ACS Secretary General Dr. June Soomer
Saint Lucia will take the reparations message to the rest […]
August 14, 2016
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August 14, 2016
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Can Black Lives Matter work in Brazil, where ‘repression means death’?
By Kim Brunhuber
Every week or so, Ana Oliveira and Fatima Pinho meet on the rooftop deck of Oliveira’s modest home in the Rio favela of Manguinhos. They’re drawn together by the faces stenciled on a large black cloth — smiling faces of young black men. There are dates written underneath. Under her son Jonathan’s face […]
August 11, 2016
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Two hundred years after emancipation, ‘Are we there yet?’
By Christopher Famous
Are we there yet?
This is a question frequently asked by persons on a journey to a place not yet known to them.
In 1834, England declared that all enslaved persons throughout the British Empire were to be set free of slavery. August 1st was to be their emancipation day.
Ah, at long last, the elusive […]
August 9, 2016
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‘This is the Biggest Case in History’: Fight Goes on for Slavery Reparations
By Ben Stensall
The 1st of August marked African Emancipation Day. Thousands of people marched from Brixton to Parliament as part of an ongoing campaign for reparations to make amends for the generations of slavery that claimed the lives of millions of Africans, who ended up displaced and were forced to work to support Britain’s booming […]
August 9, 2016
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Emancipation and Economic Resilience
by Maxwell Haywood
The story of the resilience of the former enslaved black population in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) is part of the global narrative of the resilience of people of African descent throughout the world, who experienced the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism. That heritage of resilience is becoming more vital to the […]
August 5, 2016
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Black Lives Matter Activists Stage Protests Across Britain
LONDON — Black activists, responding to calls for a nationwide protest against racial injustice, staged demonstrations in London and several other cities across Britain on Friday, in their boldest show of support to date for the emerging Black […]
August 5, 2016
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Black Lives Matter activists launch Abolition Square encampment, demanding reparations, end to Broken Windows policing
Revolution is in the air again in New York City.
Five years after the launch of Occupy Wall Street, activists have begun a new occupation. This is not Occupy 2.0, however. This protest, stationed at a park across from City Hall in lower Manhattan, was organized by the Movement for Black Lives.
On Aug. 1, activists built […]
August 5, 2016
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Anti-Occupation Activists Stand with Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement’s advocacy for Palestinians has caused a rift to open over Israel between younger and older American Jews, and there’s no sign of it mending any time soon.
This week, activists from Jewish Voice for Peace and other groups stood behind Black Lives Matter while more conservative parts of the American Jewish […]
August 3, 2016
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Open letter to Theresa May: recognise the UN International Decade for People of African Descent
This is an open letter from a coalition of African-led organisations and supporters to Prime Minister Theresa May, the British government and the two houses of parliament. For more information about the letter and how to get in touch with members of the coalition, please contact Michael McEachrane (mceachrane@gmail.com).
We, the undersigned – a coalition of […]
August 2, 2016
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Don’t forget Emancipation Day, says Comissiong
As thousands of Barbadians take to the streets today for Kadooment Day celebrations, Pan-Africanist David Comissiong reminded them of the significance of the observance of Emancipation Day on August 1st.
Addressing a rally at Bussa’s Statue at Haggat Hall, St Michael to mark the occasion, Comissiong suggested that Kadooment Day is overshadowing Emancipation Day celebrations and […]
August 2, 2016
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Emancipation Day Reparations March Kicks off in London
MARCH AND PROTEST: Thousands are taking part in this afternoon’s march from south London to west London
TODAY’S RECOGNITION of Emancipation Day (Aug 1) is being marked in the annual tradition with a reparations march from Brixton to Westminster in London.
Speaking at a press conference organised by campaigners, committee member and media officer Brother Dulani explained: […]
August 1, 2016
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U.S. slavery reparations sought in first Black Lives Matter agenda
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A coalition affiliated with the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement called for criminal justice reforms and reparations for slavery in the United States among other demands in its first policy platform released on Monday.
The six demands and roughly 40 policy recommendations touch on topics ranging from reducing U.S. military spending to safe […]
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