December 16, 2024
Stronger Caribbean Together, a network of farmers, activists, community members and academics focusing on Food, Land Sea and Climate Justice in the Caribbean have banded together and published a Manifesto: Stronger Caribbean Together for Regional Food, Land, Sea and Climate Justice: A Manifesto
The Stronger Caribbean Together’s mission is to empower local communities in their fight against the interconnected threats of climate change, disaster capitalism, and food insecurity through fostering knowledge, co-production, sharing effective grassroots responses, and providing legal advocacy and support.
We envision a resilient and self-sufficient Caribbean Region where local communities have the resources, knowledge, and solidarity to address the challenges posed by environmental changes, exploitative economic practices, and governance failures. Through our network, we strive to amplify the voices and experiences of marginalized communities, promote sustainable and equitable solutions, and create a digital space for transnational collaboration and learning.
The Manifesto supports these mandates through the tenets of: Food Sovereignty for Self-Determination and Decolonization, Intersectional Justice, Democratic Governance and Just ‘Development’, Unity Against Disaster Capitalism, Access to Justice, Reparations, Restoration, and Decolonization. We believe this comprehensive document will prove to be a useful tool to the betterment of Caribbean nations as we strive towards a Stronger Caribbean Together.
Contact: Dahvia Hylton
Coordinator Stronger Caribbean Together Network
+1 (876) 3657860 diskincarib@gmail.com
St. George’s, Grenada, July 20, 2024
St. George’s, Grenada, July 20, 2024 – Key environmental organizations in Grenada protest their exclusion from a crucial regional workshop on wetland conservation and climate vulnerability, hosted by Grenada’s Ministry of Agriculture from July 16-19, 2024.
This exclusion is alarming given ongoing threats to critical ecosystems like the Levera wetland and Ramsar site, especially within the context of the recent environmental catastrophe of Hurricane Beryl.
“Our absence from this vital discussion exemplifies the marginalization of grassroots environmental voices,” stated a Grenada Land Actors Inc (GLA) spokesperson, a statement supported by Friends of the Earth – Grenada. “We’ve long advocated for coastal zone protection, yet administrations consistently ignore our input.”
Notably, GLA’s efforts to engage international bodies have also been met with silence. In early 2023, GLA wrote to the Ramsar Convention Directorate regarding planned development near the Levera Ramsar site and covert boundary changes. Despite multiple follow-ups, no response has been received. The letter can be viewed at: https://grenadaland.org/blog/glas-letter-to-the-ramsar-secretariat.
The situation at Levera is particularly concerning, with approved development projects threatening permanent destruction of this protected ecosystem.
GLA is currently challenging the legality of development approvals at Levera, La Sagesse, and Mt Hartman in Grenada’s Supreme Court, with a trial set for October 2-3, 2024.
Environmental groups demand:
Grenada Land Actors is committed to fostering informed discussions and advocating for the best interests of the Grenadian people and the lands we steward together.
30 May 2024; Antigua and Barbuda
Presentation at:
4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States
Charting the Course Toward Resilient Prosperity
27-30 May 2024; Antigua and Barbuda
Presented by:
Mr. John Mussington of Stronger Caribbean Together Network (SCT) and Barbuda Land Rights & Resources Committee
May 29, 2023
The Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT) Network, is composed of regional grassroots movements, indigenous, feminist, youth, environmental and legal advocacy NGOs, plus academics and partners from within and outside the region. We came together to organize and resist the multiple and interconnected challenges people and ecosystems are exposed to all across SIDS.
From Barbuda to San Andres and Providencia, Grenada, Haiti and beyond, our members live the reality of multidimensional vulnerabilities and intersectional violence. We are witnesses to the fact that our situation is worsening because of catastrophic climate change, policies that increase social inequities, and historical injustices that have never been addressed. Our conditions are not inevitable nor natural, but the consequence of actions and inactions by governments, international partners and the private sector, and we organize and mobilize for their redressal.
