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Was Belgium’s King Leopold II a mass murderer on a par with Hitler or a greedy despot who turned a blind eye to a few excesses? A new book has ignited a furious row in a country coming to grips with its colonial legacy. Stephen Bates reports..
The hidden holocaustWarning
distressing imagesThis Congolese man is staring at the severed hand and foot of his 5 year old daughter – punishment for not collecting enough rubber for Belgian King Leopold II. Today people are complaining because a statue of King Leopold has been taken down in Antwerp. pic.twitter.com/7FeMoIVIbb
— Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (@wingcommander1) June 9, 2020
People are complaining that his statue has been taken down in Antwerp?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/belgium-forced-to-reckon-with-leopolds-legacy-and-its-colonial-past?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherThe BBC and Daily Mirror have now reported this story. Without saying or acknowledging, its source? Or permission?
Lets see what happens?Dominic Cummings lockdown cottage ‘built without planning permission’https://t.co/iXAGV0rXCq pic.twitter.com/VzaWrcuytv
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) June 3, 2020
AJ not come across that video, thanks
Oh, listening to it, then reading your comment. Very disappointing.
There’s one video I didn’t watch but what the woman said…..
Powerful Words from Tamika Mallory
“America has looted Black people! America looted the Native Americans when they first came here, so looting is what you do. We learned it from you”
The latest update am:
According to posts on Facebook, a “rioter“ was filmed smashing a building’s front door and setting the building on fire…..is a police officer, according to his ex wife who was attacked by him. She has identified him.
Facebook, are removing the video? However, screenshots of the officer in riot gear, uniform have appeared. The mask the ‘rioter’ or it should be policeman is wearing is unusual as it has purple coloured filters?I remember the Anti-capitalism demonstration in the City of London. Staff in a bank were making offensive gestures at demonstrators. A few demonstrators throw objects at the windows….
In a Forum about the demo, one vile individual wouldn’t let up about how shocking these anti capitalist demonstrators are……vertically not stop.
I was trying to counter him and put socialist ideas out. It was a waste of time. Clearly this supporter of capitalism doesn’t believe in free speech.I haven’t seen or heard of the person since, maybe it was a bot, paid state stooge or just a sad pathetic person?
Twitter have wadded in against Trump. Regarding Trumps tweet: that rioters will be shot……
This Twitter says is in violation of its rules on glorifying violence.
Well done Twitter.I have watched the video on Facebook, it was everywhere. Little bits of what happened are appearing.
The event leading up to his eventual death, where he wandered away and was eventually handcuffed.
What upsets me in this scene is George Floyd’s looked as if he was really worried, frightened and utterly helpless.
He seemed resigned to his fate.
He lost his life for trying to pass a dud $10 bill? I don’t even know what this means? Why were the police called?
Breaking:
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been identified as the man who put his knee on George Floyd’s neck, has been arrested in connection to Floyd’s death.
Thank you for the link. Yes, you are right.
My point is that what these people are advocating, the best healthcare is privately run insurance based profit driven healthcare.When you’re unwell and fall down in the street. The first thing medics will do is not to check your pulse, breathing, but check your wallet to see you have medical insurance!
War is now raging, with ‘allied forces’ (American war planes) fighting (is it separatist) rebels. Bombing schools and hospitals. Turning hospitals to piles of rubble, in the middle of a pandemic! This beggars belief.
On the Party Twitter account, there have been a number of tweets decrying ‘social healthcare’.
I’ve replied: The NHS and the Welfare State, were set up after the horrors of WWII faced by British forces (and the general population). Soldier’s coming home after the end of war, would come back to a country fit for our war heroes.l have told the people saying this about social healthcare, that they are utterly ignorant, when talking about the NHS in Britain.
The sickening case was that of the male who because he’d turned 18, the parents health insurance no longer covered him. Because of his on going illness, he was left to pay for his insulin, which he couldn’t afford, and had to ration what he could afford (which is very common in the US) it led to his death. If this wasn’t enough, the loss of a son, blame was laid squarely on the parents?
Iraq, alliance forces (US military) are bombing the country. The last thing you need during this pandemic are hospitals being turned to rubble. Capitalism is egregious.
SOYMB article link
The Labour Party and the Biafra War
http://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-labour-party-and-biafra-war.html?m=1
