It is necessary that the nations that have given rise to this situation condemn colonialism acknowledging their behaviour as a crime, reconcile with their past, apologize and compensate the colonized countries.
This decision will help create a climate of friendship and cooperation among peoples and create an extremely positive precedent in international relations, promoting the supremacy of the "force of law" on the "law of force".
Newsletter 05/23 - Colonialists Continue to Fall
The fall of colonial symbols gone viral with the explosion of anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd continues, albeit at a slower pace.
In the United States it continues with the toppling of the American-Indian War monument in Santa Fe, with the toppling of the monuments to Theodore Roosevelt and to Abraham Lincoln in Portland, with the removal of the monument to Abraham Lincoln in Boston, with the removal of the monument to Christian IX of Denmark in Saint Thomas, with the removal of the monument to John O'Donnell in Baltimore, with the removal of the monuments to George Rogers Clark and to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in Charlottesville, with the removal of the monument to Thomas Jefferson in New York, and with the removal of the monument to Theodore Roosevelt in New York.
In France it continues with the change of name to Rue des peuples autochtones of the now former Rue Christophe Colomb in Cayenne and with the removal of the monument to Victor Schoelcher in Le Lamentin.
In Barbados it begins on November 16, 2020 with the removal of the monument to Horatio Nelson in Bridgetown.
In Germany it continues with the change of name to Lucy-Lameck-Straße of the now former Wissmannstraße in Berlin, the dedication of a square to Rudolf Duala Manga Bell in Ulm and the change of name to Cornelius-Fredericks-Straße of the now former Lüderitzstraße and to Manga-Bell-Platz of the now former Nachtigalplatz in Berlin.
In Colombia it begins on June 11, 2021 with the removal of the monument to Christopher Columbus in Bogotá and continues with the toppling of the monument to Christopher Columbus in Barranquilla.
In Canada it continues with the toppling of the monuments to Victoria and to Elizabeth II in Winnipeg, the toppling of the monument to James Cook in Victoria and the toppling of the monument to John Deighton in Vancouver.
In Mexico it begins on September 5, 2021 with the removal of the monument to Christopher Columbus in Mexico City and continues with the toppling of the monument to Antonio de San Miguel in Morelia.
In Belgium it continues with the removal of the monument to Émile Storms in Ixelles.
In Namibia it begins on November 23, 2021 with the removal of the monument to Curt von François in Windhoek.
In the United Nations it continues on December 2, 2022 with the removal of the Ducasse d'Ath from the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Colonialism Reparation welcomes the fall of colonial symbols in many cities around the world and invites all the other cities where unfortunately colonial symbols are still present (as in the United Kingdom, in France, in Belgium, in Spain, in Italy, in the Ivory Coast, in Uganda, in Namibia, in Cameroon, in New Zealand, in Greece, etc.) to follow their example.
