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PEOPLE-CENTRED REGIONAL INTEGRATION: AN ANSWER TO THE GLOBAL CRISIS (Video)

People from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe voice their conviction that small and not-so-small countries can better handle the interlocking global crises in finance and the economy, food, energy and clmate by rejecting the neo-liberal development model in favour of people-centred regional inrtegration. What’s keeping us back in the Caribbean?

For a New Caribbean Democracy and a Second Independence Revolution

Tennyson Joseph

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“”In the context of our fifty year experience, (let us) engage in deep reflection, take stock, take a fresh guard, in order that we can move forward with clarity, purpose and confidence.”

Earl Lovelace: Winner of the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

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The judges described Is Just a Movie as “intensely poetic and lyrical… a tapestry of island history… steeped in place and full of beautifully realised characters.” It is Lovelace’s sixth novel, following classic works such as The Dragon Can’t Dance, The Wine of Astonishment and Salt.

Racial Capitalism and the Creole Discourses of Native-,

Indo-, Afro-, and Euro-Caribbeans.

Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) 2012 Annual Meeting
UWI Trinidad July 19-21, 2012

For the Caribbean, global capitalism has always been a racial capitalism as Africans and Asians were incorporated into it as “negro workers” and “coolie laborers” in contrast to white workers, Middle Eastern retailers, and white capitalists. As the Great Recession of 2008 continues to change the inner workings of this racialized capitalist system, how have these changes affected its racial codes and hierarchies, and are the latter forcing changes in the creole discourses of the region, including our political economy? Are race/ethnic identities changing in our region at this time? For more information, click here.

Walter Rodney - Revolutionary and Scholar

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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

“Rodney’s classic study of the impact of European capitalism on the continent of Africa continues to provoke, inspire, and educate - it resonates more than ever before.” - Angela Davis.

‘Smaddification’, Affirmation and Caribbeanity, Norman Girvan

‘The Caribbean That Unites Us’: Transcript of an interview conducted at the Havana Book Fair, February 2012

2012 ALBA Prize in Literature and Arts: Call for Nominations

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