As members of the diaspora, we stand in solidarity with our family across the globe. Britain and Europe’s imperial history underdeveloped the peoples they colonised. Imperialism is a product of racial capitalism, where racism shapes how land and people are stolen and exploited. Over 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have African mining operations that control over $1 trillion worth of Africa’s most valuable resources.
While $134 billions flows to Africa in the form of loans, aid and investment each year, $194 billion is taken from the continent through profits, tax dodging and climate costs. Britain’s militarism, economic exploitation, environmental destruction and the propping up of oppressive governments in African and other parts of the Global South continues the legacy of colonialism.
We stand in solidarity with Black and other Global South peoples resisting exploitation, violence and environmental destruction in all its forms.
We want:
- An end to the sale and manufacture of weapons and military infrastructure
- An end to all British military operations abroad, including Iraq, Afghanistan and across Africa
- An end to support for US militarism, including joint operations abroad and the US drones stationed in the UK.
- An end to militarily occupied lands, including Palestine, Western Sahara, Kashmir and Kurdistan
- An end to government support for oil and mining companies, financial institutions and other multinational corporations exploiting Black and other Global South people and environments.
- An end to economic, military and diplomatic support for all oppressive governments across the Global South.
- An immediate end to all Global South debts paid to Britain, the EU, IMF and World Bank.
- A Global Green New Deal that puts climate justice, green jobs, redistribution and reparations at the centre of our vision for the future
Groups: CAAT, Foil Vedanta, The Poor People’s Alliance, WCMC UK, BAS UK, War on Want, Wretched of the Earth