On this day in 1959, Congolese residents of Stanleyville rebelled against Belgian colonizers, demanding independence after a speech by Patrice Lumumba. Police suppressed the riot, killing ~70, imposing martial law, and arresting Lumumba.
The day prior, Lumumba called for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience in a speech to the MNC congress, also ordering Congolese people to not collaborate with the Belgian colonial government and announcing that the party would not take part in the upcoming December elections.
The rebellion began on October 30th when the police arrived at the suburb of Mangoba to arrest Lumumba. The uprising was suppressed with military force, including two companies of infantry.
In total, approximately 70 people were killed in the fighting, and up to 200 were wounded. Lumumba himself was arrested by police as the government imposed martial law and banned gatherings of more than five people.
Congo would achieve independence from Belgium on June 30th, 1960, with Lumumba serving as its first Prime Minister. He was assassinated by Belgian forces and their collaborators on January 17th, 1961.
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- β€οΈ Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
- π Come talk in the New Weekly Queer thread
- π Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
- π Come and talk in the Daily Bloomer Thread
- βοΈ September Movie Nominations βοΈ
reminders:
- π You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- π Hexbearβs algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- π Sorting by new you nerd
- π If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
- πΆ Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
Aid:
Theory:
- β€οΈFoundations of Leninism
- β€οΈAnarchism and Other Essays
Been trying for a good while to formulate my thoughts on the white murderers of KOTFM and every paragraph I type out about it I end up deleting because I feel like I trail off into nonsense.
Its just really striking how fucking unnecessary and un-exceptional the whole thing seems for these characters. The penniless freaks they hire to perform most of the murders dont actually make any particular money for it, they seem like they make just as much from any regular crime as from these murders, which is not enough to not live like a fucking dirty shithead.
And the men who actually marry the Osage to steal their land rights, like all the profit is basically made there it seems, they are given legal responsibility over their wives and their wealth, and thats just legal for them to do, all they have to do is be dishonest. And they dont particularly seem to be disgusted or uncomfortable with the arrangement. I guess what horrifies me most is just how much of a modern colonialist/imperialist mindset that Bill Hale and the rest of the ringleaders have in terms of like, the oil deserves to be in better more responsible hands, and even if they on some level apparently like and love the Osage(or are capable of pretending to for decades unbroken), they are still lesser humans in the eyes of the white men, a distraction or special period in their lives that will then be heartlessly discarded.
I feel like I simultaneously grasp the mindset that must be required for it all but also its just a big black miasma that I cant really see through. This evil casts a colossal shadow over the history of the 20th and 21st century, and over the global south.