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  1. ‘Neocolonial belch’: what can Britain learn from backlash to Dutch slavery apology?
    By Jon Henley and Senay Boztas in Amsterdam

    In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and say it opened up a new phase of reckoning

    theguardian.com/world/2026/nov

    #Slavery #Worldnews #Netherlands #Colonialism #UKnews #Monarchy #Europe #Reparationsandreparativejustice #Britishempire #Race #MarkRutte #AndyBurnham #Labour #TheGuardian #JonHenley #SenayBoztasinAmsterdam

  2. "A Brazilian Labour Court has ordered Cooabriel, the São Gabriel Coffee Growers’ Agricultural Cooperative, which supplies major companies including Nestlé and 3Corações, to take measures to prevent slavery-like conditions and other labour rights violations in its supply chain.

    Cooabriel is listed among Nestlé’s suppliers and publicises its participation in the Grown Respectfully programme, which the Swiss multinational describes as “the largest sustainability programme in coffee farming”.

    Customs data analysed by Repórter Brasil also indicate that, in 2026, Cooabriel exported coffee to France’s Sucden, one of the world’s largest agricultural commodity traders, and to American Coffee Corporation, a US coffee importer.

    The MPT’s lawsuit also names Starbucks as one of the cooperative’s major customers.

    Cooabriel holds two certifications from 4C – Certification for Climate, Conservation and Communities, a scheme that sets standards for sustainability and respect for labour rights."

    reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/11/
    #slavery #coffee #nestle #starbucks #sucden #americancoffee #4c #3coracoes #humanrights #labour

  3. DATE: November 4, 2026 at 09:49AM
    SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

    TITLE: King Charles Calls Slavery "Shameful Chapter" But Offers No Apology

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    Source: United Press International - Health News

    King Charles III on Tuesday called the transatlantic slave trade a "shameful chapter of history" but stopped short of addressing demands for an apology and reparations for Britain's centuries-long, leading role in it. Charles told leaders at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda that "we cannot change the actions of those who came before us." Every two years, the Commonwealth summit brings together 56 states, most of them former British...

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #KingCharles #Slavery #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #Commonwealth #BritishHistory #Reparations #Colonialism #HistoricalInjustice #AntiguaAndBarbuda #RoyalFamily

  4. Kemi Badenoch says Africans should apologise for slavery. She should read a history book
    By Micha Frazer-Carroll

    Enslavement’s devastating impact on Caribbean and African nations means that cross-diasporic solidarity has become central in addressing its legacy

    theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/

    #Slavery #KemiBadenoch #Colonialism #Africa #Worldnews #Caribbean #Reparationsandreparativejustice #TheGuardian #MichaFrazerCarroll

  5. "The dominant narratives of the anti-rape movement in the United States—that it either spawned from legal reform and institutional progress, or the grassroots activism of 1970s radical feminists—have long ignored or suppressed marginalized voices."
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    Title: What Counts as Anti-Rape Advocacy?
    Author(s): Melinda Chen
    Publication(s): Inquest & NYU Press
    Date: November 3, 2026
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    #USA #Courts #Slavery #SexualViolence
    inquest.org/what-counts-as-ant

  6. "Even if they couldn't stop park rangers from tearing down the signs, maybe they could archive them for posterity."

    "Within a few months, they would launch Save Our Signs, a nationwide effort to preserve what the government was trying to erase."
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    Title: How Americans Are Saving the History Trump Is Trying to Erase
    Author(s): Robert Ito
    Publication(s): Capital & Main
    Date: November 3, 2026
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    #USA #Education #Slavery
    capitalandmain.com/how-america

  7. As the #Commonwealth heads of Government meeting #CHOGM gets underway in #Antigua, King #Charlie3 gets a last-minute refresher briefing from the King of The North, the ever-so-normal #AndyBurnham.

    #Charles3 #Burnham #Slavery

  8. "[A]ttacks on voting rights are so often accompanied by attacks on education."

