We work to unite all those who support equality, democracy, justice and social progress in the Caribbean. We will support all who recognise that the struggle against racism, fascism, imperialism and neo-colonialism in the Caribbean requires the building of strong international links between the working people there and their sisters and brother globally. In so doing we recognise that the British Empire has bestowed a bitter legacy on sections of the working classes in the UK and the former colonies. We seek to maintain and expand solidarity with the black workers and their allies in the Caribbean as well as being part of the anti-racist struggle in Britain. Join us...

Reparations for African Enslavement

CLS Sunday Meeting held on Sunday 6 October 2024

Speakers: Anthony Gifford, Luke Daniels and Steve Cushion

Luke Daniels, president of Caribbean Labour Solidarity, and Anthony Gifford discussed the latest developments in the Reparations campaign, relationships with the trade unions and the need for a mass movement in both UK and the Caribbean. At the First Pan-African Congress on Reparations, held in Abuja, Nigeria, in April 1993, Tony Gifford delivered a paper entitled “The legal basis of the claim for Reparations”.

Steve Cushion, author of the forthcoming book Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in … Read on ...

Internationalist Solidarity with the Ecuadorian Peoples

[La versión en castellano de esta declaración se encuentra más abajo en la página]

Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC), meeting in its Annual General Assembly (AGA) in the Province of Sucumbíos, Municipality of Amisacho (Lago Agrio), salutes and supports the just struggle of the Union of People Affected by Texaco-Chevron Oil Operations (UDAPT)/Friends of the Earth Ecuador, and the legitimate demands of those affected by the exploitation and territorial dispossession.

The transnational oil company Chevron refuses to pay the cost of environmental, social and cultural reparation in favour of the Amazon and … Read on ...