The movement’s first march took place on 8 May, the anniversary of the 1945 Sétif and Guelma massacres in Algeria and the end of the Second World War in Europe. Organizers used the date to contest celebratory national memory that separated France’s victory over fascism from colonial violence. The demonstration framed discrimination and police practices as part of a continuing colonial relationship. The movement’s framing was influential but also contested; this record presents its own stated political intervention and places it within a plural anti-racist field.
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Why did the first Indigènes march choose 8 May 2005?
The date linked the end of WWII in Europe with the 1945 Sétif and Guelma massacres.
The 2005 Indigènes march used 8 May to separate colonial violence from national memory
Organizers used the date to challenge the separation of WWII victory memory from colonial violence.