Meaningful reparations, restoration and decolonization are three essential concepts that must be upheld to address historical and ongoing injustices faced by Caribbean communities.
Author Archives: Samiyyah Andrewin
Access to justice
Access to justice The struggle for a fair and equitable society in the Caribbean depends on the guarantee of effective, universal and safe access to justice. Although social transformation cannot only happen via courts, access to justice and adequate responses can play a crucial role in ensuring that historically vulnerable individuals and communities can swiftly …
United Against Disaster Capitalism (2024 Manifesto)
United Against Disaster Capitalism The whole of the Caribbean accounts for less than 10% of the annual greenhouse gas emissions and have contributed with just a fraction of the historical contamination. However, the countries and the people of the Caribbean are at the forefront of the violence of climate change and extreme weather events. The …
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Democratic Governance and Just ‘Development’
Democratic Governance and Just ‘Development’ The Caribbean has been at the core of the colonialist project, the heart of racial capitalism and the universalization of unecological and violent visions for the people and the planet. For centuries, communities and territories were excluded from the decision-making processes and deprived of their right to self-determination. This has …
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Intersectional Justice for the Caribbean
Intersectional Justice for the Caribbean Intersectional justice indicates the need to recognize racism as a structural component of the capitalist system, but not the only form of oppression experienced by people racialized as non-white. Along with race, individuals and groups may be discriminated against on the basis of gender, class, physical capacity and other visible …
Food Sovereignty for Self-Determination and Decolonization
No region and no people will be free and autonomous until food sovereignty as “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems” is attained.
Delayed Justice, Lasting Damage: Grenada’s Environmental Legal Struggle
Legal remediation is often the only way for concerned citizens to ensure their voices will be heard, but it often proves slow and prohibitively expensive. The Grenadian case, ongoing since March 2021, exemplifies these challenges.
A Call Unheard Open Letter by Concerned Citizens of Dominica Ignored
A Call Unanswered: Open Letter by Concerned Citizens of Dominica Ignored as Marina Construction Moves Forward Across our region, we share a troubling trend: governments forge ahead with potentially high-risk projects deaf to public concerns and dismissive of homegrown expertise. Public participation in environmental decision-making is not just a democratic ideal—it’s a necessity for sustainable …
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Island City Labs
Island City Lab is a Caribbean network of civic thinkers taking on the unique challenges and critical urban issues of island cities with context-driven solutions with lived and learned expertise
Barbuda Council Decries Central Governments Attempts to Fractionate Communal Lands
Barbuda Council Decries Central Government’s Attempts to Fractionate Communal Lands The Barbuda Council’s call for a boycott against the government’s land adjudication process, which seeks to dismantle their island’s traditional communal land system, which has sustained and united Barbadians for generations. Facebook WhatsApp Why Communal Land Systems Matter Shared Prosperity and Security: Communal ownership ensures …