In particular, communities, territories and ecosystems across the region continue to be assailed by the impact of disaster capitalism, where state, private investors and creditors are profiting from catastrophic events and the economic fragility of our countries to reap unjust rewards on the back of a politics of dispossession, enclosure and marginalization. This is happening right under our noses, here in Barbuda, since Hurricane Irma in 2017. The ABAS Renewed Declaration for Resilient Prosperity, offers a stillborn hope as long as disaster capitalism is the playbook of local and international elites.
The SCT network wants to create a space of analysis and action against this problem, animated by the aspirations of climate, food, land and reparatory justice as pillars of a transformative agenda rooted in the right to self-determination and other fundamental rights of local communities and their territories.
Through support from the Open Society Foundations, we have created a virtual space of dialogue and knowledge exchange to empower and equip organizations to challenge local disaster capitalism projects and policies. This regional and international exchange of ideas not only unifies the region but allows locals in the region to identify political, economic and historical patterns that are often construed as exceptions and seldom understood in their systemic nature. With this project we are filling 3 gaps, namely: 1. The lack of a regional network and of an opportunity to reflect on the root causes of our challenges; 2. The lack of an accessible digital space for knowledge and information sharing and 3. The limited access to legal advocacy and training.
In fact, in the case of Barbuda, with the support of Garden Court Chambers and the Global Legal Action Network, a historical legal precedent was set, with the Privy Council ruling in 2024 in favour of two ordinary citizens of Antigua and Barbuda, giving them standing in the local courts to challenge the breach of their right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. We hope that thanks to the Escazu Agreement and the recently adopted Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters, our precedent will become the norm across the entirety of the Caribbean.
The determination of Caribbean people standing stronger together is helping to preserve Barbuda’s cultural heritage and way of life but also serves as a beacon of hope for other indigenous and land defence cases, facing similar threats of exploitation, displacement, environmental disruption and pollution of water resources.
Trase Chemen Vè Pwosperite Rezilyan
27-30 me 2024; Saint John’s, Antigua ak Barbuda
Evènman Espesyal: Fowòm Sosyete Sivil SIDS4 (29 me 2024)
Prezante pa:
Mesye John Mussington nan Stronger Caribbean Together Network (SCT) ak
Me 29, 2023
Rezo Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT) konpoze de mouvman lokal rejyonal, òganizasyon defans endijèn, feminis, jèn, anviwònman ak legal, plis akademik ak patnè ki soti andedan ak deyò rejyon an. Nou mete tèt nou ansanm pou òganize ak reziste kont divès defi miltip ak konekte moun ak ekosistèm yo ekspoze atravè SIDS.
Soti nan Barbuda rive San Andres ak Providencia, Grènad, Ayiti ak pi lwen, manm nou yo viv reyalite vilnerabilite miltidimansyonèl ak vyolans entersektyonèl. Nou temwen lefèt ke sitiyasyon nou ap vin pi mal akoz chanjman klimatik katastwofik, politik ki ogmante inegalite sosyal, ak enjistis istorik ki pa janm te adrese. Kondisyon nou yo pa inevitab ni natirèl, men konsekans aksyon ak inaksyon gouvènman, patnè entènasyonal ak sektè prive yo, e nou òganize ak mobilize pou koreksyon yo.
An patikilye, kominote, teritwa ak ekosistèm atravè rejyon an kontinye sibi enpak kapitalis dezast, kote leta, envestisè prive ak kreyansye yo ap pwofite de evènman katastwofik ak fragilite ekonomik peyi nou yo pou ranmase rekonpans enjis sou do yon politik despozisyon, enklizyon ak marginalizasyon. Sa ap pase dwat devan je nou, isit la nan Barbuda, depi Siklòn Irma an 2017. Deklarasyon Renouvelman ABAS pou Pwosperite Rezilyan an ofri yon espwa mouri lè kapitalis dezast se jwe nan men elit lokal ak entènasyonal yo.
