Sortu burns the images of Philip VI.aren and Christopher Columbus against Columbus Day
- During the weekend and Monday, October 12, Sortu has organized several mobilizations throughout the Basque Country. In Pamplona they have thrown a statue of Columbus and another of the King of Spain to the ground.
Sortu has denounced Columbus Day in the mobilizations called for October 12 and the previous days. In most of them, the protesters have burned images of the conqueror Christopher Columbus, King of Spain VI.aren, to protest the colonialism of yesterday and today.
In Pamplona, states land
Sortu has mobilized this Monday in Pamplona/Iruña with the aim of mobilizing. There, instead of burning images, the protesters tied a rope to two cardboard statues of Colón and Felipe VI.aren and threw them to the ground. Following the death of George Floyd drowned by the U.S. police, protests were unleashed around the world, many of which were shot down by citizens in tribute to local colonizers and conquerors.
In the act of Pamplona they have taken the word Africa United, Women of the Corn of Nicaraguan migrants and Sharing Roots of Ecuadorian migrants, among others. They have denounced the consequences of the great powers and Spanish colonialism of yesterday and today. “We know that colonialism has brought economic privileges to Euskal Herria, and we are not proud of it. Likewise, the French and Spanish have mastered our language, culture and institutions”, said the Basque Saharawi Beñat Hach Embarek.
Several activists have thrown down sculptures by pulling the rope. The murder and racism of George Floyd has been denounced this year by the demolition of sculptures that are symbols of colonialism around the world.
— SORTU #FirstHerria #ValorLaGente (@sortuEH) October 12, 2020
Colón and Felipe have also been burnt in Bilbao to protest the colonialism of the Spanish kingdom. We the Basque Republic! pic.twitter.com/jhnd2pXknf
— sortu Bilbo (@sortuBilbo) October 10, 2020
On 12 October we have nothing to celebrate! Against the colonialism
— sortu Tolosa (@sortuTolosa) October 11, 2020
of the Kingdom of Spain and in defence of the sovereignty of the peoples, in Tolosa we have also burnt pictures of Colón and Felipe. We #EuskalRepublic! ! #Gora Herriak!! pic.twitter.com/6JAeEPf4q4
Below are images of the demonstrations in Bilbao, Tolosa and Pamplona:
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