The 6th of December is a day of many anniversaries of death. I am sure that I am missing some but here are the ones that I recall:
1961 Franz Fannon, decolonization thinker and writer extraordinaire, dies.
1989 Marc Lepine kills 14 women in Montreal, calling them “a bunch of feminists.”
2008 Alex Grigoropoulos, a 15-year old student is killed by Greek police.
2013 Nelson Mandela dies.
I hope December 6th becomes a day when we celebrate the lives of the known heroes of our movements (Fannon and Mandela) as well as the lives of the lesser known people who have come to symbolize our unfinished struggle (Alex and the women of École Polytechnique).
La lucha sigue.
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