Rezo SCT vle kreye yon espas analiz ak aksyon kont pwoblèm sa a, anime pa aspirasyon pou jistis klima, manje, tè ak reparasyon kòm poto mitan yon ajanda transfòmatif ki rasin nan dwa pwòp tèt deside ak lòt dwa fondamantal kominote lokal yo ak teritwa yo.
Avèk sipò Open Society Foundations, nou te kreye yon espas vityèl dyalòg ak echanj konesans pou otorize ak ekipe òganizasyon yo pou yo defye pwojè ak politik kapitalis dezast lokal yo. Echanj lide rejyonal ak entènasyonal sa a pa sèlman ini rejyon an, men li pèmèt moun lokal nan rejyon an idantifye modèl politik, ekonomik ak istorik ki souvan entèprete kòm eksepsyon epi ki ra konprann nan nati sistèmik yo. Avèk pwojè sa a nou ap ranpli 3 vid, sètadi: 1. Mank yon rezo rejyonal ak yon opòtinite pou reflechi sou kòz fondamantal defi nou yo; 2. Mank espas dijital aksesib pou pataje konesans ak enfòmasyon ak 3. Aksè limite a defans legal ak fòmasyon.
An reyalite, nan ka Barbuda, avèk sipò Garden Court Chambers ak Global Legal Action Network, yon priyorite legal istorik te mete, avèk Desizyon Privy Council an 2024 an favè de sitwayen òdinè nan Antigua ak Barbuda, bay yo kanpe nan tribinal lokal yo pou defye vyolasyon dwa yo pou yon anviwònman an sekirite, pwòp, sante ak dirab. Nou espere ke grasa Akò Escazu ak Plan Aksyon dènyèman adopte sou Defansè Dwa Moun nan Zafè Anviwònman, priyorite nou an ap vin nòmal atravè tout Karayib la.
Detèminasyon pèp Karayib la k ap kanpe ansanm pi fò ap ede prezève eritaj kiltirèl ak mòd vi Barbuda a men tou sèvi kòm yon limyè espwa pou lòt ka defans tè endijèn, k ap fè fas ak menas menm jan an nan eksplwatasyon, deplasman, deranjman anviwònman ak polisyon resous dlo yo.
Trazando el Curso Hacia una Prosperidad Resiliente
27-30 de mayo de 2024; Saint John’s, Antigua y Barbuda
Evento Especial: Foro de la Sociedad Civil SIDS4 (29 de mayo de 2024)
Presentado por:
Sr. John Mussington de la Red Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT) y el Comité de Derechos y Recursos Territoriales de Barbuda
29 de mayo de 2024
La Red Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT) está compuesta por movimientos locales regionales, ONGs de defensa indígena, feminista, juvenil, ambiental y legal, además de académicos y socios de dentro y fuera de la región. Nos unimos para organizar y resistir los múltiples y conectados desafíos a los que se enfrentan las personas y los ecosistemas en todos los SIDS.
Desde Barbuda hasta San Andrés y Providencia, Granada, Haití y más allá, nuestros miembros viven la realidad de vulnerabilidades multidimensionales y violencia interseccional. Somos testigos de que nuestra situación está empeorando debido al cambio climático catastrófico, políticas que aumentan las inequidades sociales e injusticias históricas que nunca se han abordado. Nuestras condiciones no son inevitables ni naturales, sino la consecuencia de acciones e inacciones de los gobiernos, socios internacionales y el sector privado, y nos organizamos y movilizamos para su corrección
En particular, las comunidades, territorios y ecosistemas de toda la región continúan siendo asediados por el impacto del capitalismo de desastres, donde el Estado, los inversores privados y los acreedores están aprovechando los eventos catastróficos y la fragilidad económica de nuestros países para cosechar recompensas injustas a costa de una política de desposesión, cierre y marginación. Esto está sucediendo justo en nuestras narices, aquí en Barbuda, desde el huracán Irma en 2017. La Declaración Renovada de ABAS para una Prosperidad Resiliente ofrece una esperanza vana mientras el capitalismo de desastres sea el libro de jugadas de las élites locales e internacionales.
