July 16, 2020
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July 14, 2020
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Jamaica Reaffirms its Commitment to Reparations
National Council on Reparations to continue Nation-wide Consultations
Speaking at a recent media engagement sponsored by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, expressed the Jamaican government’s ongoing commitment to the cause of reparations for the Caribbean region.
“The Government of Jamaica, as part of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, […]
July 14, 2020
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Barbados Prime Minister Calls for a “Caribbean Marshall Plan”
Cites need for a “Development Compact” with Britain and Europe
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is calling for a Caribbean Marshall Plan and for reparations to address “the economic decline” that the region will face as it confronts a combination of the negative impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and the inherent social and economic inequalities […]
July 14, 2020
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THE CALL August 15, 2020 the National Day for Reparations.
We are calling for a National Day for Reparations on August 15th, 2020.
In 2001, at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, the world declared the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery to be Crimes Against Humanity and that Reparations were due the descendants of the crime victims. The work of the […]
July 14, 2020
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How One Woman Pulled off the First Consumer Boycott – and Helped Inspire the British to Abolish Slavery
By Tom Zoellner
While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to face consumer pressure for not appearing to do enough.
For example, some people are advocating […]
July 13, 2020
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July 9, 2020
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The case for British slavery reparations can no longer be brushed aside
There is now a global debate focused on all those nations who built their wealth by denying black people humanity.
Ionce asked a British cabinet minister why the country had never apologised for the transatlantic slave trade. After all, this nation trafficked more enslaved Africans than almost any other – at least 3 million on British […]
July 8, 2020
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July 8, 2020
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Beckles calls for High-Level International Reparations Summit Says the time has come for a Caribbean Development Plan
Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), is calling for a reparations summit involving the governments of the Caribbean and of Europe and with representatives of their private corporations, universities and civil society organizations, to discuss their contributions to a development plan for the Caribbean.
The three-day summit will discuss how to […]
July 5, 2020
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CARICOM Reparations Commission Steps up Advocacy for Reparatory Justice
Now is the time to move “From Apology to Action”
The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) will convene a virtual media engagement on July 6 to update the media on recent developments in the CARICOM region’s push for reparatory justice for the historical crimes of native genocide and African enslavement in the Caribbean region.
The media engagement comes […]
July 2, 2020
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What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments
In a newly discovered letter, the famed abolitionist wrote that ‘no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth’
By Scott Sandage, Jonathan W. White
smithsonianmag.com
Frederick Douglass, with typical historical foresight, outlined a solution to the current impasse over a statue he dedicated in Washington, D.C., in 1876. Erected a few […]
July 2, 2020
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No apology for slavery, says Dutch PM in bad-tempered debate about racism
The Dutch government has no plans at the moment to offer an apology for slavery and the Dutch role in the slave trade, prime minister Mark Rutte said during an often heated debate on racism and discrimination on Wednesday evening.
Two of the four coalition parties – D66 and ChristenUnie – had called on the […]
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