runs excitedly round the commonwealth, having extracted new activist tools from spiritual tradition, Holloway's memoir - however beautifully written and dramaturgically candid - is an inspiritus lenis, the last gasp of a religious life.
The study, commissioned by the Kaleidoscope Trust and compiled by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Intersex (LGBTI) activists across the Commonwealth, calls for Britain's former colonies to repeal anti-gay legislation, with an immediate moratorium on enforcement.
Facing discrimination, persecution and in some cases violence, many LGBT activists from the Commonwealth have built strong bonds of solidarity and are working collectively to convince governments to do more.
Last year in Malta, at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, Barbadian lesbian activist Donnya Piggott, representing The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN), became the first person to address Commonwealth foreign ministers on the lived reality of LGBT citizens of the Commonwealth.
A group of about 50 youth activists of the pro Commonwealth party brandished signs emblazoned Sotomayor ¡Sí! Romney Fortuño ¡No! during Friday afternoon rush hour at a key intersection near the Puente Dos Hermanos to Condado.
A pair of activist investors ratcheted up the pressure on CommonWealth REIT on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit to block a proposed stock offering and reiterating a proposal to acquire the real estate company outright.
BRIDGEWATER Under Fire From Investors, CommonWealth to Change Its Ways | The real estate investment trust CommonWealth said on Monday that it was updating its corporate governance structure and compensation model after months of pressure from activist investors.
Activist shareholders have had many recent victories, but if they prevail in the CommonWealth case, they will have done so by overcoming tremendous odds.
Activists opposed to Australia's largest proposed export coal venture have been pressing the commonwealth on whether its $5bn infrastructure fund will be available to Adani to build a railway that was once in line for a state loan.
CommonWealth, run by the embattled father and son team of Barry M. and Adam D. Portnoy, is under fire from activist investors who say the company excessively rewards the Portnoys at the expense of shareholders.
