Essential reading: who was Cecil Rhodes?
The campaign to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes from a prominent position in an Oxford college has been in the papers of late, and has caused much discussion. Among people more distant from the campaign, the discussion has often been extremely abstract, and misinformed "Surely we cannot erase history?" etc etc is the question which has been heard. This is of course a straw man argument. What the campaign wants is to reveal history.
This article about the Rhodes in question is essential reading on the question.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/42080/Dripping+blood+from+every+pore%E2%80%94why+Rhodes+must+fall
This article about the Rhodes in question is essential reading on the question.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/42080/Dripping+blood+from+every+pore%E2%80%94why+Rhodes+must+fall
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