Generation A
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| Originally published | August 2009 |
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| Authors | Douglas Coupland |
| Publishers | Random House of Canada |
| Page count | 297 |
| Country | Canada |
| Genres | Novel |
| Science Fiction | |
| Postmodern Literature | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2927122 |
About Generation A
Generation A is the thirteenth novel from Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland. It takes place in a near future, in a world in which bees have become extinct. The novel is told with a shifting-frame narrative perspective, shifting between the novel's five main protagonists.
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statues and street names in London with links to slavery "must be taken", the mayor of The City Said .
Sadiq Khan Said that he had a Commission on the review of the capital's Landmarks , to ensure that they reflect its diversity.
It Comes after the anti-racism protesters in Bristol is on Sunday.
Mr Khan Said that London had "an inconvenient truth" with historical connections to slavery.
The Commission for diversity in The Public space of check symbols of The City - including wall murals, Street Art , street names, statues and other monuments - and consider what legacies should be celebrated, before making recommendations.
Robert Milligan was a well-known slaveholder and founder of London ' s global trade hub, the West India DocksMr Khan , London was "one of The Most diverse cities in The World ", but Said the recent Black Lives matter protests had highlighted that The City of the statues, memorial plaques and street name largely in Victorian Britain.
"is It an inconvenient truth that our nation and the town owes a large part of its wealth, its role in The Slave trade," He Said .
"this is reflected in our public area of the contribution that many of our communities, ignored the life in our capital city was studiously is. "
During a Black Lives matter protest in Central London on Sunday was a statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square sprayed with graffiti.
petitions have also been initiated, in order to remove statues of the controversial people in and around London, As One of Robert Milligan, West India Quays.
Mr Milligan Said was a well-known slaveholder and founder of London ' s global trade hub, the West India Docks
Mr Khan , he did not the ownership of the statues and the country they are in.
He also Said it would be "inappropriate" to find out the statues and street names he thinks should go.
Instead of a series of new memorials in the capital were committed by Mr Khan , including those for Stephen Lawrence , the Windrush generation, a National Slavery Museum or a monument, and a national Sikh War Memorial .
"The Black lives matter protests have brought to the law these to The Public , but it is important that we work The Right steps to bring together, to change and to ensure that we can all be proud of our public landscape," He Said .
bristol, sadiq khan, slavery, black lives matter
Source of news: bbc.com