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Ryan Jessurun 1d ago

BREAKING NEWS! Around 123 countries at the UN have just voted that African enslavement was the biggest crime against humanity. This is an enormous victory for the #reparations movement, led by Ghana.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg06q36052o

UN votes to recognise enslavement of Africans as 'gravest crime against humanity'

The landmark resolution calls for an apology and contributions to a reparations fund, without specifying an amount.

Of course, 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 voted no against this resolution, but a big group of 52 countries also abstained, mostly from 🇪🇺 (and yes, that includes 🇳🇱 as well). So much for showing remorse and turning a blind eye against their own history. 🤦🏽‍♂️ 🤦🏽

FreediverX 1d ago

@ryanjess77
What did you expect from countries (governments) supporting a genocide?

@freediverx @ryanjess77

Neither Spain nor Ireland support the genocide in Gaza...

Aral Balkan 1d ago

@grb090423 @freediverx @ryanjess77 Exceptions don’t break the rule and all that.

And Spain were slave traders.

@aral @freediverx @ryanjess77

No, you're right, they don't, and yes Spain absolutely was (like most European countries). I was just pointing out the stance of both countries in the Gaza genocide matter. Good has to be acknowledged sometimes for it to be able to contiue and hopefully spread.

Aral Balkan 1d ago

@grb090423 @freediverx @ryanjess77 Indeed.

John Tinker 1d ago

@freediverx @ryanjess77
Now that awards are being given out, the current contestants are jealous.

@ryanjess77
🇫🇷 too , absolute shame

Joan of Contention 😷1d ago

Ireland: you abstaining coward "post-"colonial bastards.

(Image source via https://journal.un.org/en/new-york/meeting/officials/5b4d3557-9286-4014-bd9f-e74c58c7556b/2026-03-25)

@clickhere @ryanjess77 You should perhaps look into the history of your country and see how the English and the Americans treated them.

Joan of Contention 😷1d ago

@kDelta I see you're attempting to dicksplain my own history to me. Don't bother.

@clickhere @ryanjess77 😒

Jordi (Tubal Hippy)1d ago

@clickhere @ryanjess77

Canada too. I'm mortified.

Joan of Contention 😷1d ago

@Jorsh @ryanjess77 It's so shameful. Our governments are a disgrace.

Aral Balkan 1d ago

@clickhere @ryanjess77 Yep.

Colonised themselves but still white more than anything else.

Joan of Contention 😷1d ago

@aral Can you re-phrase that? I'm struggling to interpret it.

Aral Balkan 1d ago

@clickhere @ryanjess77 I mean, the Irish were colonised but they’re still very much white.

Joan of Contention 😷23h ago

@aral Aha, thank you.

Yes, very much so - real 19thC Irish-in-the -US vibes: determined to be the most white, most racist, kicking right on down, so that the WASPs would stop hating on them.

@clickhere @ryanjess77 Ireland should pay reparations just like the rest of the European countries involved. Many of the grand universities and Georgian streets in both UK and Ireland were paid for by the profits generated by slave labour in the US and the Caribbean up to the 19th Century. Massive castles were built/purchased in Ireland from the proceeds of this horrible crime. An example is Castledaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daly_Castle

Daly Castle - Wikipedia

Joan of Contention 😷23h ago

@Muiris @ryanjess77 Very much so - and the historical record shows plenty of slave-owners had addresses in Ireland.

@ryanjess77
What I dislike about this resolution is that it solidifies slave trade to the Transatlantic one. At the time, there was still trade of European slaves: mostly Slavs in Crimea, and whatever pirates would capture (regardless of race and religion) in the Mediterranean.

That was the norm, and the norm was only changed by people of the West (who some people here so hate) that decided that we are all equal and that people should not be traded.

Aral Balkan 1d ago

@tzafrir @ryanjess77 Oh look, an Israeli defending the transatlantic slave trade and congratulating the perpetrators for eventually being forced to stop hurting the victims. How on brand. Aren’t you supposed to be busy committing genocide?

Elie ايلي 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 (He/Him)1d ago

@ryanjess77 how can they show remorse when one of them is actively funding a genocide in Occupied Palestine and the other is committing the genocide?

Marion Grau 1d ago

@ryanjess77 damn.

FolksVelo 14h ago

@ryanjess77 disgraceful too that every member of the EU refused to vote