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“Wisdom that will bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer.” • — Keiji Haino “The subject of human creativity is not an ethnic-centric, but a composite subject.” • — Anthony Braxton “… It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.” • — The Marquis de Sade
The U.K. is returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a protracted legal dispute, bringing down the curtains on one of Britain’s last colonial territories. As part of the agreement to return the islands, the military base will continue to operate for the next 99 years. This week’s episode explores the Chagossian story and the painful experiences of those exiled, as well as the legal and administrative challenges surrounding the return of the islands.
The UK government has recently agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a long and protracted legal battle. While this decision marks a significant step forward, many Chagossians, who were forcibly removed from their homeland, have expressed mixed emotions about the agreement. Here is a preview of what Olivier Bancoult, Leader and Chair of the Chagos Refugee Group, had to say about the UK government’s actions and the impact on the Chagossian people.
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Why would Russia influence the election and ignore Congress? The Democrats and Republicans are sides of the same imperialistic coin. One is to bring Russia to their side, as it was before 1917, and the other side has a different agenda. They all lie.
“The police responsible cracked down on a demonstration by 30,000 people calling for an end to the #Algerian War & immediate #independence from #France.The march had been organized by the #FLN [Natl Liberation Front],in breach of the #colonial curfew legislation.” #17October1961
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How Britain forcefully depopulated a whole archipelago, And managed to cover it up.
There are times when one tragedy tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments often justify their actions with lies.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the British government of Harold Wilson expelled the population of the Chagos Islands, a British colony in the Indian Ocean, to make way for an American military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island. In high secrecy, the Americans offered the British payment for the islands in the form of a discount on the Polaris nuclear submarine system.
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The British media all but ignored it; the Washington Post called it a "mass kidnapping".
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The difference was that the Falkland Islanders were white and the Chagossians were black and, crucially, the United States wanted the Chagos Islands - especially Diego Garcia - as a major military base from which to command the Indian Ocean.
The Chagos was a natural paradise. The 1,500 islanders were self-sufficient with an abundance of natural produce, and there was no extreme weather. There were thriving villages, a school, a hospital, a church, a railway and an undisturbed way of life - until the secret 1961 Anglo-American survey of Diego Garcia led to the expulsion of the entire population.
There are times when one tragedy tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments often justify their actions with lies.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the British government of Harold Wilson expelled the population of the Chagos Islands, a British colony in the Indian Ocean, to make way for an American military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island. In high secrecy, the Americans offered the British payment for the islands in the form of a discount on the Polaris nuclear submarine system.
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The British media all but ignored it; the Washington Post called it a "mass kidnapping".
...
The difference was that the Falkland Islanders were white and the Chagossians were black and, crucially, the United States wanted the Chagos Islands - especially Diego Garcia - as a major military base from which to command the Indian Ocean.
The Chagos was a natural paradise. The 1,500 islanders were self-sufficient with an abundance of natural produce, and there was no extreme weather. There were thriving villages, a school, a hospital, a church, a railway and an undisturbed way of life - until the secret 1961 Anglo-American survey of Diego Garcia led to the expulsion of the entire population.