La red SCT quiere crear un espacio de análisis y acción contra este problema, animado por las aspiraciones de justicia climática, alimentaria, territorial y reparadora como pilares de una agenda transformadora basada en el derecho a la autodeterminación y otros derechos fundamentales de las comunidades locales y sus territorios.
Con el apoyo de Open Society Foundations, hemos creado un espacio virtual de diálogo e intercambio de conocimientos para empoderar y equipar a las organizaciones para desafiar los proyectos y políticas de capitalismo de desastres locales. Este intercambio de ideas regional e internacional no solo unifica la región, sino que también permite a los locales identificar patrones políticos, económicos e históricos que a menudo se interpretan como excepciones y rara vez se entienden en su naturaleza sistémica. Con este proyecto estamos llenando 3 vacíos, a saber: 1. La falta de una red regional y de una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre las causas profundas de nuestros desafíos; 2. La falta de un espacio digital accesible para compartir conocimientos e información y 3. El acceso limitado a la defensa legal y la formación.
De hecho, en el caso de Barbuda, con el apoyo de Garden Court Chambers y la Red Global de Acción Legal, se estableció un precedente legal histórico, con la decisión del Consejo Privado en 2024 a favor de dos ciudadanos ordinarios de Antigua y Barbuda, dándoles legitimidad en los tribunales locales para desafiar la violación de su derecho a un entorno seguro, limpio, saludable y sostenible. Esperamos que gracias al Acuerdo de Escazú y el Plan de Acción adoptado recientemente sobre los Defensores de los Derechos Humanos en Asuntos Ambientales, nuestro precedente se convierta en la norma en todo el Caribe.
La determinación del pueblo caribeño, unidos más fuertes, está ayudando a preservar el patrimonio cultural y el modo de vida de Barbuda, pero también sirve como un faro de esperanza para otros casos de defensa indígena y de tierras, enfrentando amenazas similares de explotación, desplazamiento, alteración ambiental y contaminación de los recursos hídricos.
9 January 2024; Antigua and Barbuda
November 1, 2023
23 August 2023
August 23, 2023
The Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT) network, a regional solidarity network for food, land and climate justice, consisting of frontline community organizations across the Caribbean, expresses its solidarity with the people of Maui, and specifically those of Lāhainā Town. We mourn the tragedy of over a hundred lives lost and thousands of families devastated by the wildfires that started on August 8, 2023. We recognize that the socio-ecological and local vulnerabilities exposed by the multidimensional fire hazard are expressly connected to the island’s environmentally destructive colonial legacy. And we also recognize that the ongoing trends of disaster capitalism are intimately tied to extractive tourism models and other unsustainable development pathways impacting Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
We seek to amplify the petition by Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action calling on “Maui County Council, Maui Mayor Bissen, Hawai‘i State Legislators, and Governor Josh Green to stop land grabs in Lāhainā and commit to a just recovery.” SCT decries the actions of local governments, agencies, and private business interests that seek to use this tragedy to secure profits out of the insecurity and displacement of the indigenous people of Maui who have lost their homes and loved ones and are in imminent danger of losing their heritage.
Like the people of Maui, we have all in the past few decades been faced with instances of controversial and contested displacements by states and private interests in the wake of natural hazards, such as hurricanes and earthquakes. From the archipelagic islands of Colombia to Puerto Rico, Barbuda, and Dominica, we have been at the forefront of the struggle against ruthless efforts to use these hazards as an opportunity to grab land, encroach on territories, and further destabilize the lives of the people most impacted by the natural hazards.
In the case of Barbuda, this was acutely seen in 2017 when Hurricane Irma made landfall on the island nation. Following the mandatory relocation imposed after the hurricane, the Antiguan and Barbudan central government administration restricted Barbudans from visiting and returning home. In the meantime, North American and regional private interests were given the opportunity to start an ongoing land grab in violation of Barbudan communal land laws, basic human rights, and the premises of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. The impetus to similar inimical development activity also occurred in Grenada after Hurricane Ivan in 2004, (with the development of the much-criticized Citizen by Investment (CBI) program there and in other Caribbean islands), in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, and in the Colombian island of Providencia following hurricane Iota in 2020.
