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Australia’s MONA reopens controversial women-only art installation, allowing some men to enter for ‘reparations’
6 days, 18 hours ago

Australia’s MONA reopens controversial women-only art installation, allowing some men to enter for ‘reparations’

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. The Ladies Lounge, at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Australia, was created five years ago by artist Kirsha Kaechele, the wife of the museum’s founder and owner David Walsh. A tribunal in Tasmania’s capital city Hobart subsequently ruled that …

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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
1 week, 6 days ago

Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The Attuans “lost their homeland, they lost their family members,” Pagano said. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit …

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Climate-change colonialism keeps poor countries impoverished
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Climate-change colonialism keeps poor countries impoverished

Live Mint  

At the latest United Nations climate summit, developing nations slammed rich countries’ pledge to spend $300 billion annually on climate reparations as “crumbs." Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development currently spend $223.7 billion a year trying to do good in poor countries through bilateral and multilateral aid and development spending. Advocates of green aid are right that …

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Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French massacre of African soldiers
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French massacre of African soldiers

Hindustan Times  

By Anait Miridzhanian Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French massacre of African soldiers Thiaroye, SENEGAL - Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return. The West African country …

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Was Malcolm X’s assassination a government conspiracy?
1 month ago

Was Malcolm X’s assassination a government conspiracy?

Firstpost  

Nearly six decades after the assassination of Black civil rights activist Malcolm X in 1965, his family has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the FBI, CIA, and NYPD, alleging they conspired in his murder and covered up their roles. New developments have brought the case back into the spotlight as Malcolm X’s family has filed a $100 million federal …

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Ta-Nehisi Coates's ‘The Message’: Educating Americans about the reality of Israel
1 month ago

Ta-Nehisi Coates's ‘The Message’: Educating Americans about the reality of Israel

Live Mint  

A decade ago, in June 2014, The Atlanti c published The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s much-lauded essay about housing and financial discrimination against African Americans. In the opening essay, a visit to Dakar brings meditations on Coates’s Senegalese ancestors and the spectre of “Niggerology", a 19th-century strain of pseudo-historic literature deployed to justify slavery. If you replace “African" with …

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California town's $6M reparations deal with black and Latino families
1 month, 1 week ago

California town's $6M reparations deal with black and Latino families

Daily Mail  

A California city is set to vote on whether to approve a nearly $6million reparations deal with black and Latino families whose neighborhood was razed in the 1960s. Section 14 of Palm Springs, a one-mile tract owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, was destroyed by city officials to make way for commercial development in the mid-1960s. More …

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California town agrees to $6 million reparations deal with black and Latino families of neighborhood razed in the 1960s
1 month, 1 week ago

California town agrees to $6 million reparations deal with black and Latino families of neighborhood razed in the 1960s

Daily Mail  

A California city is set to vote on whether to approve a nearly $6million reparations deal with black and Latino families whose neighborhood was razed in the 1960s. Members of the Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors group approved a $5.9million settlement for the destruction of their neighborhood in the 1960s It is also set to vote on a package that …

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How Boris Johnson and King Charles clashed over slavery reparations: Former PM told aide: 'I went in pretty hard'
1 month, 1 week ago

How Boris Johnson and King Charles clashed over slavery reparations: Former PM told aide: 'I went in pretty hard'

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson clashed with the King over the issue of slavery, fearing he had been captured by 'woke ideology', a new book reveals. It came after Charles had described the Tory government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda as ‘appalling’, according to political journalist Tim Shipman In his account of Brexit – Out – he revealed Charles feared the …

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The Berlin Wall: A divide that once shaped German women’s lives still echoes today
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Berlin Wall: A divide that once shaped German women’s lives still echoes today

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on 9 November 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany. As Germany celebrates the 35th …

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Yet More Lies To Refuse Slavery Reparations Are Owed
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Yet More Lies To Refuse Slavery Reparations Are Owed

China Daily  

As an ethical matter, the claim that people today should pay for historic crimes overlooks the basic moral principle that punishment for a crime can only be meted out upon the criminal himself, not upon his descendants. Neither did "collective guilt" stop the the Anglo/Jew gangsters from extoriting cash out of Germany at Versailles. And Germany was the victim, refusing …

Fight for reparations in California continues with ballot initiative
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fight for reparations in California continues with ballot initiative

