The ties between Harvard University and the Caribbean are myriad and consist of densely layered networks of wealthy families, trade, political power and violence. Dozens of university presidents, overseers, donors and staff grew their wealth off of enslaved labor.
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"I am arguing here for a law school dedicated to crafting legal knowledges that turn back on death-making—legal knowledges that oversee a social order that invites, allows, and equips us to live flourishing lives in relation and not possession... to live in harmonious relation with...the earth."
"This landmark day is not merely a call for humanitarian assistance but a formal demand for climate reparations... the Global North owes a "legitimate climate debt" to African communities for decades of ecological destruction and resource exploitation."
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"Reconstruction plans imposed on Palestinians with the implicit aim of destroying Palestinian life in Gaza demonstrate the reason Lemkin reserved a place for architecture in his conception of the crime of genocide."
BREAKING: Venezuela’s government has accused the US of launching attacks on civilian and military installations across several states, rejecting what it described as a "military aggression," according to an official statement.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p3fqh2
At least 7 explosions heard in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, followed by a low-flying aircraft, say media reports.
"Persad-Bissessar’s support for US actions not only demonstrates her right-wing disposition and complicity in Trump’s imperialist ambitions but also reveals ideological contradictions and a leaning towards a form of white supremacy with a Hindu/Indian face."
www.anti-imperialists.com/blog/why-a-c...
In a cost of living crisis, this makes no sense and will only further squeeze out already marginalized students from accessing higher education. This is shameful neoliberal gimmickry.
Haiti qualifies for World Cup for first time in 52 years on Bataille de Vertières day
haitiantimes.com/2025/11/19/h...
I know what's happening on the ground in Jamaica thanks to WhatsApp — ordinarily, a quick and convenient means of staying in touch; under threat of natural a disaster, a lifeline.
Racism is distraction, as Toni Morrison said. Karen is distracting people from all the love and solidarity Jamaican people are having for each other, and that coming from others at this time, despite the very challenging relief and recovery process so far.
Indeed. Imagine how racist such a belief is. As a Caribbean person, I've been to Jamaica several times, to Kingston and the country side, have colleagues, friends and comrades living there, and I can attest the island is not only populated by shacks.
Mmmmm. Imagine believing most Jamaicans live in shacks.
TLDR: UC leadership has continued negotiations with a unmistakably fascist regime, and preemptively cut a program to recruit faculty of color, while leaving faculty, staff, & students to fight on their own
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/trump-pressure-free-speech-university-of-california-lawsuit.html
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Here is a list of organizations receiving donations for #HurricaneMelissa relief efforts: thecropperfoundation-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/person...
Please share far and wide, and support if you can! One love.
Our thoughts are with the communities across the Caribbean as they courageously face Hurricane Melissa.
OISE Dean Erica Walker and the Alumni Association are organizing a donation drive to collect new and unused essential items. We thank you for your generosity and compassion.
#OISEUofT
"Every time another hurricane flattens our homes, destroys our towns, shatters our sense of safety, we hear promises of “aid, assistance, rebuilding.” But what we truly need is justice — climate justice... [R]esilience is not a substitute for justice."
www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/opinion/opin...
“Hurricane Melissa was not a natural disaster—it was a profound manifestation of climate injustice... Our communities, those least responsible for this climate crisis, are now paying the highest price.” www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/04/c...
ALERT ⚠️ 📢
CONVICTED FELON/RAPIST #donaldtrump is using Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 as a base of CIA operations for his illegal CIA covert action against #Venezuela.
Shame on T&T 🇹🇹 for allowing FELON trump to use its island as a staging point for his imperialislist goals.
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu...
A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: “FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
Hurricanes and military invasions are two sides of the current crisis of imperialism battering the Caribbean. The simultaneity of these events is not coincidental but shows growing convergence. Time for a global working class movement to end occupation, invasion, war, regime change. End imperialism.
‘Leave us alone’: Jemima Pierre on Haiti’s struggle for sovereignty
www.aljazeera.com/video/upfron...
Jamaica prepares for Melissa's arrival as forecasts predict over 72 hours of hurricane conditions and heavy rainfall.
Friends, colleagues: my talk tomorrow at the Islanders at the Helm Conference, "(Neo-)Liberal, Pan-African or Anti-imperialist? Reparations and Caribbean freedom at the borders of history" will be livestreamed from 9-10:20am, at the following link. Feel free to tune in.
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What Pan-Africanism Can Teach Us Now
A biography of Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah casts the post-WWII era as a Black liberation epic rather than a psychodrama between Moscow and Washington.
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