Africa and West Indies Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/history/africa-and-west-indies/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:16:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Africa and West Indies Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/history/africa-and-west-indies/ 32 32 22825446 Pan-Africanism and Communism: An Interview with Hakim Adi https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:16:05 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6864 The following interview of Hakim Adi by Selim Nadi first appeared in Salvage.Zone on March 2, 2018, and is reposted by permission. Hakim Adi is known globally as a historian and exponent of African liberation. He is author of the book “Pan-Africanism and Communism” (Africa World Press). Subheads have been added by the blog editor. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/19/pan-africanism-and-communism-an-interview-with-hakim-adi/feed/ 5 6864 An Appeal from Senegal: End U.S. Blockade of Cuba https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/27/appeal-from-senegal/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/27/appeal-from-senegal/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:32:10 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=6009 The Confederation for Democracy and Socialism, an alliance of five groups based in Senegal, has released the following call for an end to the 59-year-old blockade maintained by the United States against Cuba. Translation from the original French by Ameth Lô (GRILA). “Cuba is a firm and reliable friend of Africa and Africans,” note the […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/08/27/appeal-from-senegal/feed/ 0 6009 50 Years Ago: Caribbean Black Power Activists Weigh Prospects for Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/21/50-years-ago-caribbean-black-power-activists-weigh-prospects-for-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/21/50-years-ago-caribbean-black-power-activists-weigh-prospects-for-revolution/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:15:46 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5682 Part 3 of “The 1970 Black Power Upsurge in Trinidad: A Commemoration” Fifty years ago, in February-April 1970, a mass revolutionary upsurge shook the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It was the coming of age of the Black Power Movement in the Caribbean. The following article gives my assessment of these events at that time. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/21/50-years-ago-caribbean-black-power-activists-weigh-prospects-for-revolution/feed/ 0 5682 Africa Amid the Pandemic https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/15/africa-amid-the-pandemic/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/15/africa-amid-the-pandemic/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:23:53 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5671 GRILA Comments on the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Condition of the Continent and a Pan-African Response Published by the Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa (GRILA) This observation and the views that follow, addressed primarily to Pan-Africanists, are intended to outline our present condition and inspire political will among decision-makers responsible for […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/04/15/africa-amid-the-pandemic/feed/ 1 5671 The 1970 Black Power Upsurge in the Caribbean: A Commemoration https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/26/the-1970-black-power-upsurge-in-the-caribbean-a-commemoration/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/26/the-1970-black-power-upsurge-in-the-caribbean-a-commemoration/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:46:55 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5589 Fifty years ago, in February-April 1970, the spark of Black student militancy in Montreal set off a mass popular upsurge in Trinidad and Tobago. It was the coming of age of the Black Power Movement in the Caribbean. A few week later, I set out for Trinidad along with Tony Thomas, a U.S.-based socialist and […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/26/the-1970-black-power-upsurge-in-the-caribbean-a-commemoration/feed/ 0 5589 50 years ago: The rise of Black Power in Canada https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/27/50-years-ago-the-birth-of-black-power-in-canada/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/27/50-years-ago-the-birth-of-black-power-in-canada/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2019 20:17:46 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5220 January 29, 1969: Montreal students occupy computer lab to protest campus racism Black Power in the Caribbean: Contents The article that follows is the first installment of a four-part series, “Black Power in the Caribban”, the subsequent parts of which were published in 2020. “The Rise of Black Power in Canada: The 1969 Student Protest […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/27/50-years-ago-the-birth-of-black-power-in-canada/feed/ 2 5220 The Sankara experience (1983-87): A model for our future   https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/24/the-sankara-experience-1983-87-a-model-for-our-future/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/24/the-sankara-experience-1983-87-a-model-for-our-future/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:25:23 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5119 For Part 1 of this article, see ‘The long march to post-capitalist transition: Pan-Africanist perspectives‘ By Ameth Lô: During the period following the national liberation movements, the revolution in Burkina Faso stands out as the most relevant case of an attempt to break away from the colonial/capitalist system. This revolution drew its strength from both its […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/24/the-sankara-experience-1983-87-a-model-for-our-future/feed/ 0 5119 The long march to post-capitalist transition: Pan-Africanist perspectives https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/22/the-long-march-to-post-capitalist-transition-pan-africanist-perspectives/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/22/the-long-march-to-post-capitalist-transition-pan-africanist-perspectives/#respond Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:21:26 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5110 By Ameth Lô: The centenary of the October 1917 Russian revolution, a world-shaking historic event, was the occasion for celebration throughout the world. Many diverse interpretations are advanced as to its success in achieving a radical transformation of society, in terms both of its history and its overall impact. Nonetheless, there is no denying that this […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/22/the-long-march-to-post-capitalist-transition-pan-africanist-perspectives/feed/ 0 5110 The Comintern’s 1922 initiative for global Black liberation https://johnriddell.com/2018/05/08/the-cominterns-1922-initiative-for-global-black-liberation/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/05/08/the-cominterns-1922-initiative-for-global-black-liberation/#comments Tue, 08 May 2018 20:28:30 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5057 Excerpt from proceedings of the Communist International’s Fourth Congress, 1922 In November 1922, two Black Communists of the African Black Brotherhood, a revolutionary organization based in the U.S., introduced the first resolution on global Black liberation ever adopted by a Marxist organization. Here are the speeches of the two delegates, Otto Huiswoud and Claude McKay, […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/05/08/the-cominterns-1922-initiative-for-global-black-liberation/feed/ 1 5057 30th commemoration of the assassination of Thomas Sankara https://johnriddell.com/2017/10/02/30th-commemoration-of-the-assassination-of-thomas-sankara/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/10/02/30th-commemoration-of-the-assassination-of-thomas-sankara/#respond Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:30:24 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4665 The following invitation has been circulated by the Toronto Chapter of GRILA, Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa. Which way forward for Africa and the Caribbean? Toronto, 14 October 2017, 6:30 p.m., 777 Bathurst St. Thomas Sankara, Pan-African revolutionary and former President of Burkina Faso (1983-1987) had a vision for the […]

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