Discussing the Toppling of Edward Colston Statue in Bristol - Live Stream

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Published on June 10, 2020 7:14:16 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNexB4vVFpI

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Join us for a Watching Brief Special Bulletin discussing the toppling of the ‘Colston statue’ in Bristol. Over the course of the this conversation we will examine the context and reasons for the toppling of the statue, reaction and crucially the long and crucial history of iconoclasm…

Links:

’It’s a disgrace’ – Thousands Call for Removal of Controversial Bristol Statue:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/its-disgrace-thousands-call-removal-4195886

Colston statue - the 83 minutes from plinth to harbour

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/colston-statue-83-minutes-plinth-4204716

Police Send Message to People Who Tore Down Edward Colston Statue ‘Before Media Appeal Becomes Necessary’:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-send-message-people-who-4206282

The toppling of Edward Colston's statue is not an attack on history. It is history:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/08/edward-colston-statue-history-slave-trader-bristol-protest

We know from South Africa that toppling statues is no silver bullet – but it's a start:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/09/south-africa-toppling-statues-racist-cecil-rhodes-cape-town

Historic England - The Removal of the Statue of Edward Colston, Bristol:

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/statements/edward-colston-statue/

KGB's Founder Back on His Plinth in Russia:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kgbs-founder-back-on-his-plinth-in-russia-545874.html

Archaeo-Chat: Moving Monuments = Erasing History?

https://youtu.be/n_2NbGN0f7M

more links to follow.