Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
The history of moments and movements
KEITH FLETT looks at how social movements like Black Lives Matter can effect systemic and lasting change in society beyond removing statues and taking the knee

A YEAR after the murder of George Floyd, there is no longer any question that Black Lives Matter is a movement and not just a moment in historical time.
That removal of doubt applies both to those who oppose racism in all its forms and those who see nothing fundamentally wrong with discrimination continuing to exist.
Arguments remain over statues, with the fallen statue of slaver Edward Colston now on display in a Bristol Museum awaiting a decision on its final resting place.
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