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The descendants of some of the most prominent names in the history of British slavery today called on the British government to begin long-requested talks on reconciliation and reparative justice for the descendants of the 3.1m enslaved African people transported across the Atlantic by Britain. Authors, journalists, businesspeople and a…

British descendants of people who were involved in and profited from transatlantic slavery plan to contribute funds to those affected and to raise awareness of the historical facts surrounding it.

British descendants of people who were involved in and profited from transatlantic slavery plan to contribute funds to those affected and to raise awareness of the historical facts surrounding it.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. In our present social media world, who even remembers that the Internet’s first “mothership,” as Ben - Michael Klare for Antiwar.com Original

Originally posted at TomDispatch. In some ways, it’s still hard to take in. In 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush and - Nan Levinson for Antiwar.com Original