☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoThe UN has voted 123-3 in favour to condemn the enslavement of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Something, something, same map.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down13
arrow-up1350arrow-down1imageThe UN has voted 123-3 in favour to condemn the enslavement of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Something, something, same map.lemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoI thought Canada was where run-away slaves escaped to. Why abstain in our (Canada’s) case? Oh, duh, we were part of the guilty af UK at the time…
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoCanada is also still a settler-colony, like the US and Israel.
I thought Canada was where run-away slaves escaped to. Why abstain in our (Canada’s) case?
Oh, duh, we were part of the guilty af UK at the time…
Canada is also still a settler-colony, like the US and Israel.
True.