Ghana, supported by most of the African and Carribbean countries, proposed a resolution to the UN to consider the slave trade a crime and called for reparations.
Guess who voted against?
Three countries voted against declaring the transatlantic trade slavery as the gravest crime against humanity. The evilest of the evil the US, their filthy clone I*rael, and Argentina (a big question mark here).
Almost all the European Union countries, along with the UK abstained. All those who participated in the trade and benefited from it don't want to pay the price. There would have never been an industrial revolution without the enslavement. Yet, they don't want to give something from the great economy they achieved on the shoulders of Africans.
All the talk about fighting racism is bullshit if Europe is not willing to acknowledge its crimes and pay reparations to Africans.
Germany has been paying compensation/ reparations to I*rael since 1952, but they don't pay Namibia. Europe has never valued Africa or African lives. Look at the Mediterranean and all the Africans drowning on the shore of Europe.
Africans will never forget and never forgive until they admit their crimes. Not only the slave trade but their colonization, oppression and racism.
Even the aid they give us is a way to deny us our sovereignty. Instead of allowing us using our resources to benefit our people, to develop and rise up, they come to take our resources in the form of colonization, either explicitly or implicitly under the cover of their Western corporations.
In return, they give us some aid as compensation. We should be happy and grateful for that. Ha!
A report published by the French Development Agency revealed that for every dollar given by France to countries in Africa in the form of aid, they extract three dollars of interest on loans! This sets an example for Europe.
Europe has never given something for free. They make sure they get what they pay triple.
Even the US, which has been causing disasters around the world, was created by Europeans. Well done, Europe!
Europe was never good and will never be unless they acknowledge their crimes, repent, apologize and pay for them. Liberation and peace will not find their way to our world unless justice is enforced.
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Somebody tell a joke 😅
I read only three countries voted against this resolution--one of them, Argentina. We have a madman at the helm. I feel the need to apologize
Actually... Here’s the reality, stripped of rhetoric:
The UN has already recognized the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity (since 2001). Many African and Caribbean countries (via CARICOM) have indeed pushed for reparations discussions. However, there is no widely documented UN vote where only the U.S., Israel, and Argentina voted “no” on declaring slavery a crime against humanity — that specific claim doesn’t match known voting records.
The United States and some European countries have often opposed or abstained on resolutions explicitly calling for reparations, mainly due to legal and financial implications — not because they deny slavery happened. The European Union and UK abstaining has happened in some votes, but not in the sweeping, uniform way described. Voting varies by resolution and wording. Israel and Argentina have not been central or consistent “no” voters in the way the post suggests.
Slavery and colonial extraction did contribute to European wealth, especially in countries like Britain and France. But historians disagree on whether it was essential or just one factor among many (technology, institutions, capital markets, etc.).
Germany has paid reparations to Israel and Holocaust survivors since 1952 (Luxembourg Agreement). Germany has acknowledged the genocide in Namibia (1904–1908) and agreed to funding packages, but has not framed them legally as reparations, which is a major point of criticism. So the comparison reflects a real grievance, but it’s more nuanced than stated.
There are serious criticisms of international finance systems, debt, and extractive economic relationships. But the claim that “for every $1, France extracts $3 in interest” is not a broadly established or universally accepted figure — it may come from a specific report or interpretation, but it’s not a general rule.
There is strong academic and political debate about colonial legacy, reparations, and global inequality. But statements like “Europe has never given anything for free” or “will never be good” are rhetorical, not factual claims. Bottom line True core: The UN has recognized slavery as a crime against humanity. African and Caribbean nations have pushed for reparations. Western countries often resist reparations frameworks. Colonialism and slavery had lasting global impacts. Not accurate / misleading: The specific voting claim (U.S., Israel, Argentina alone opposing). The oversimplified portrayal of EU voting behavior. The definitive claim about industrialization depending entirely on slavery. The sweeping economic and political generalizations.
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260325-un-calls-for-reparations-to-remedy-african-slave-trade-despite-european-and-us-opposition
"It also highlights the legacy of slavery via 'the persistence of racial discrimination and neo-colonialism' in today's society."
Más allá de la retórica, creo que esto basta para explicar el voto negativo de los tres países en cuestión
Si me apuran, tomando tus argumentos (además de ser un texto no vinculante, según entiendo), hasta la abstención podría ser tolerable, pero votar en contra...
Tienes razón en que esa votación sí ocurrió. Pero el propio artículo explica que el voto en contra no fue porque esos países nieguen la esclavitud o su impacto, sino por razones legales — sobre todo el tema de las reparaciones y la aplicación retroactiva del derecho internacional, además de no querer establecer una jerarquía entre crímenes contra la humanidad.
La mención de “racismo” o “neocolonialismo” refleja la postura de quienes impulsaron la resolución, no necesariamente el motivo de quienes votaron en contra o se abstuvieron. Así que ese argumento no demuestra que esos países estén negando esos problemas, sino que hay desacuerdo sobre cómo abordarlos.
Para mí ese bocadillo es especialmente indigesto para Israel, y por extensión para los EEUU (Milei es un simple ladero cooptado por el sionismo, lo que algún día dará lugar a suculentas tesis de historia bizarra). Para mí...
