‍‍Increase in requests for repatriation and restitution | Following the announcement that the Government of the Netherlands wants to redress an injustice by returning cultural heritage objects stolen during the colonial era to the country of origin in 2022 the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands published guidelines for cultural goods from a colonial context with the restitution on July 10, 2023 of 472 objects to Indonesia and 6 objects to Sri Lanka, on September 20, 2024 of 288 objects to Indonesia and on June 21, 2025 of 119 “Benin Bronzes” to Nigeria.
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‍Focus on: 12/10 - Call for the International day for reparations | When a wrong has been committed, it must be repaired. If you recognise that colonization has been a source of massive crimes against humanity, then reparations are legitimate. If you refuse these reparations, then you deny the criminal nature of colonial crimes.
This is why we are forcefully demanding reparations, and this demand is non-negotiable. Since the beginning of colonization, over five centuries ago, men and women have fought against it and demanded justice.‍‍ | |
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‍The end of the Empire | The Tianjin Show: let’s dance to the multipolar groove written by‍ Pepe Escobar
... "Oh, what a show that was. A pan-Asia, pan-Eurasia, crossover Global South ball, with glittering dynamo Tianjin as backdrop, enjoyed as such by the overwhelming majority of the planet, while predictably generating cascades of sour grapes among the fragmented West – from the omnipotent Empire of Chaos to The Coalition of the Toothless Chihuahuas." ... |
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