    "The message is clear: Limit who can exercise democratic power in the present, and limit what people learn about how previous generations expanded it."
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    Title: The Hour Before Dawn
    Author(s): Jesse Hagopian
    Publication(s): In These Times
    Date: November 3, 2026
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    #USA #Voting #Education #Courts #Gerrymandering #Slavery #Apartheid
    inthesetimes.com/article/votin

  9. Britain must have the courage to face its legacy of slavery | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to an article by Andy Burnham in which he says that people today can’t be held personally liable for the country’s historical wrongs

    theguardian.com/world/2026/nov

    #Slavery #BlackHistoryMonth #CommonwealthofNations #Race #AndyBurnham #Labour #Politics #Monarchy #Inequality #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  10. King Charles addresses summit as campaigners intensify demands for apology for slavery
    By Natricia Duncan in St John's

    The king did not give explicit support for reparations but says he is committed to ‘addressing past wrongs’

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/n

    #KingCharlesIII #Slavery #UKnews #Commonwealthsummit #CommonwealthofNations #Caribbean #Ethicalforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #NatriciaDuncaninStJohns

  11. Historicising Robert Burns’s Jamaica, 1786–1834
    Stephen Mullen & Craig Lamont, 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 135/1 (2026)

    Re-evaluating Burns’s connections with Jamaica, 1786–1834, & establishing a model with implications for how Burns and Caribbean slavery is interpreted in civic Scotland

    Free via Open Access

    @litstudies

    euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/

    #Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #slavery #Jamaica #Caribbean #CaribbeanSlavery #transatlanticSlaveTrade

  12. What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 161

    Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

    Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

    I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

    #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring reaction videos – I can hardly believe it has been almost 25 years since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was first released in cinemas. The first time I saw it (the first part of a cinematic trilogy) was during its final week of showing at the local cinema and I ended up being very engaged by it. Since then, the Peter Jackson-directed fantasy movie (and its two follow-ups) was released in different editions on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray formats, ultimately offering movie buffs and J.R.R. Tolkien fans a lot of choices. Considering its great cinematic quality, in-depth storytelling and memorable characters, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is arguably the greatest cinematic fantasy spectacle ever made. As such, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring itself was featured many times in reaction videos by YouTubers, and posted below are the ones I enjoyed watching. Go watch the videos below.

    https://youtu.be/OLqlui4I3BA?si=uEbFP-BJ3tjaYCME

    https://youtu.be/CsOWh9Z8Ab0?si=7Fyu_jjIr2ymMatY

    https://youtu.be/OjSQknw8wXs?si=iOPbFGemys2ZSQFq

    https://youtu.be/S8GQ9NSTxco?si=M5foHqLgY9JAabkf

    https://youtu.be/kdavSwv-cOw?si=ct1IEKUTi3TB-4Tn

    https://youtu.be/GHmcVY3q4ac?si=GMjJmpLbpbRmUZtL

    https://youtu.be/YEKWJciSzl0?si=KQXNP6kTCqS6RANl

    #2 Islamic Slave Trade examined – When it comes to the disturbing topic of slavery, not too many people want to discuss the Islamic slave trade which started from 7th century and even persisted in various forms into the 20th century. When compared to the transatlantic slave trade, Islamic slave trade happened across North Africa, East Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Southern Europe and South Asia. There were women who were trafficked as domestic laborers or concubines, there were men who were recruited into specialized elite slave militaries, and there were others who subjected to brutal physical labor in various forms in different regions. The Islamic slave trade was indeed twisted and cursed, and it should never be revived. To find out more, watch the in-depth video below.

    https://youtu.be/irq7uprtKv4?si=mZQsfc8DoSyu9LlQ

    #3 The impact of Super Castlevania IV remembered – Released in December of 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in America, Super Castlevania IV was easily one of the most anticipated new games of that year given the fact that the Castlevania game series was already wildly popular with gamers. Considering its American release date, it was also the most pursued SNES game during the Christmas season. As such, its impact with gamers during the season was memorable and the YouTube video below by My Retro Life captured the game’s impact.

