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[[File:Korean reparations protest.png|thumb|[[Korea|Koreans]] protesting for reparations from [[Japan]], which colonized Korea for 40 years]]
'''Reparations''' are compensation for [[Exploitation|exploited]], [[Oppression|oppressed]], or [[Colonialism|colonized]] groups that seek to end historic inequalities.

== Historical examples ==

=== Germany ===
Towards the end of the [[Second World War]], the Allies agreed that a united [[Federal Republic of Germany|Germany]] would have to pay reparations to the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|USSR]] after the war. In May 1946, the [[United States of America|USA]] blocked the USSR from taking reparations from the Western occupation zone. In response the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin.<ref name=":052">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Financial Systems in Light of the New Evidence|page=154|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> After the blockade failed, the USSR was only able to take reparations from eastern Germany, which was the poorest part of Germany.<ref name=":12">{{Citation|author=Bruni de la Motte, John Green|year=2015|title=Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?|chapter=A Difficult Birth - How the GDR Came About|page=18–20|city=London|publisher=Artery Publications|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=F1F044D71B58A8E0438E6343D942F662}}</ref>

=== Nicaragua ===
In 1986, the [[International Court of Justice]] ruled that the USA owed $12 billion in reparations for [[Economic sanctions|sanctioning]] [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]], attacking its infrastructure, and supporting the [[Contras]] to commit war crimes. The USA refused to pay the reparations, which are now worth $31 billion in 2023 dollars.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|title=US legally owes Nicaragua reparations, but still refuses to honor 1986 Int’l Court of Justice ruling|date=2023-06-28|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/28/us-owes-nicaragua-reparations-1986-icj/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806030422/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/28/us-owes-nicaragua-reparations-1986-icj/|archive-date=2023-08-06}}</ref>

== Proposed examples ==

=== New Afrikans ===
After the [[Statesian Civil War|Civil War]], the USA proposed to grant 40 acres of land to all formerly [[Slavery|enslaved]] people as reparations for their enslavement. This plan was never carried out.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Scott Ferguson, William Saas|newspaper=[[MR Online]]|title=Reparations for Black Americans w/ William A. Darity|date=2023-10-05|url=https://mronline.org/2023/10/05/reparations-for-black-americans-w-william-a-darity/|retrieved=2023-10-14}}</ref>

The [[Republic of New Afrika]] demanded reparations from the USA when it declared independence in 1968.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=New Afrikan Liberation Collective|title=The New Afrikan Declaration of Independence|date=1968-03-31|url=https://www.newafrikanliberation.org/new-afrikan-declaration-of-independence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510230133/https://www.newafrikanliberation.org/new-afrikan-declaration-of-independence|archive-date=2022-05-10|retrieved=2022-06-12}}</ref>

In 2023, [[New Afrikans|Black people in the USA]] have an average net worth of $350,000 less than whites or $841,000 per household. Reparations to the entire Black nation that would close the gap in inequality would cost a total of about $14 trillion.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==

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