Vindication. Last night the monsters were restless. I could hear them shuffling around in the cellar, muttering indistinct mutterings, so I went down to see what was going on and to suggest some hot chocolate to soothe their savage breasts. The New Arrival was going into one, that’s all. In the end I made coffee for everyone and joined the bash. We all like the New Arrival very much.
This is for the Chagossians, who never ever again will see their beloved Diego Garcia and will die of broken hearts in some shoddy shanty town in Mauritius. And for the Australian Aborigines -or First Australians, take your pick; they still are being slowly but relentlessly exterminated as you read this.
https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2018/01/12/chagos-islanders-bill
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/21/john-pilger-indigenous-australian-families
https://www.treatyrepublic.net/content/ongoing-aboriginal-genocide-apartheid-australia