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To: Galway City Council
Remove Columbus Memorial in Galway
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Remove the memorial to Christopher Columbus and replace it with a memorial to victims of colonialism.
Why is this important?
In light of the global Black Lives Matter movement, Galway City cannot, in all conscience, allow a memorial to a coloniser who stands for the millennia of systemic oppression, murder and enslavement of millions of non-white peoples to remain, as if his supposed brief visit to Galway was something to be proud of. It needs to be removed immediately, and better still, be replaced with a memorial to his victims.