For too long violence against women and girls is seen as a woman’s issue. Men need take responsibility for ending their violence and the violence of other men. Despite forty years and £40billion spent by the UN, Intimate Partner Violence continues to increase. Violence against women and girls is political and needs political action to end it. Black women experience higher levels of violence worldwide. The legacy of slavery and colonialism has a negative impact on black men’s violent behaviour. Taking responsibility is the first step in ending the violence.

Luke Daniels has worked with perpetrators of domestic violence … Read on ...

Dear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,

Re: Request for the Repatriation of Shamima Begum and Other British Citizens Held in Syria

We, the members of Caribbean Labour Solidarity, write to urge the United Kingdom Government to permit the return of Shamima Begum and other British and former British citizens currently held in Syria. They have been denied the right to return to their homes by the actions of previous governments who, amongst other things, have stripped them of their citizenship.  

Background  

In 2015, three young British schoolgirls—Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana, and Amira Abase—aged just 15 at the time, were groomed … Read on ...

Letter to CARICOM,
cc: To Caribbean and Central American Heads of Government

Dear Dr. Carla Natalie Barnett,

Re: Urgent Response to U.S. Policy Threats Concerning the Panama Canal

I write as President of Caribbean Labour Solidarity (CLS), an organization committed to advocating for justice, sovereignty, and solidarity among the peoples of the Caribbean and beyond. This letter is prompted by President Donald Trump’s alarming declaration in his January 20, 2025, inaugural address, in which he vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal.

This rhetoric echoes past U.S. interventions and suggests a potential return to policies of coercion and dominance. The … Read on ...