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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference for the just-ended 26th…
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P.J Patterson passes “Reparations Torch” to Prime Minister Gaston Browne at Second Regional Conference on Reparations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, in a rousing address to the Opening Ceremony of the Second Regional Conference on Reparations in Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday night, gave the charge and entrusted the continuity of the pursuit of Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery, to the Hon. Gaston…
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PASCF Statement on Reparations Owed
Following the historic London Reparations March from Brixton to 10 Downing Street organised by the Rastafari Movement in Britain on 1st August 2014, the PASCF issues the following statement – they all owe us: The Capitalists, the Working Class and the Trade Union Movement all owe Reparations to Afrikan People The enslavement of Afrikan people created unprecedented levels of wealth…
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Address Delivered By Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman Of The Caricom Reparations Commission, House Of Commons, Parliament Of Great Britain, Committee Room 14, Thursday, July 16, 2014
Madam Chair, the distinguished member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Diane Abbott, other distinguished members of the House of Lords, and House of Commons, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corp, colleagues at the head table, Ladies and Gentlemen. I speak this evening, in this honourable chamber of the House of Commons, as Chairman of the Caricom Commission…
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Raising consciousness is itself a big win – Dr. Hilary Brown on Reparations for Native Genocide and
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Raising the consciousness of CARICOM nationals regarding issues related to Reparations for Native Genocide Slavery is, by itself, a win. Those sentiments were expressed by Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development Dr. Hilary Brown during her presentation on the matter at the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) held at the…
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Bunny Wailer, Professors Beckles, Shepherd to address Regional Reparations Conference
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Professors Sir Hilary Beckles and Verene Shepherd, as well as famed Jamaican reggae artiste Bunny Wailer, are among those who will make presentations at the three-day Regional Conference on Reparations which begins in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday. At the opening ceremony there will be addresses by Dr. the Hon Ralph Gonsalves,…
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Henry hopes CARICOM reparation fight won’t fall flat
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Long-time reparation activist and parliamentarian Mike Henry is applauding the move of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to pursue reparations for native genocide and slavery. On Saturday, wrapping up the four-day 34th Heads of Government Conference held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, the Caribbean leaders agreed on follow-up action in regard to the matter. “If indeed…
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