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Edward Colston’s statue being thrown into Bristol Harbour. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Tearing down Colston’s statue is not destroying history, it is illuminating it

Black Lives Matter protest, 7 June. Photo: Lucy Nichols

Black people protesting racism are not thugs – CounterBlast 8 June

Fred Hampton by Jacob Anikulapo (2010), Flickr

Fred Hampton: Black Panther and red revolutionary

BLM, Doncaster, 2020. Photo: Mick Wattam

#BLM: Doncaster steps up

A Black Lives Matter protester in Westminster, 2016. Photo: Flickr/Alisdare Hickson

A turning point against racism – weekly briefing

Black Lives Matter protest London, 7 June

Don’t blame the protesters for the virus

Edward Colston, slave trader, statue demolished. Source: Wikipedia and Counterfire

From BLM to decolonising Bristol

Susan Newman and Jeni Van Heerden

This statue now belongs to history. Source: Wikipedia

Why pulling down Colston’s statue was right

Care workers are critical. Source: britishcouncil.org

Cuts to care worker pay are disgraceful – Counterblast 7 June

Photo: Lucy Nichols

#BLM: reports from a day of protest

Photo: Shabbir Lakha

The message from London is clear: Black Lives Matter

French riot police. Photo: Kristoffer Trolle

Même police, memo racisme! (Same police, same racism!)