[Colonialism Reparation] Newsletter 07/21

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Namibia - Germany
On August 14 2004 in Okakarara, Namibia, at the memorial ceremony of the centennial of the resistance of the Herero genocide by the German colonial troops, the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said that: [...] "A century ago, the oppressors - blinded by colonialist fervour - became agents of violence, discrimination, racism and annihilation in the name of Germany." The atrocities committed in that time would be called today genocide - and today a general Von Trotha would have been pursued and condemned. We Germans accept the historical and moral responsibility and culpability of the Germans of the time. And so, with the words of the prayer of God that we share, I ask you to forgive our sins." [... ]. Despite the admission of the Herero genocide, are therefore lacked some official apologies.


At the end of May 2005 the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul says she agrees to finance an "Initiative for reconciliation" for an amount of 20 million euro in ten years, arguing that "the process of reconciliation now needs more action to make the reconciliation more tangible".

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Reparations for the Herero and Nama genocide

On June 4, 2020 the President of Namibia Hage Geinbob on page 13 of his State of the Nation Address announces that after five years of negotiations [...] Germany has agreed that the events of 1904-1908 can be termed genocide and they are ready to render an apology, at the highest level of German Government. What remains outstanding is the Quantum [...].
On May 16, 2021 the Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero Traditional Authorities (OTA) Vekuii Rukoro and the Representative of the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) Gaob Johannes Isaack reject the so-called "Reconciliation Agreement" that does not respect the negotiating pillars set by the Namibian Government itself since it does not provide for the payment of reparations and was negotiated without the participation of the legitimate representatives of the majority of the victim communities.

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The end of the Empire

... "Most of what the US does when it threatens, arms, sanctions, confronts, demonizes–which now is about 90% or more of its foreign policy content–is projection. You argue that others have done something bad but the fact is that you yourself have done the same to a much larger extent. Say, China has such a bad human rights record because it puts so many in detention camps and use forced labour. The reality is that China, with a population almost four times that of the US, has 1.7 million incarcerated. The USA has 2.2 million. Or, China is a terrible surveillance and security state; however, it has 14 closed circuit TV per 100 inhabitants. The US, 15. Or, it is the main military threat–although the US military expenditures are around three times higher than those of China.from Lend Self-Destructive U.S. a Hand by Jan Oberg, director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, published on TRANSCEND Media Service.

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