How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years.
Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined. https://t.co/ZcoxrVaeLc via @AJEnglish
The Vatican says it has "repudiated" the Doctrine of Discovery, saying the 15th-century papal decrees "did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples." https://t.co/aZ06rcvgR0
The late Arthur Manuel was doing cutting edge work on how stolen lands, territories & resources unfairly subsidizes Canada’s economy. https://t.co/EfOHAvLnRU
We produce enough food to feed 10 billion people, but over two billion go hungry. The US (4.25% of the world's population) is responsible for 40% of total excess C02 emissions; the EU for another 29%. Imperialism, not humanity, is the problem.
New CBO report: The poorest *half* of America -- ~150 million people -- hold only *2 percent* of the country's total wealth
Wealth of top 10 percent has grown markedly since 1989
That tiny little line at the bottom of this chart is half the country
As drilling for the pipeline starts under the river, the #Wetsuweten people remain defiant. “We, as the chiefs, have never, ever allowed this.��
Here's the latest from @Songstress28:
https://t.co/vxrKVExg4W #WaterIsLife #cdnpoli
Article: The global South has lost $152 trillion through unequal exchange since 1960
“During the 1960s, the South lost ~$38 billion a year, ~1% of total Southern output. By 2005 drain from the periphery amounted to almost $3 trillion, or 9% of output.”
https://t.co/cvzAWIR4ns
Since the photo of Queen Elizabeth visiting her crown colony of Hong Kong in 1975 is making the round, it’s perfect time to remind people Britain forcibly made Hong Kong its colony as result of waging a war to sell Opium to China. A 🧵
A measure of US profit margins has reached its widest since 1950, suggesting that the prices charged by businesses are outpacing their increased costs for production and labor https://t.co/khU9Wh48NK
THREAD. The investigation of the media's role in distorting perceptions of public safety published by Bloomberg yesterday is one of the most important pieces of investigative journalism I've ever seen on the topic. It's a damning indictment of how many outlets cover our safety.
Today in the U.S., corporations will steal $137 million in wages, rich people will steal $2.75 billion in taxes, and 1,300 people will die from poverty, air pollution, and medical error. Think about who benefits from the news ignoring this and focusing on low-level crime instead.
"We found that the overall upfront cost to replace all energy in the 145 countries which emit 99.7% of world CO2 is about $62 trillion.
"However, due to $11 trillion annual energy cost savings, the payback time for the new system is less than 6 years."
https://t.co/P3goCamJTb