By Herb Boyd — It was almost a year ago that Arizona State University named its film school after Sidney Poitier. They enshrined him before the ages claimed him. Poitier,…
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Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country’s long struggle for Black sovereignty while always…
Prince Charles has acknowledged the ‘atrocity of slavery’. What Barbados really wants is reparations
The past is very present – merely acknowledging that slavery happened is the easy bit, but true accountability means much more than that. By Nadine White, The Independent — Prince…
The Peter Weber, The Week — Barbados became the world’s newest republic on Tuesday, swearing in its first president and dropping its formal allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Charles and Rihanna…
Demo organiser David Denny from the campaign group Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration said Prince Charles’ visit to Barbados was an ‘insult’ as he said the Royal Family benefited…
By Brad Dress, The Hill — France is considering giving some autonomy to Guadeloupe following major riots and protests against coronavirus restrictions and a lagging economy on the Caribbean island….
By Adeline Courson, Cécile Rémusat (Guadeloupe) and Emmanuelle Trecolle (Paris) — Ten police officers were injured and several journalists shot at on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight Thursday…
By RFI — Trade unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have called for a general strike as of Monday. Their demands include an end to mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations,…
By Wayne Campbell — “After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no State, because the State arose as an instrument to…
By Vinette K. Pryce, Caribbean Life — Following a gubernatorial election campaign predicted to being a national referendum on the state of the Democratic Party, Winsome Sears, a naturalized citizen…
November 1, 2021 — Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados addresses Opening Ceremony, COP26
By Alison Kentish, IPS — The Rastafarian organizations in the Caribbean are determined that the issue of slavery reparations will emerge from the eclipse of COVID-19. As the world deals…
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