Category: Colonialism

Keir Starmer urged to ‘engage’ on reparations at Commonwealth summit

Call from head of Caribbean reparations body comes as Bahamas foreign minister claims UK PM will change his positionUK politics live – latest updatesBritain has a legal and moral case to answer over its historical role in...

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Caribbean countries mull legal advice on slavery compensation from Europe

UN legal opinion would put pressure on 10 European countries targeted to engage in reparative justiceCaribbean countries are considering approaching the UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) for a legal opinion on...

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Climate emergency is a legacy of colonialism, says Greenpeace UK

Report says global south has been ‘used as place to dump waste’ and that people of colour are suffering disproportionatelyThe climate and ecological crises are a legacy of systemic racism and people of colour suffer...

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Racism in aid sector is a hangover of colonialism, says scathing report by MPs

Senior roles still dominated by white people while appeals depict countries as inferior to UK, says international development committeeBritish MPs have issued a scathing report on racism in the aid sector, warning that colonial...

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Home Office tried to ‘sanitise’ staff education module on colonialism

Disagreements have led to delay in course rollout as civil servants think empire material ‘too controversial’Civil servants have attempted to “sanitise” a Home Office teaching module on race, empire and...

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