NPR  

Fight for reparations in California continues with ballot initiative California lawmakers introduced over a dozen first-in-the-nation reparations bills this year, as reparations proponents across the country watched for a blueprint to replicate. CapRadio's Megan Myscofski in Sacramento reports lawmakers are hoping that voters will keep this effort alive this week when they decide on whether or not to keep forced …

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German president visits Greek village gutted by Nazi forces
1 month, 3 weeks ago

German president visits Greek village gutted by Nazi forces

Raw Story  

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will on Thursday visit the Greek village of Kandanos in Crete, site of one the worst atrocities committed by Nazi occupation forces during World War II. Meeting with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in Athens on Wednesday, Steinmeier said brutalities committed by the Nazis constitute "a difficult subject that plays a role in our relations, and which …

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Greek Leaders Revive WWII Reparations Claim, Despite German Denials
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Greek Leaders Revive WWII Reparations Claim, Despite German Denials

Associated Press  

Greek leaders have revived a long-standing demand for war reparations stemming from Nazi Germany's World War II occupation of Greece. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has stated that he cannot be legally obligated to compensate Greece for the atrocities committed during the occupation, as Germany has already settled its reparations in post-war agreements.

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Robert Jenrick accused of ‘obnoxious distortion of history’ after saying former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Robert Jenrick accused of ‘obnoxious distortion of history’ after saying former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’

The Independent  

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The Legacy of Slavery: A Journey Through the History of British Reparations
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Legacy of Slavery: A Journey Through the History of British Reparations

The Economist  

The Commonwealth is discussing financial reparations and apologies for slavery. The episode on The Weekend Intelligence in October 2023 explored the topic in depth, interviewing the Gladstone family whose ancestors owned thousands of slaves in Guyana. The episode focused on the challenges of acknowledging and expressing guilt, and the process of making amends.

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Time has come for reparations for slavery conversation, Commonwealth heads say
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Time has come for reparations for slavery conversation, Commonwealth heads say

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Commonwealth leaders have defied the prime minister to agree the “time …

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Landlords can be ‘working people’, too
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Landlords can be ‘working people’, too

The Independent  

There are doubtless many landlords who leave it to managing agents to make vital repairs to their rental properties. James Mason Address supplied I deserve everything I’ve worked for I found Sir Keir Starmer’s comment, that those with assets are “not working people”, to be derisory – if not downright insulting. One could make a powerful case for reparations for …

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Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster

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BORIS JOHNSON: China gets away scot-free over Covid… but we face bizarre demands for slavery reparations because Starmer's foreign policy is about as robust as a tea-dunked hobnob
1 month, 4 weeks ago

BORIS JOHNSON: China gets away scot-free over Covid… but we face bizarre demands for slavery reparations because Starmer's foreign policy is about as robust as a tea-dunked hobnob

Daily Mail  

Today I want us to consider two great crimes against humanity. The two great evils I have in mind are the slave trade and Covid-19, and the nations that have been held to be responsible are – respectively – the United Kingdom and China. Look at the double standards applied to these controversies – because this stinking hypocrisy tells us …

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King Charles acknowledges ‘pains of the past’ as he weighs in on reparations row
1 month, 4 weeks ago

King Charles acknowledges ‘pains of the past’ as he weighs in on reparations row

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking at the opening of the summit, the prime minister …

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King says ‘we cannot change the past’ but we can tackle ‘inequalities’ amid reparations row
1 month, 4 weeks ago

King says ‘we cannot change the past’ but we can tackle ‘inequalities’ amid reparations row

The Telegraph  

The King has urged the Commonwealth to find a way to right the wrongs of history, saying “we cannot change the past” but can commit to tackling “inequalities that endure”. The King, in his first speech as Head of Commonwealth, stopped short of using the word “reparations” but asked leaders to find “creative ways” and the “right language” to address …

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King Charles tells summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery
1 month, 4 weeks ago

King Charles tells summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery

LA Times  

Britain’s King Charles and Patricia Scotland, secretary-general of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, talk during the summit opening ceremony in Apia, Samoa, on Friday. The British monarch told leaders in Apia that he understood “the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate.” But Charles stopped short of mentioning financial reparations that some leaders at the event have …

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King Charles warns against climate change threat, as some push for slavery reparations
1 month, 4 weeks ago

King Charles warns against climate change threat, as some push for slavery reparations

ABC  

King Charles has used his opening speech to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to warn against the "existential" threat of climate change, encouraging all 56 member states gathered in Samoa to do everything possible to cut emissions. Nations push for climate action, reparations for colonialism Samoa's Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, said hosting CHOGM would help her country draw …

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