If you think the West regrets either slavery or its colonial past, think again. The most recent vote at the UN shows clearly that the Political West has learned NOTHING from its sins and looks forward to doing it again.
I'm joined today by former Maltese foreign minister Evarist Bartolo to discuss the UN vote on slavery reparations, Western abstentions and opposition, the link between slavery, colonialism, and present power, compensation for slave owners, Haiti, Africa-Europe ties, rising pressure from the global majority, and the wider fight over dominance, debt, war, and solidarity.
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00:00:00 Introduction and UN vote
00:01:50 Slavery and colonial power
00:10:01 EU abstentions and reparations
00:15:17 Guterres and legal excuses
00:21:27 UN majority and world shift
00:25:48 Dominance decline and artifacts
00:29:09 Debt traps and new alliances
00:32:54 Iran war and Western decline
00:39:48 Social solidarity and closing