Riv ned rasistar, reiser opp revolusjonsleiar

I Storbritannia blei ein slavehandlar riven ned. Ein rasistisk kolonisator ventar på tur. I Tyskland reiser kommunistar nasjonens første Lenin-statue vest i landet.

An unidentified man takes a photo of his friend, who climbed atop a bust of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, at Soviet theme park in Grutas, 120 km (75 miles) south of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Sunday, April 1, 2001, with busts of the Communist Party and Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin at left and of a Soviet secret police chief Felix Dzerzhinsky at center. Lithuanians laughed and cheered at what they used to be afraid of not long time ago as the Soviet theme park opened Sunday. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
MINNEPARK: Då Sovjetunionen gjekk i oppløysing i 1991, blei kommunismens menn fjerna frå torg over heile Aust-Europa. Mange blei samla i temaparken over tidlegare Sovjetunionen i Grutas i Litauen. Her poserer turistar saman med Josef Stalin (t.h), Felix Dzerzhinsky og Vladimir Lenin.
LENIN I VEST: 20. juni blir det avduka ein statue av Vladimir Lenin i den tyske byen Gelsenkirchen. Aldri før er det blitt reist ein statue av Lenin i det som før var Vest-Tyskland. Bystyret prøvde å stoppe prosjektet, men tapte i retten.
LENIN I VEST: 20. juni blir det avduka ein statue av Vladimir Lenin i den tyske byen Gelsenkirchen. Aldri før er det blitt reist ein statue av Lenin i det som før var Vest-Tyskland. Bystyret prøvde å stoppe prosjektet, men tapte i retten.
A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is defaced with the words 'shame' prior to a Black Lives Matter protest rally in Brussels, Sunday, June 7, 2020. The demonstration was held in response to the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, USA, which has led to protests in many countries and across the US. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
TILGRISING: I Belgia går folk laus på statuane av kong Leopold II, monarken som dreiv Kongo som sin private koloni. Hans plyndring av Kongo kosta millionar av menneske livet. Fleire statuar er blitt tilgrisa.
A statue of Christopher Columbus is in the water at Byrd Park in Richmond, Va. Tuesday, June 9, 2020, after it was torn down by protesters. The figure was toppled less than two hours after protesters gathered in the city’s Byrd Park were chanting for the statue to be taken down, news outlets reported. (@marleynichelle via AP)
A statue of Christopher Columbus is in the water at Byrd Park in Richmond, Va. Tuesday, June 9, 2020, after it was torn down by protesters. The figure was toppled less than two hours after protesters gathered in the city’s Byrd Park were chanting for the statue to be taken down, news outlets reported. (@marleynichelle via AP)
FILE -- In this April 9, 2015 file photo students surround the decades old bronze statue of British colonialist, Cecil John Rhodes, as it is removed from the campus at the Cape Town University, South Africa. Discussions over the fate of such relics marking the old white domination in South Africa go to the heart of Nelson Mandela's dictum that the former oppressors should be embraced as part of their past, and not punished, an approach viewed as too generous by some South Africans. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)
LØFTA VEKK: 9. april 2015 blei statuen av kolonisatoren Cecil Rhodes fjerna frå prominent plass på Cape Town University i Sør-Afrika. Han blei kjørt på eit lager.
Bjørgulv K. Bjåen journalist
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Menneskeslekta har i uminnelege tider reist opp statuar, forma i stein og seinare stål, for å heidre og tilbe.

Löwenmensch, eller løvemannen, er verdas eldste, reist ein stad kring 35.000 år sidan - og funnen i ei grotte i Hohlenstein-Stadel i Tyskland i 1939.

No står striden om løvemannens etterkommarar.

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