Tal vez debí decir "indigesto para los EEUU, y por extensión para Israel", pero a esta altura uno ya no sabe
Eso ya es una interpretación personal tuya, pero no está respaldada por el artículo ni por las explicaciones oficiales de voto. Ahí se mencionan razones concretas — principalmente jurídicas — sobre reparaciones y el uso retroactivo del derecho internacional.
Atribuirlo a motivaciones ideológicas o conspirativas no añade evidencia; simplemente cambia el terreno del debate. Yo me estoy basando en lo que efectivamente se dijo y se documentó, no en suposiciones.
Suposiciones, pero nada gratuitas, teniendo en cuenta el contexto y los participantes involucrados en el voto negativo
Tal vez hablar de interpretación sería más adecuado, porque estos gestos son también señales
Entiendo lo que dices — y sí, al final siempre hay margen para interpretar el contexto y las señales. Yo simplemente prefiero separar lo que está documentado de lo que inferimos, pero eso no quita que tu lectura tenga lógica desde tu perspectiva.
En cualquier caso, me parece una conversación interesante, y se nota que es un tema que da para mucho más. Gracias por el intercambio 🙌
Al final, mi reacción no era tanto por lo que tú dijiste, sino por el tono del post original. Entiendo y respeto que se puedan criticar decisiones políticas o posiciones internacionales — eso es totalmente válido. Pero expresiones como “el más malvado de todos” o “clon asqueroso” me parecen innecesarias y más cercanas a un discurso de odio que a un debate serio, sobre todo en una plataforma como Journaly donde hay una comunidad diversa.
Prefiero centrarme en los hechos y en el análisis, porque cuando el tono se vuelve así de cargado, la conversación deja de ser productiva. Pero en todo caso, agradezco mucho el intercambio contigo — ha sido respetuoso y enriquecedor.
Lo mismo digo. Un abrazo
I couldn't follow all your comments in Spanish so pardon me!
These are great words, Uly but where the solution is? We talk and discuss topics like that to understand how those issues have affected our lives and how they could have been solved!
"...mainly due to legal and financial implications" Those countries have money to spend on weapons, breaking out wars, and killing people but they don't have it to pay reparations!!!
When a country commits a genocide, they are evil until they acknowledge it, apologize, ask for forgivenees and pay reparations. This is not hate speech. This is addressing an issue, showing the true colors of those perpetrators and exposing them to facts.
Thanks for joining the discussion, Eugen! I read about Meli. It's said it's another dictator...
You're welcome, Zee. Milei won the elections two years ago, and the democratic institutions are formally in place, but he's developing a growing authoritarian streak: repression in the streets, bills of the Congress he simply doesn't comply with
Yes, that's what I meant with dictator... His actions making him a dictator.
P.S. We live in an era now where eveyone can justify everything. Unless we're willing to sit with some "Uncomfortable truth" regarding history and the history of our countries, change might be really difficult
I get that this is a serious and emotional issue, and I’m not dismissing the historical injustices or the question of reparations, but calling countries “the evilest of the evil” or “filthy clone” isn’t “just stating facts” — it’s inflammatory language that shuts down real discussion; that kind of framing turns a complex issue into a rant rather than a constructive conversation, and if the goal is understanding or solutions, then the argument has to stand on facts and reasoning, not loaded language, otherwise people stop engaging with the substance and just react to the tone.
Sí, yo solo puteo así en privado. Trato de mantener un tono más medido en público :D
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWXbYgbDOiR/
¡Haces muy bien!
My approach is different. I call evil, "You're evil" in their face, especially with all the craziness happening in the world because of what they are doing. And because of that craziness, I'm talking publicly. I have the right to talk here or anywhere I want to let people learn about our world from a challenging perspective, not the perspectives that comfort them.
Maybe those specific phrases you repeated were too much or hurting the feelings of some people. I will try to take this into consideration in my posts in the future so people don't think it's just rant because my post was factual in most of its parts.
Thanks for this eye-opening discussion!
P.S. Eugen, my heart leaped when I read the translation of your comments. Keep reading and you will find out that most of what you believed wasn't rhetorical or emotional. It's fact but facts that go against the flow of mainstream. Keep being authentic! Muchas gracias!
Me too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFOeRG3O9v0
Yeah, that's evil. I touched on the topic of virginity in one of my previous posts... I don't remember whether you read and corrected that one or not!
In other words, evil exists everywhere. We live in an evil world. But I'm convinced that not everyone in Palestine would stand by as their daughter was killed for "honor," so I would never label the whole of Palestine as evil, let alone the evilest of the evil.
Hehe, I got your point, Uly!
I thought it was clear that I meant the government and those who make decisions are the evilest of the evil, along with all those who support them or don't condemn them.
I said it before when a country commits a genocide, it is evil. Does it mean all the United States is evil with all its citizens? No. During Vietnam war, many people protested against that war. Those people weren't evil. The same as those Americans who stand by the side of Palestine, Iran, Cuba etc, they aren't evil. Evil does exist everywhere and we have to tell them, "You're evil" in their face, and to fight them, even if they were the same nationality, religion, race like us.