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Ottobah Cugoano on British Slavery, National Debt, and Speculative ... jmphil.org Jan 24, 2025 7 facts
claimThe British government and its financiers monetized the consumption, vices, and crimes of the domestic laboring population through taxes and fines to service war debts.
claimThe British government supported the profitability of slavery for corporate investors by engaging in wars over slave-trading routes and territories, suppressing rebellions, and using penal laws to transport British citizens to plantations.
claimThe brewery chain Greene King has released public statements acknowledging that its financial origins are linked to human trafficking, forced labor of African people, and payments received from the British government following the 1834 abolition of slavery.
perspectiveOttobah Cugoano asserts that the British government was controlled by an organized crime syndicate, which explains why a supposedly Christian nation would sell its conscience and power to slave-trading interests.
perspectiveOttobah Cugoano argues that wealthy slave-traders used their financial influence to gain political and judicial power, causing the British government to operate in the interest of slave-trading rather than as an accountable governing institution.
claimThe British government's involvement in chartering Atlantic trade infrastructure and financing wars led to significant national debt by the late 17th century.
claimBy 1834, the British government and its creditors viewed the national debt not as a problem to be solved, but as a mutually beneficial relationship of trust and allegiance that undermined stable domestic commerce.
How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 2 facts
claimThe U.K.’s Ministry of Defence concluded that because the flight position reported by Captain Bowyer was in French airspace, a definitive identification of the objects was not the British government’s responsibility.
claimThe U.K. Ministry of Defence concluded that because the flight position of the reported UAP sighting was in French airspace, a definitive identification was not the British government's responsibility.
Developing youth work: Chapter 5 - Beyond social education infed.org 1 fact
claimThe British government's vision for youth work, titled 'Transforming Youth Work,' lacks sufficient attention to the essential character of social education and the notion of association.
The crises in the Middle East: reshaping the region's geopolitical ... link.springer.com Jan 9, 2025 1 fact
accountThe British Government promised to help the Jewish people establish a Jewish state in historic Palestine through the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimThe British government ceased its investigations into UFOs due to cost-cutting measures, as reported by Digital Journal in 2009.