🧵1/ UK government and royals called on to investigate slavery links after Guardian apology https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/29/uk-government-royals-called-on-investigate-slavery-links-after-guardian-apology?CMP=share_btn_tw
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🧵2/ The formation of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations: https://stopthemaangamizi.com/2021/10/20/ourstory-continues-to-be-made-appg-on-african-reparations-appgar-established-today/
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🧵4/ London Borough of Lambeth - home to the largest African and Caribbean population in the UK - pass cross-party motion backing the call for African reparations. https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2020/07/15/greens-lead-on-first-successful-motion-to-demand-government-reparations-for-slavery/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1641446594750078982
🧵5/ Reparations comes from Latin verb reparāre - to repair. One way to repair is to stop the abuses of systemic racism and the continual extraction of people and resources of the global majority.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1641446597480566791
🧵3/ @TheGreenParty first national party to overwhelmingly back atonement and reparative justice for the Trans-Atlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans. https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2020/10/11/green-party-commits-to-reparatory-justice-for-afrikan-enslavement/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1641446592376094720