Gladstone Scion to Apologise for Slavery: Can Indian Upper Castes Too Look Within?

That Western capitalism had its first roots in the expropriation of slave labour is of course by now an established fact of history. Mr Gladstone’s conscientious lead is admirable, one that many others could emulate – even in the former colonies. Badri Raina writes.

https://thewire.in/rights/gladstone-scion-apologise-slavery-indian-upper-castes-look-within

#slavery #SlaveTrade #WilliamGladstone #caste #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #UpperCastes #india

Dutch King Willem-Alexander has made a formal apology for the Netherlands’ 250-year-long involvement in the slave trade and the way it massively profited from it.

“On this day that we remember the Dutch history of slavery, I ask forgiveness for this crime against humanity.” He admitted, though, that racial discrimination continues to plague the country, so he expects some people to disagree with the apology.

https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-king-willem-alexander-historic-apology-netherlands-colonial-past/

#Netherlands #SlaveTrade #Apology #Discrimination #Racism

Dutch king may apologise for slavery, but what comes next?

King Willem-Alexander is expected to make a formal apology to mark 160 years since the Netherlands abolished slavery.

This could nudge European leaders closer to reparations, but experts aren’t holding their breath.

https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-king-may-apologize-for-slavery-but-where-would-it-lead/a-66073086
#Netherlands #King #Slavery #SlaveTrade #Colonialism #Reparations

In light of King Charles today giving support for an independent study into the involvement(!!) of the British #monarchy in the #SlaveTrade, some relevant #numismatic show & tell

Based on an original design for Wedgwood (a prominent abolitionist) from 1787, this token was made for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1794. It became an image widely repeated elsewhere. Despite the Abolition Act in 1807, the slave trade was not officially abolished in Britain until 1834

The people whose ancestors, for centuries, have specialized in DISPLACEMENT are worried about “replacement.”
That’s rich.
In fact, it’s hilarious.
“Replacement theory.”
AYFKM?
Get th’ fugoutta here.
#ReplacementTheory #MAGA #WhiteNationalism #SlaveTrade #HumanTrafficking #IndianRemoval #TrailOfTears #ManifestDestiny #Islamophobia #antiSemitism #antiAsian #antiImmigration #reservations #slavery #genocide #segregation #racism #bigotry #paranoia

Today in Labor History March 22, 1794: President Washington signed the Slave Trade Act, which banned U.S. ships and citizens from engaging in the international slave trade. However, Americans continued to import and export slaves illegally, and other countries could still legally import slaves into the U.S. until 1807. A slave trader named John Brown, founder of Brown University, was the first person tried and acquitted under the Slave Trade Act. But the government still confiscated his ship. He was later elected to Congress.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #SlaveTrade #BrownUniversity

Today in Labor History March 2, 1807: Congress abolished the African slave trade. The first American slave ship, Desire, sailed from Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1637. After that, nearly 15 million Africans were transported as slaves to America. Overall, the African continent lost 50 million people to slavery and the deaths associated with it. Another 250,000 slaves continued to be illegally imported into the U.S. up until the Civil War.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #SlaveTrade #CivilWar

He effectively supports #humanTrafficking and #slaveTrade on behalf of #bigBusiness and mega-#corporations.

#InnesWillox says govt need to keep the #unemployed in #poverty to stimulate so-called #incentives for #workers to return to #unethical #jobs and #workingConditions.

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2020/11/innes-willox-declares-war-on-unemployed/

#CEOclass #jeffreyEpsteinClass #cantillionaire #moneyPrinterGoBrr #macroBusiness #shill #neoFeudalism #corporateMedia #Australia #auspol

@retrovalkyrie
The quote "his family had ties to the #slaveTrade" sounds like a tenuous link, tbh.

The question should be did he actually benefit from those ties? Many have #family ties to all sorts of unsavoury stuff, and that honestly means nothing to us; definately not a sign of endorsement or of benefit. In fact, in many ways it is a hindrance.

Where can we learn more about this one?

#slavery #tearDown #statues #giabo #centralBanking #neoed

@franklinlopez

US' ongoing SLAVERY of Fillipino women

If you thought the #slaveTrade was over, you'd be wrong.

This podcast by #investigativeJournalist, #AbbyMartin, exposes the seedy network of #diplomats, #religiousLeaders, #hotels and other #humanTraffickers who pervert the #immigration and #visa system - leaving a trail of #debt, #pain and #illness.

Learn the full depravity:
https://invidio.us/watch?v=He7cToFEOr0&listen=1

#BLM #colonialism #racism #philippines #violence #oppression #slavery

@lj_writes
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There are going to be bad apples in any bunch. We cannot single out #environmentalists any more than #religiousGroups that believe when people die, that's Gods way. Or #capitalists who believe that the 99% don't work hard enough. Or #slavetrade operators, #rentSeekers and rabid #shareholders who want to suck all the #productiveValue from the masses while paying them a pittance and #evadingTaxes that might help pay for #publicGoods like #healthcare.

The bad exist...(2/4)

@rochelimit
Interesting. The referendum result mayve highlighted how t UK isn't the panache t #talkingHeads and #vestedInterests would hv em believe.

In #Australia we still have v aggressive interests #marketing "Come to Australia", w #scantilyClad women on beaches. Once here theyre put under #debt and #exploited in jobs theyre #overqualified for, w often extreme #commutes from #urbanSprawl.

Its #slaveTrade t media wont talk about it - #Murdoch benefits like most 1%ers.
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