A Chicago suburb is on its way to becoming the first in the country to fund reparations for its black residents with a pledge of $10million over 10 years, but some say it isn’t enough. Evanston’s reparations fund, established in 2019, is focused on housing inequities, using a 3 per cent tax on recreational marijuana … Read more
Former President Barack Obama claimed reparations for black Americans are ‘justified’ but explained in his podcast with Bruce Springsteen that it was a ‘nonstarter’ during his presidency because of ‘white resistence’. During his 2008 presidential campaign, Obama appeared to oppose reparations and argued that ‘the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the … Read more
Independent MP William Wilberforce wrote the Slave Trade Act in 1807 which abolished the industry across the British Empire. It was enacted in 1833 The transatlantic slave trade was launched by Portuguese traders with the construction of sub-Saharan Africa’s first permanent slave trading post at Elmina in 1492. But it soon passed into Dutch then … Read more
Independent MP William Wilberforce wrote the Slave Trade Act in 1807 which abolished the industry across the British Empire. It was enacted in 1833 The transatlantic slave trade was launched by Portuguese traders with the construction of sub-Saharan Africa’s first permanent slave trading post at Elmina in 1492. But it soon passed into Dutch then … Read more
Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters have draped a huge banner off the Houses of Parliament today as they called for reparations for slavery. At least three demonstrators, wearing hi-vis clothing, hung the large letter ‘to the People of the United Kingdom’ from scaffolding outside the building. The note demanded ‘an honest acknowledgement of the … Read more
Three activists scale Parliament calling for slavery reparations to be paid with huge banner signed by XR and Black Lives Matter – the day after stunt at nearby Cenotaph Three activists hung note ‘to the People of the United Kingdom’ from scaffolding It demanded ‘honest acknowledgement of the harm and human cost of slavery’ The … Read more
Caribbean countries have said that British financial institutions which benefited from the slave trade should go further than saying sorry by paying reparations. Apologies for their role in slavery have already been made by both Lloyd’s of London and pub chain Greene King. Both firms also pledged to make financial contributions after their founders were … Read more