We view what is occurring in Maui as another instance where government and private interests are reported as acting to make a tragic event worse through policy decisions that would ensure the further erosion of people’s ability to recover and maintain the possession of their lands and preserve their cultural heritage and way of life. Once more, climate injustice is driven by the coloniality within human decisions and political actions grounded in exclusionary elite biases.
We, the undersigned, recognize that the power of disaster capitalism to dispossess the people of Maui and other climate fragile territories will not cease until the people unite in opposition to these forces. They must share their experiences, learn from each other, be recognised as core actors in the reconstruction process, and be given adequate financial support according to the international principles of climate justice, loss and damage, and common but differentiated responsibilities.
We stand strong and in solidarity with the Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Actions so that the groups and individuals addressed in their petition do all that they have to do to meet the needs of Lāhainā’s residents. This is imperative so that they can resume their lives and be given the autonomy and resources to build a resilient community rooted in their own values and interests that will help ensure that such tragedies and unnatural disasters do not re-occur on their lands and destroy their lives and their heritage and culture.
23 out 2023 — Karayib la Pi Fò Ansanm, yon rezo solidarite rejyonal nan zafè lamanjay, tè ak jistis klima, ki gen ladan òganizasyon kominotè ki pi angaje atravè Karayib la, eksprime solidarite li ak moun yo nan Maui, espesyalman sa yo ki nan Lāhainā Town. Nou kriye pou gwo katastwòf kote plis pase 100 moun lavi pèdi yo epi plizyè milye fanmi devaste akoz yon dife sovaj ki te kòmanse 8 out 2023. Nou rekonèt frajilite lokal yo sou plan sosyal ak ekolojik epi ki gen rapò ak risk pou dife pete, yon risk ki genyen plizyè fasèt, se rezilta yon eritaj kolonyal ki kraze anviwònman zile a. Nou rekonèt tou tandans kapitalis katastwòf la jounen jodi a makonnen ak modèl touris ekstraktivis (piyajè) a ak lòt wout pou yon devlopman ki pa dirab ki genyen gwo konsekans sou ti zile ki ap chèche devlope tèt yo.
Nou ap chache ranfòse petisyon Alyans Awayi pou Aksyon Pwogresis la ki mande pou Konsèy depatman Maui, Majistra Maui Bissen, palmantè leta Awayi a ak Gouvènè Josh Green sispann fè dappiyanp sou tè nan Lāhainā epi pou yo pran angajman pou retabli yon sitiyasyon ki chita sou jistis. Karayib la Pi Fò Ansanm denonse aksyon gouvènman lokal yo, ajans yo, ak enterè biznis prive ki ap chache itilize katastwòf sa a pou fè pwofi sou ensekirite ak deplasman pèp endijèn nan Maui ki te pèdi byen yo ak kay yo epi ki genyen pandye sou tèt yo yon risk pou yo pèdi eritaj yo.
Menm jan ak moun ki nan Maui, nou tout te fè fas kare pandan dènye deseni ki sot pase yo ak kèk ka deplasman san lejitimite leta ak enterè prive yo egzèse apre yon katastwòf natirèl, tankou siklòn ak tranblemanntè. Soti nan zile Kolonbi pou rive Pòto RiKo, Babad ak Ladominik, nou te devan nan lit kont efò san fwa ni lwa yo ap fè pou sèvi ak katastwòf sa yo kòm yon opòtinite pou fè dappiyanp sou tè, okipe teritwa epi destabilize pi plis toujou lavi moun ki plis afekte nan katastwòf natirèl sa yo.