    https://youtu.be/tjyv8qZ6CIA?si=da-mIpCvQfm5Voyx

    #4 Skipjack tuna’s impact in Japan – If you are fond of eating tuna, are you familiar with skipjack tuna? Skipjack tuna (also referred to as Katsuwonus pelamis) is a medium-sized, streamlined pelagic fish in the tuna family of Scombridae. It is the one tuna species that got heavily fished and chances are, you canned tuna you ate came from it. In Japan, there was a surplus of skipjack tuna which not only brought down prices but also made an impact on customers through the restaurants and groceries. Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

    https://youtu.be/A9Lzxq8KEDg?si=aVASxJdZcdei3caw

    #5 The history of Tron – If you have seen the classic sci-fi movie Tron from 1982, were you able to play the official video games about it? Back then, there were video games of Tron released in the arcades and on game consoles of the time. Having seen the movie first, I remember wanting to play the Tron video games whenever I saw a print ad or a poster about the games. To learn more about Tron and its impact on video gaming, watch the video below from the late PatmanQC.

    https://youtu.be/zc6KgUurqf8?si=8mqA2hyPIyL3VmRW

    #6 Bill Clinton’s immorality, lying and sex scandal revisited – It has been almost thirty years since the Bill Clinton – Monica Lewinsky scandal first rocked the world resulting in massive news media coverage, legal implications, political debates and even a successful impeachment of Clinton. If you set aside the politics and media coverage, Bill Clinton’s sex scandal alone was essentially embarrassing and tarnished the Office of the President of the United States. I personally know Democrats who had trouble defending their immoral and dishonest President Clinton, and they are still worshipping both Bill and Hillary to this day. Recently, a comprehensive look back at the late-1990s sex scandal of Bill Clinton was released on YouTube and I encourage you to watch it now. Learn from history and never ever follow the evil Clintons.

    https://youtu.be/nyarqhqZVXw?si=hDMXW5w6-u5Yscx_

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    #1990s #4KBluRay #America #amusement #Arab #Arabs #arcade #arcadeGames #arcadeGaming #AshleighBurton #Asia #BillAndHillaryClinton #BillClinton #BluRay #CarloCarrasco #Castlevania #ChatGPT #Christmas #ChristmasSeason #cinema #DemocraticParty #Democrats #DVD #entertainment #fantasy #fantasyFilms #fantasyGenre #fantasyMovies #Fediverse #film #fish #food #foodBlog #foodie #fun #geopolitics #Google #GoogleSearch #HillaryClinton #history #Islam #Islamic #IslamicSlaveTrade #Islamist #JRRTolkien #Japan #Konami #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Mastodon #MonicaLewinsky #movies #Muslim #mustSee #mustWatch #Nintendo #Nippon #NipponTV #NOToIslamists #nostalgia #PatmanQC #PeterJackson #politics #PopcornInBed #RetroGaming #Retrospective #SatanicDemocrats #SatanicLeft #scandals #sex #sexScandal #sexSlaves #skipjackTuna #slaveTrade #slavery #slaves #SNES #SuperCastlevaniaIV #SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystemSNES #The1990s #TheLordOfTheRings #TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing #TotallyWhatever #tourism #tourismBlog #touristBlog #travel #travelBlog #Tron #Tron1982 #Tumblr #tuna #Twitter #UnitedStatesOfAmericaUSA #USA #VKunia #WhatToWatchOnYouTube #WordPress #WordPressCom #WorldHistory #YouTube #YouTuber #YouTubers
  13. As King Charles visits the Caribbean, is the reparations movement approaching a tipping point?
    By Micha Frazer-Carroll in the Bahamas

    The British monarch has been stalked by protesters during his visit to the Bahamas, Antigua and Guyana – and they will only become more insistent as time goes on

    theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/

    #Slavery #Colonialism #AntiguaandBarbuda #Bahamas #Reparationsandreparativejustice #TheGuardian #MichaFrazerCarrollintheBahamas

