Its positive that their position is becoming increasingly difficult to be supportiv of genocide. It creates increasing pressure to alter course. The article rightly calls out their double speak and lack of morals or ethics.
The Church in the
colonies is a white man's Church, a foreigners' Church. It does
not call the colonized to the ways of God, but to the ways of the
white man, to the ways of the master, the ways of the oppressor.
After France was expelled from Haiti, they forced Haiti to pay for the lost land and slaves for 122 years.
It's no wonder that nations which have had their natural resources and people exploited for hundreds of years, have had their culture and native intitutions marginalized if not exterminated, have had families decimated by slavery and political repression, and continue to be exploited even after nominal independence struggle to succeed. Of course they are owed reparations. They deserve comprehensive support, a Marshall Plan for independence. You break it, you fix it.
Good. It's outrageous that Europe and the US continue to hang on to their colonies and then feign moral outrage when Russia or China tries to exploit their neighbors.
You may have noticed that Haiti is a shambles these days. Well part of the reason is that after Haiti won it's independance, France demanded reparations. That's right, the colonizer demanded reparations from the nation of slaves who won their freedom. And for 122 years, until 1947, Haiti was saddled with this debt.
France also runs francophone Africa's moneterary system, which requires African countries to hold their reserved with the French central bank with no interest payments.
Maybe we should enact a national “Don’t say Louisiana” law, and see how people from the region formerly known as L***s***a like it. We’ll call ‘em “regionians”, or maybe “areans”.
Stephen Zunes, a professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, is currently the Torgny Segerstedt Visiting Research professor at the Gothenburg University in Sweden.
I would be pissed. Depending upon what and where it was, it could potentially have things I don't want in my soil. In theory, I imagine it could cause a decertification in some organic programs that could last for years (I'm not sure how things work in Canada on that one).
I don't think there is a line for Israel. They would probably try to find a way to support and justify Israel if they used a nuke. Genocide is nothing new to US, they are used to supporting it.
it turns out, orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun. The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping
In recent years, a dramatic recovery in the population of bluefin tuna in the region has been a win for a group of about 40 critically endangered Iberian killer whales that feed exclusively on the large fish. This has meant they've cut down their time spent foraging, leaving space for other 'hobbies.'
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