Nan ka Babad, sitiyasyon an te anvlimen nan lane 2017 lè Siklòn Irma te frape zile a. Apre deplasman obligatwa ki te genyen apre siklòn nan, administrasyon santral Antigwa ak Babad te limite vizit yo ak deplasman pou sitwayen yo retounen lakay yo. Nan sitiyasyon sa a, enterè prive nan peyi Etazini ak nan rejyon yo te jwenn okazyon pou yo kòmanse yon pwosesis dappiyanp sou tè yon fason ki depaman ak lwa kominal sou tè nan Babad, ki depaman ak dwa moun fondamantal yo epi ki depaman ak estrateji pou diminye dezòd klimatik yo epi adapte nou ak yo. Aktivite devlopman sanginè konsa te pran vitès nan peyi Grenad apre Siklòn Ivan nan lane 2004 (avèk pwogram anpil moun te kritike ki rele Sitwayen atravè Envestisman – CBI an anglè – nan zile a ak nan lòt zile nan Karayib la). Pwogram sa yo te pran vitès tou nan Pòto Riko apre Siklòn Maria nan 2017 ak nan zile Kolonbyen Providencia apre siklòn Iota nan lane 2020.
Nou konsidere sa ki rive nan Maui a tankou yon lòt egzanp kote gouvènman an ak enterè prive yo ap aji pou anvlimen yon katastwòf avèk desizyon politik ki kontribye nan degrade kapasite moun yo pou yo ta reprann epi kenbe moso tè yo epi konsève eritaj kiltirèl ak mòd lavi yo. Yon fwa ankò, enjistis klimatik la se rezilta desizyon moun ak aksyon politik ki chita sou mantalite kolonyal ak prejije eksklizyon gwoup dominan yo.
Nou rekonèt kapasite kapitalis katastwòf la genyen pou li deposede moun yo nan Maui ak lòt teritwa frajil sou plan klimatik p ap sispann jiskaske tout zile yo ini yo anfòs fòs sa yo. Yo dwe pataje eksperyans yo, aprann youn ak lòt, yo dwe rekonèt yo se aktè fondamantal nan pwosesis rekonstriksyon an epi yo dwe resevwa bon jan sipò finansye dapre prensip entènasyonal yo nan jistis klima, pèt ak domaj, ak responsablite komen men ki diferan.
Nou kanpe fèm ak Alyans Awayi pou Aksyon Pwogresis la yon fason pou gwoup ak moun non yo site nan petisyon an fè tout sa yo yo kapab pou satisfè bezwen moun Lāhainā. Se yon obligasyon pou yo reprann lavi yo epi pou yo jwenn otonomi ak resous nesesè pou yo bati yon kominote rezistan ki baze sou pwòp valè ak enterè yo, sa ki pral ede evite katastwòf sa yo ki pa natirèl repwodui sou moso tè abitan zile yo epi detwi lavi yo, eritaj yo ak kilti yo.
Haitian Creole Translation by Képler Aurélien, Coordinator of Inter-Organizational Exchanges and Systematization at Institut Culturel Karl Lévêque
23 de Agosto 2023—La red Stronger Caribbean Together (SCT), una red regional de solidaridad por la justicia alimentaria, territorial y climática, formada por organizaciones comunitarias de primera línea de todo el Caribe, expresa su solidaridad con el pueblo de Maui, y en concreto con los de Lāhainā Town. Lloramos la tragedia de más de cien vidas perdidas y miles de familias devastadas por los incendios forestales que comenzaron el 8 de agosto de 2023. Reconocemos que las vulnerabilidades socioecológicas y locales expuestas por el riesgo multidimensional de incendios están expresamente relacionadas con el legado colonial de la isla, destructivo para el medio ambiente. Y también reconocemos que las tendencias actuales del capitalismo del desastre están íntimamente ligadas a los modelos de turismo extractivo y a otras vías de desarrollo insostenible que afectan a los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (PEID).
