This Region Must Remain a Zone of Peace!

For the first time in many decades our Caribbean Region is experiencing major tensions – conflict even between states. We have had crises before that have threatened or caused great instability, but these have taken place within a state. We cite, for example: the coup d’etats that have occurred in Haiti, Dominican Republic; the destruction of the Grenadian Revolution and the assassination of the Prime Minister and other leaders in October 1983; the 1990 attempted coup in Trinidad and Tobago. And of course there have been myriad military coups and civil wars in Central America and Venezuela which all
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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

A round table moderated by Marsha Hinds Myrie

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an end to violence against women and girls. It runs from 25th November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until 10th December, Human Rights Day.
Moderator: Marsha Hinds Myrie
Activist-In-Residence Concentration in women’s justice Department of Politics, University of Guelph
Speakers:

  • Dr. Shoshanna Jacobs: Professor of Integrative Biology, principle researcher Manufactured Ecosystems project, University of Guelph, Canada.
  • Dr. Alicia Viloria Petit: Department of Biomedical Sciences, coordinator of Geeky Latinas
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Solidarity with Palestine

Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy became MP for Islington North in 1983.
Previously he had been a local councillor in Haringey and part of the London left on the London Regional Executive of the Labour Party, supporting the GLC and local councils to provide services for the whole range of London communities.
On leaving school he volunteered in Jamaica and has travelled widely in South America. His support for anti-colonial movements and countries seeking self determination has been consistent throughout his life. One example being his trip to Grenada in December 1983 as part of a labour movement delegation to report on … Read on ...

Solidarity with Palestine

Sign the Petition Jamaica must support the Palestinians…

Demonstrations in Jamaica, Barbados and Belize and a public meeting in Trinidad

Watch a video of the Meeting in Trinidad…

The CLS banner was on the march in London, along with well over half a million other demonstrators.

Our friends in Jewish Voice for Labour, who have been on the demonstrations with us have issued a statement which finishes by saying: There cannot be peace without justice, dignity and equality for all, Palestinians and Israelis, Jews, Christians and Muslims – all who live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Read on ...

Hands off Haïti, Ne touchez pas à Ayiti

 

Speaker
Jafrikayiti (Jean Saint-Vil)
Co-founder of two self-help organizations AKASAN (Ayisyen ki ap soutni Ayisyen nètalkole) and Jaku Konbit which follow the principles popularized by Marcus Garvey, he is also an artist-activist immersed in the Global Peace and Social Justice movement.

He hosts or co-hosts several weekly radio programs such as Bouyon-Rasin at the University of Ottawa’s C.H.U.O 89.1 F.M, Rendez-vous Haitien at Carleton University’s C.K.C.U 93.1 F.M, Chèche pa peche and Pawòl pou chèche chimen on www.radiokajou.com.

Featured political analyst on Canadian as well as international media, a University of Waterloo (Hon. B.Sc., Biology) graduate and Canadian Civil

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