2.1.2 . INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS AND / OR POLITICAL DECLARATIONS
This category includes the main anti-colonial mobilisations in the State and other initial political declarations of anti-colonial movements . From anti-October 12th demonstrations , which date back to the 1980s , to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 , we have documented numerous actions against colonial or slaveholding commemorations or monuments . We have tried to include those that are most relevant , as well as significant anti-racist mobilisations .
We are aware that there are hundreds of anti-racist protests and that there is no unified database that covers this dimension in its entirety . For this reason , we have adopted the criterion of considering those mobilisations that were considered to be pioneering , that had a transnational reach ( such as the case of Vinicius ), or that had a considerable impact on the press or on the collective memory .
In addition , we understand that this category is essential to understand the previous one , since these protests and actions represent the foundation of the pressure and the change of paradigm in relation to these historical episodes .
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