  14. British people don’t need to apologise for slavery – but the government does | Olivette Otele
    By Olivette Otele

    Andy Burnham’s intervention is important. Because when it comes to Britain’s role in the transatlantic trade, the collective amnesia is stunning

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Slavery #Reparationsandreparativejustice #Race #UKnews #CommonwealthofNations #Worldnews #Labour #Politics #TheGuardian #OlivetteOtele

  15. A response to Andy Burnham: We need an apology and reparations | Slavery

    I read with interest the recent news that United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham is now open to…
    #NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #Europe #GB #GreatBritain #Jamaica #LatinAmerica #Opinions #slavery #TrinidadandTobago #UK
    newsbeep.com/uk/822650/

  16. Greatest Human Liberation in History Should Be Widely Taught – Orinoco Tribune
    orinocotribune.com/greatest-hu

    "The Haitian Revolution may be the greatest example of liberation in the history of humanity. From the grips of the most barbaric form of plantation economy, the largely African-born slaves delivered a massive blow to slavery, colonialism, and white supremacy."

    #Haiti #France #Slavery #History

  17. As the public debate over the #protests in #Europe focuses itself exclusively on the damage to property, in turn described as "violence" by most of the politicians and the news media, one should reflect on the fact that the concept of #violence is always applied in contexts where non-sentient, material goods, are suffering damage. Never applied to describe the actual grievances, difficult experiences and harsh conditions that living #people must go through... specially during the most difficult times, which are, in fact, the point where the general insensibility of the whole #system seems to grow the most.

    Tangible goods and services for the public #consumption are able to pass through the entirety of the product life cycle. Once they enter the market, they're assigned a #price based on their perceived #value for the owner. People, on the other hand, aren't assigned any price. The value of people is never measured or determined, as they aren't property to own or purchase by a #market. From the perpective of #capitalism, by logical inference, people can't be worth anything at all since no money is exchanged for it. No respectable man or woman from the high society should spare a thought about common people, because they are simply worthless by the measure of #money... thus "violence", in the context of the protests in Europe, can only mean damage to #property, not the suffering of people in general.

    It's tough to realize that under the brutal system of #slavery, people actually had "more worth", in tangible terms, than in modern society... since people were an actual investment being paid by the owner class, and their loss suddenly impacted in their own pockets. But in modern capitalism, under the so called #freedom, people are worth anything only for as long as their political rights are recognized and their #socialcontract is respected; a social contract which the politicians are always rather eager to breach.

    Maybe the damage to public spaces, that one can connect to the practices of #anarchism, is quite blind, and stupid, and hard to justify as a political action. But the fact remains, that the people are being slowly pushed over the limit of their psychological resistance... and yet, the only thing that matters to the european #politicalsystem, is the discussion of how to better jail them, for decades if possible.

    And even if taking for valid the idea that the status quo is very compassionate... how difficult would it be for a political party X, based on the assumption that people possess no claim over #humanrights, to get into power and step over the #constitution and the rule of #law? Not very difficult, as a matter of fact. We should always remember that some of the most brutal "dictatorships", like #Hitler's, were in fact democratic regimes. Elected by the popular vote to do what they did, with full consent and support from the general populace.

    Maybe the problem was, in fact, the #economicsystem all along. Maybe the democratic achievements over the political system, during the so called #enlightenment, were never as important as they'd like to make us believe.

  18. Ben Jennings (Guardian) sums up the argument that not paying slavery reparations is a bad case of political hypocrisy....

    (An argument that has been countered by the notion that the real issue is the issue of racial inequality right now).

    #reparations #slavery #politics #inequality

  19. Britain could pay back debt it owes for slavery

    Laura Trevelyan, The Independent When King Charles welcomes the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this weekend, will the…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #back #could #Debt #for #it #owes #pay #slavery
    europesays.com/britain/157386/

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