Developed countries must take responsibility for the climate crisis they initiated by paying reparations for developing countries, including mine.
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
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‘Regrets’ Aren’t Enough: Congo Deserves an Apology and Reparations for War Crimes
Belgium has yet to make any reparations for exploitation that killed 10 million Congolese. The U.S. must also make amends for its complicity.
Roma Slavery: The Case for Reparations
Reparations for historical injustices are an increasingly urgent topic of public discussion. It’s time to include Roma in the conversation.
Celebrating Romani Resistance Day
A growing movement among Roma activists looks to celebrate their ancestors’ resistance to persecution — and to pick up where they left off.
Germany’s Selective Memory About Greece’s Debt
As Germany squeezes Greece, it’s in denial about the skimpy reparations it paid Greece for World War II.
Payback for Colonial Sins
The British government’s offer of monetary compensation of £20 million to over 5,000 living Kenyan survivors of systematic torture during the Mau Mau anti-colonial revolt is a historic reckoning with an ugly past. It also dispells the myth that the British were more enlightened, benevolent, or liberal in their self-anointed “civilizing mission” than their imperial European counteparts.
Way Worse Than a Dumb War: Iraq Ten Years Later
US troops left behind a devastated, tortured Iraq. Our real obligation, to the people of Iraq and the region and the rest of the world, is to transform our government and our country so that these resource-driven wars, shaped by lies and fought for power and for empire, whether in Iran or somewhere else, can never be waged again.