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Between Radicalism and Repression: Walter Rodney’s Revolutionary Praxis

Some of Rodney’s most important contributions to the Black Liberation Movement were his explication of, and mobilization against, oppression and exploitation emanating from the interrelations of imperialism, (neo)colonialism, and white supremacy. He understood colonialism to be a form of political rule that was one facet of the larger imperial process;

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Garifuna Heritage Foundation launches reparations working group

The Working Group is part of their effort to ensure that Garifuna/Indigenous people are engaged in shaping a reparations agenda.

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Talking repair with Charles Gladstone – Part 2

Charles Gladstone talks about his ancestor’s role in chattel enslavement and Indian indentureship in Guyana and Jamaica, and his apology and planned actions.

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Talking reparation with Charles Gladstone

Professor Verene Shepherd had a frank e-conversation with Charles Gladstone, the great, great-grandson of the youngest child of enslaver John Gladstone, who enslaved around 2,508 Africans on plantations in Jamaica and Guyana.

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Pioneer Reparatory Justice Masters Programme welcomes first students

The double degree MA/MSc in Reparatory Justice is an initiative of the University of Glasgow and The University of the West Indies through their joint Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research (GCCDR).

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Ghanaian President demands reparations for slavery

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, speaking at the UN General Assembly, has renewed calls for reparations for countries affected by slavery.

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The Importance of Youth Voices on the Road to Reparations

Climate change has had a significant impact on the Caribbean region, the effects of which have been exacerbated by the legacy of enslavement and colonialism.

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Positioning the Caribbean’s Reparatory Justice Agenda in the UK and Europe

However, those in the vineyard of Reparatory Justice should not be discouraged. Instead, they must use this as an opportunity to strengthen their movement’s philosophy, engage in activism, rally support from ordinary people and civil society through education, and continue to build a programmatic agenda.

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The Repair Campaign’s Socioeconomic Reparatory Justice Plans

The Repair Campaign is part of intensifying efforts to urge governments, institutions, organisations, and individuals to acknowledge their role in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans. We are guided and endorsed by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), a regional body committed to reconciliation and reparatory justice, and its 2014 Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice.

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