Italy Compensates Italy for Colonialism? Externalizing Injustice, Importing Rewards
See the post at 1D4TW.
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Italy “Compensates” Libya for Colonial Injustices
As discussed previously on this blog, Italy has now finalized an agreement to pay Libya $5 billion (US) in compensation for colonial injustice. In some respects it represents more of a business plan motivated more by Italian strategic calculations than anything else: the hefty dollar figure includes a large portion in investment projects that will […]
Read More…Calculating Colonial Injustice: Italy’s “Compensation” to Libya
As discussed previously on this blog, Italy has now finalized an agreement to pay Libya $5 billion (US) in compensation for colonial injustice. In some respects it represents more of a business plan motivated more by Italian strategic calculations than anything else: the hefty dollar figure includes a large portion in investment projects that will […]
Read More…Italy Compensates Italy for Colonialism? Externalizing Injustice, Importing Rewards
Arising from the post on Italy’s decision to pay compensation to Libya for Italian colonial domination, a number of questions and issues come to mind: Injustices were suffered by non-state nations, by ethnic groups, by “tribes” and by individuals. How is payment by the colonizing state to the “independent” state supposed to remedy those injustices? […]
Read More…Italy to pay “billions” in compensation for colonizing Libya; Sanctions augmented against Zimbabwe
According to Euronews, citing an unspecified currency, Italy has apparently promised to pay Libya compensation for the time that Italy was its colonial ruler (see the video below). This sets an interesting, different tone in current international relations, especially since the current government of Italy is the most right wing since Mussolini set foot on […]
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