Today marks the anniversary of the first genocide in the history of the 20th century, the blood of which is on the hands of the German colonialists in Namibia. From 1884 to 1915, the German Reich ruled over what is now Namibia, brutally suppressing local uprisings.

The Herero and Nama War from 1904 to 1908 saw mass killings, with historians estimating that 65,000 out of 80,000 Herero and at least 10,000 out of 20,000 Nama were killed in retaliation for their anti-colonial resistance.

Even today, the legacy of this violence lingers. Seventy percent of Namibia's farmland remains in the hands of the descendants of German settlers, while the destruction of Herero and Nama culture has led to widespread poverty among their communities.

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Memorial graffiti and murals for murdered antifascist Heather Heyer, seen around the USA and Europe.

On the 12th of August 2017 Heather Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia when a white supremacist ploughed his car into a crowd of leftist protesters.