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.
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Speaker: Ken Fero is a renowned multi-award winning filmmaker, activist and educator with Migrant Media which has produced hard-hitting television and cinema documentaries examining radical community responses to issues of race, class and resistance for over 30 years including Injustice and Ultraviolence. He co-founded the United Families & Friends Campaign, is a professor in media and communications at Regent’s University, London and is joint-convenor for the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings. He will address the topic of police killings at this event.
Two hundred years ago, the formerly enslaved population of the French colony of Saint Domingue defeated a French colonial army and declared the independent Republic of Haïti. Twenty years later, a French naval blockade forced the government of Haïti to agree to pay an indemnity of 150 million francs to compensate their former enslavers. In order to finance this, the Haïtian government contracted a number of loans from French-owned banks that left the country impoverished and underdeveloped, paving the way for the US invasion and occupation.
Luke Daniels, president of CLS said: The sad news has reached us of the passing of Avis Hart. She was for more than 50 years the partner of Richard Hart (1917-2013), co-founder in 1974 of Caribbean Labour Solidarity (CLS). It was cheering to visit Avis and see her smiling, a year ago when Margaret Busby and I were warmly hosted by Avis’s good friend Ros Martin during the Bristol Radical History Festival. Here is a lovely tribute that Ros posted on LinkedIn earlier this month, reporting that “Avis died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Bristol in the company of … Read on ...