The Declaration of Pillnitz was a joint statement issued on 27 August 1791 by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Declaration_of_Pillnitz/ #History #DeclarationofPillnitz #FrenchRevolution #LeopoldII,HolyRomanEmperor

The Declaration of Pillnitz was a joint statement issued on 27 August 1791 by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Declaration_of_Pillnitz/ #History #DeclarationofPillnitz #FrenchRevolution #LeopoldII,HolyRomanEmperor

Today marks the death in 1909 of Leopold II of Belgium, rapist of the Congo. There is virtually nothing wrong or wrongheaded about political and social life in the modern Congo—both Kinshasa and Brazzaville—that can’t in one way or another be traced directly back to Leopold.

#LeopoldII #Congo #congolesehistory

Today marks the death in 1909 of Leopold II of Belgium, rapist of the Congo. There is virtually nothing wrong or wrongheaded about political and social life in the modern Congo—both Kinshasa and Brazzaville—that can’t in one way or another be traced directly back to Leopold.

#LeopoldII #Congo #congolesehistory

Today marks the death in 1909 of Leopold II of Belgium, rapist of the Congo. There is virtually nothing wrong or wrongheaded about political and social life in the modern Congo—both Kinshasa and Brazzaville—that can’t in one way or another be traced directly back to Leopold.

#LeopoldII #Congo #congolesehistory

#LeopoldII / #Podcast

Leopold II

Leopold was een groot man, hij was ongeveer 1 meter 90, daar is iedereen het over eens. Maar verder zijn de meningen op z'n zachtst gezegd enorm verdeeld.

Hoe is het mogelijk dat Leopold II zich heeft kunnen ontwikkelen tot die ongenadige despoot van de Vrijstaat Congo waarover hij 23 jaar regeerde.

Beschikbaar bij vrijwel alle populaire podcast-apps.

Luisteren bij Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3V6KwtS

#LeopoldII / #Podcasts

Leopold II

Leopold was een groot man, hij was ongeveer 1 meter 90, daar is iedereen het over eens. Maar verder zijn de meningen op z'n zachtst gezegd enorm verdeeld.

Hoe is het mogelijk dat Leopold II zich heeft kunnen ontwikkelen tot die ongenadige despoot van de Vrijstaat Congo waarover hij 23 jaar regeerde.

Beschikbaar bij de populaire podcast-apps.

Luisteren bij Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3V6KwtS

#LeopoldII / #Podcasts

Leopold II

Leopold was een groot man, hij was ongeveer 1 meter 90, daar is iedereen het over eens. Maar verder zijn de meningen op z'n zachtst gezegd enorm verdeeld.

Hoe is het mogelijk dat Leopold II zich heeft kunnen ontwikkelen tot die ongenadige despoot van de Vrijstaat Congo waarover hij 23 jaar regeerde.

Beschikbaar bij de populaire podcast-apps.

Luisteren bij Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3V6KwtS

Follonica, Grosseto.
✅ It was founded in 1834 by Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany for the workers of a new ironworks plant. However, the area was already settled in Etruscan and Roman times, and a medieval castle (Castello di Valli), whose ruins overlook now the modern town from a nearby hill, existed since at least 884.
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#massamarittima
#leopoldII
#follonica
#follonicabeach
#tuscansunshinetours
#tuscanyhill
#visittuscany
#visiteguidatefirenze
#firenze
#italy
#tuscany
#toscana

Ondanks dat er 2 witte handjes op t 13e eeuwse wapen van #Antwerpen staan, is het luguber, onfatsoenlijk en racistisch om dit juist in #België nu nog steeds te maken! Vooral die van donkere chocolade!

