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November 10, 2020
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The Road Ahead | A Caribbean Case for Reparations
October 28, 2020
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London’s Centuries-Old Insurance Market Investigates Its Slavery Role
Lloyd’s of London launches an internal investigation in response to pressure from Black employees and racial-equality campaigners
By Simon Clark
Lloyd’s of London has launched an internal investigation into its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade in part to determine whether it is on the hook to pay reparations.
The 332-year-old insurance market is responding to pressure […]
October 26, 2020
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Proposed advisory body would create plan for slavery reparations in San Francisco
Supervisor Shamann Walton, pictured at a June rally to commemorate the life of George Floyd and others killed by police, introduced legislation Tuesday that would create a 15-member advisory board charged with creating a plan for reparations. Kevin N. Hume/ S.F. Examiner
By Joshua Sabatini
San Francisco would establish a 15-member advisory body to draft a plan […]
October 25, 2020
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Nelson’s Statue to be removed November 16
The statue of Lord Nelson, located in National Heroes Square, Bridgetown, will be removed from that location on November 16, 2020 — International Day of Tolerance, as designated by the United Nations 50 years ago.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, with responsibility for Culture, John King, whose office is leading the project, described the decision […]
October 25, 2020
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‘Liberty of Person, Liberty of Land’: repair and making of Paul Bogle’s Jamaica
The Gleaner presents the first in the new monthly guest column, ‘Reparation Time’, in association with The Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at The University of the West Indies. The mandate of the CRR, established by The UWI in 2016 at the request of Heads of Government of CARICOM, and launched officially in October 2017, […]
October 23, 2020
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Working on a National Plan for Reparations
https://m.facebook.com/watch/?extid=0&v=432351194423234&_rdr
October 20, 2020
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ECCSSA Colloquy Spotlight: RACE AND ECONOMIC HISTORY: VIOLENCE AND PROFIT
— Dr. Walter Greason
Join us for a webinar on Oct 22, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT.
The processes of enslavement, industrialization, and globalization share several common concepts. Beyond […]
October 20, 2020
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The Caribbean’s case for reparations: Part III
COVID-19 has revealed “horrendous legacies” of inequity
This is the third article in a series that highlights the question of slavery reparations in the Caribbean. (The first is here; the second is here.) It is based around issues discussed in the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s live stream event, […]
October 20, 2020
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Capitalism, Slavery, and Economic White Supremacy
What is at stake when we talk about the economics of North American slavery? Over the last 75+ years it has been whether capitalism superseded slavery or whether capitalism and slavery were co-constituted, capitalism to some extent relying on slavery. Part of that discussion has been theoretical and part […]
October 18, 2020
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The Caribbean’s case for reparations: Part II
By Janine Mendes-Franco
This is the second article in a series that highlights the question of slavery reparations in the Caribbean. It is based around issues discussed in the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s live stream event, ‘The Case for Reparations,’ which featured an in-depth conversation with Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission .
In […]
October 17, 2020
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The Caribbean’s case for reparations: Part 1
This is the first article in a series that highlights the question of slavery reparations in the Caribbean. It is based around issues discussed in the NCG Bocas Lit Fest’s live stream event, ‘The Case for Reparations,’ which featured an in-depth conversation with Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
By Janine Mendes-Franco
On October […]
