| The wealth and power of the “Western” world has been built upon the murder and dispossession of indigenous people on every continent; but primarily in Africa, the Americas and Australia. Colonizers have enriched themselves from the stolen labor, land and resources of the other peoples of the world. Today, the descendents of the colonizers and enslavers enjoy the advantages and privileges that have resulted from these stolen resources, on every continent. The theft and exploitation of African people and resources continues today and is the primary cause of the poverty and landlessness of most of the descendents of Africa. We insist that raw materials, processing operations, manufacturing facilities, financing and brokerage of products and services coming from and going to majority Black nations and communities must be owned and controlled by Black people and Black-owned companies. Legislation must be enacted to return ownership of land, resources and industries to Black residents of majority Black countries and to Blacks in the US who lost property due to terrorism or theft by Europeans and others, at any time. Trade and immigration barriers and tariffs against products and services from majority Black countries must be eliminated. Black people in every nation must support the process of building the African Union into a preferred trade and travel zone for all Black people. Black people and nations must patronize and support only those businesses, elected officials and other representatives that actively promote and act to insure this policy. In criminal law, persons who injure others can be required to pay restitution to their victims. The European people have profited from war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, colonialism, slavery, fraud, treaty violations and numerous other crimes. The current owners of these resources cannot claim innocence for past crimes until they have returned their ill-gotten gains. Restitution and reparations must be paid to Africans around the world for the crimes committed during the past 500 years. An accurate accounting of the economic damages of slavery, colonialism, segregation, apartheid and extractive industries must be made, based upon the available historical evidence. If we assume that one hundred million African Americans are owed $1,000 per year for the past 150 years at 3% interest per year, the total amount owed would be $8.4 trillion. Of course, this is a very conservative estimate and it only considers the United States. A more accurate accounting would demonstrate that the actual damages total into the tens of trillions of dollars, worldwide. This debt must be calculated as part of the corporate and national debts of the offending parties and must be considered due and payable until paid in full. These debts must be part of any calculations regarding transactions involving African nations or communities in other nations. The funds collected should be divided equally throughout the global African civilization. Half should be invested into the funds and financial institutions described in this agenda. The other half should be used to pay an annual stipend to each of the approximately 1.5 billion persons of Black African decent around the world, adjusted according to need. Similar reparations are warranted for other people who have suffered similar exploitation. We should also support the payment of these reparations. |
| 6. RESTITUTION/REPARATIONS |