🧵 https://tweets.todon.eu/Africa_Archives/status/1575773767728504832

#racisme #Congo #kolonialisme #genocide #LeopoldII
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RT @Africa_Archives
Belgians,they used to cut off your hand or your child’s hand if you didnt fill your quot…
https://twitter.com/Africa_Archives/status/1575773767728504832

"#LauraNsengiyumva is a Belgian artist of Rwandan origin, born in 1987. [...] Focusing on decolonial critique, her work responds to a need to materialise this in order to create new social relationships. [...] The roughly 250 pages of our report contain a whole series of recommendations for ‘the #decolonisation of the #Brussels Capital Region’s public space’. We worked on it for a year and a half, alongside 14 experts, at the request of the Brussels Secretary of State #PascalSmet. Today, I feel more conflicted than proud, especially because of the follow-up to our proposal concerning the infamous equestrian statue of #LeopoldII on the Place du Trône. On the one hand, because the ambient anti-wokism of our group did not want to mention clearly my work #PeoPL as the source of inspiration. On the other hand, because in spite of courageous stands taken for the whole city, the recommendation of this specific case still ends in the status quo. [...] . At the end of 2017, behind closed doors, a senior member of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (#RMCA) tried to make me aware of the radical nature of the artistic gesture I was trying to accomplish 'Would you like us to melt your father?' "
https://www.eye-to-eye.online/laura-nsengiyumva/
#Belgium #Congo #colonisation

[reposted, because of two pictures that should have been posted as sensitive. one even removed, because not relevant enough for this story]

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Long thread, everyone should read.

🧵 https://tweets.todon.eu/iamabayorr/status/1511229328553652229

#LeopoldII #Congo #Belgium #genocide #AfricanHistory #Africa #history
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RT @iamabayorr
Before Hitler killed 6 million Jews.…. Leopold Il of Belgium killed over 10 million Africans in Congo and amputated the arms of countless others.

A THREAD
https://twitter.com/iamabayorr/status/1511229328553652229

RT @JoanieLemercier@twitter.com

Projections in Brussels last night with @XR_Belgium@twitter.com

#BlackLivesMatter #LeopoldII

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1269600190413111296

RT @JoanieLemercier@twitter.com

These are the words Mark Twain wrote about #LeopoldII

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1271532709643456512

#ChantalAkerman #Bruxelles #LeopoldII (mais pourquoi Google Forms?)
https://mobilite-mobiliteit.brussels/fr/debut-de-la-renovation-du-tunnel-leopold-ii

RT @JoanieLemercier@twitter.com

''the King with Ten Million murders on his soul''

These are the words from American writer Mark Twain in a Pamphlet he wrote in 1905 about Belgian king #LeopoldII.

Last night I projected Twain's words on the controversial statue.

https://bit.ly/2MP2kJ8

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1271532292960325634

RT @JoanieLemercier@twitter.com

''the King with Ten Million murders on his soul''

These are the words from American writer Mark Twain in a Pamphlet he wrote in 1905 about Belgian king #LeopoldII.

Last night I projected Twain's words on the controversial statue.

https://bit.ly/2MP2kJ8

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1271532292960325634

Des dizaines (centaines?) d'années trop tard, des plaques tectoniques qui bougent.
https://www.rtbf.be/info/belgique/detail_le-roi-philippe-exprime-au-congo-ses-profonds-regrets-pour-les-blessures-du-passe
#belgique #congo #colonisation #leopoldii #philippei #monarchiebelge

RT @JoanieLemercier@twitter.com

''the King with Ten Million murders on his soul''

These are the words from American writer Mark Twain in a Pamphlet he wrote in 1905 about Belgian king #LeopoldII.

Last night I projected Twain's words on the controversial statue.

https://bit.ly/2MP2kJ8

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1271532292960325634

RT @JoanieLemercier@twitter.com

''the King with Ten Million murders on his soul''

These are the words from American writer Mark Twain in a Pamphlet he wrote in 1905 about Belgian king #LeopoldII.

Last night I projected Twain's words on the controversial statue.

https://bit.ly/2MP2kJ8

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1271532292960325634