UK extracted $64.82 trillion from India.

A significant number of the richest people in UK today can trace their wealth back to #slavery & #colonialism, specifically the compensation paid to rich enslavers when slavery was abolished.

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British colonialism continues to shape human rights in India today, affecting #marginalized communities including #women and #LGBTQ+ people. The deep-rooted legacies of colonial laws, social structures, and economic inequalities that persist long after independence.

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Most scholars agree that about 1 million people died during the 1947 British partition of India due to communal violence and chaos during the mass migration of around 15 million people. The violence was especially severe in Punjab and Bengal.

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Dyer, the officer responsible for the massacre under O’Dwyer, was presented a sword of honour and given a large sum of money raised by public subscription when he returned to UK.
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Very close to my home, in April 1919, Michael O'Dwyer, the lieutenant-governor of #Punjab perpetrated the Massacre at #JallianwalaBagh. By some estimates 1,500 peaceful demonstrators were killed (including many women and children) at the holy city of Amritsar.

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives (100 million by some estimates) than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.
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In simple terms, the #British imposed heavy cash taxes on the Indian population, then used that tax revenue to pay Indians for goods. These goods were exported overseas, and the profits were invested back into the British economy, a legacy from which the British people continue to benefit today.

Jugaad > Everything. Always. 🔧🧠 #LifeHackDesiStyle

Every day, on average, 35 children are killed in Gaza, amounting to a total of at least 18,000 children killed in this conflict.

No-go military zones now covering 70% of Gaza and the displacement of around 90% of the population to overcrowded living spaces with little access to clean water and sanitation, infectious diseases are rife.

The Israeli Govt has also targeted civilian infrastructure required for survival.

89% of the water and sanitation systems, and
92% of housing destroyed or damaged.

Starvation is only one aspect of this grim reality. Nearly half a million people are at risk of starvation, a predicament precipitated by the Israeli Govt's refusal to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip for over 11 weeks, despite destruction of most agricultural, fishery, & food systems.

+ racialized people can be fascist and racist too.

You may be thinking: This is very sad, but why is it the US job to keep kids alive in poor countries?

Most Americans welcome reforms& are proud to save the lives of hungry children/sick orphans worldwide by allocating just 24c of every $100 of national income to aid

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An estimated 310,000 people could die within a year without U.S. funding for tuberculosis prevention.

An estimated 290,000 people could die within a year without American funding for malaria prevention.

An estimated 550,000 people could die within a year without American funding for food aid.

An estimated 500,000 people could die within a year without American funding for vaccines.

In a village northeast of Renk, South Sudan, people used to get U.S.-supported assistance, but that aid has ended and now some children are severely malnourished.