Pretendemos ampliar la petición de la Alianza Hawaiana para la Acción Progresista que pide “al Consejo del Condado de Maui, al alcalde de Maui Bissen, a los legisladores del Estado de Hawai y al gobernador Josh Green que detengan el acaparamiento de tierras en Lāhainā y se comprometan a una recuperación justa”. SCT condena las acciones de los gobiernos locales, las agencias y los intereses empresariales privados que pretenden utilizar esta tragedia para asegurarse beneficios a costa de la inseguridad y el desplazamiento de los indígenas de Maui que han perdido sus hogares y a sus seres queridos y están en peligro inminente de perder su patrimonio.
Al igual que los habitantes de Maui, todos nos hemos enfrentado en las últimas décadas a casos de desplazamientos controvertidos e impugnados por parte de estados e intereses privados a raíz de amenazas naturales, como huracanes y terremotos. Desde las islas archipelágicas de Colombia hasta Puerto Rico, Barbuda y Dominica, hemos estado a la vanguardia de la lucha contra los despiadados intentos de utilizar estos peligros como una oportunidad para acaparar tierras, usurpar territorios y desestabilizar aún más la vida de las personas más afectadas por los peligros naturales.
En el caso de Barbuda, esto se vio claramente en 2017, cuando el huracán Irma tocó tierra en la isla. Tras la reubicación obligatoria impuesta después del huracán, la administración del gobierno central de Antigua y Barbuda restringió a los barbudenses la visita y el regreso a casa. Mientras tanto, los intereses privados norteamericanos y regionales tuvieron la oportunidad de iniciar un acaparamiento de tierras que viola las leyes sobre tierras comunales de Barbados, los derechos humanos básicos y las premisas de las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático. El impulso a una actividad de desarrollo hostil similar también se produjo en Granada tras el huracán Iván en 2004, (con el desarrollo del muy criticado programa Ciudadano por Inversión (CBI) allí y en otras islas del Caribe), en Puerto Rico tras el huracán María en 2017, y en la isla colombiana de Providencia tras el huracán Iota en 2020.
Consideramos que lo que está ocurriendo en Maui es otro caso en el que se informa de que el Gobierno y los intereses privados actúan para empeorar un suceso trágico mediante decisiones políticas que garantizarían una mayor erosión de la capacidad de las personas para recuperar y mantener la posesión de sus tierras y preservar su patrimonio cultural y su forma de vida. Una vez más, la injusticia climática se ve impulsada por la colonialidad de las decisiones humanas y las acciones políticas basadas en los prejuicios excluyentes de las élites.
Reconocemos que el poder del capitalismo del desastre para desposeer a la gente de Maui y otros territorios climáticamente frágiles no cesará hasta que la gente se una en oposición a estas fuerzas. Deben compartir sus experiencias, aprender unos de otros, ser reconocidos como actores fundamentales en el proceso de reconstrucción y recibir el apoyo financiero adecuado de acuerdo con los principios internacionales de justicia climática, pérdidas y daños, y responsabilidades comunes pero diferenciadas.
Nos mantenemos firmes y solidarios con la Alianza Hawaiana para las Acciones Progresistas para que los grupos e individuos a los que se dirige su petición hagan todo lo que tengan que hacer para satisfacer las necesidades de los residentes de Lāhainā. Esto es imperativo para que puedan reanudar sus vidas y se les dé la autonomía y los recursos para construir una comunidad resistente arraigada en sus propios valores e intereses que ayude a garantizar que tales tragedias y desastres antinaturales no vuelvan a ocurrir en sus tierras, destruyan sus vidas y su patrimonio y cultura.
Showcasing stories of Caribbean organizations at the foreground of the struggle against disaster capitalism in the Caribbean. Our network of participants in the Greater Caribbean region connect, learn, share their hands on responses to the impacts of the twin threats of the climate crisis and disaster capitalism in our region.
Bernard Lodge Farmers Group
WAVE (Progressive Reform Movement)
Tèt Kole
Global Challenges Research Fund
Open Society Foundations
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In the tumultuous aftermath of disasters, it is easy to feel isolated and alone, but you are not.
We, a network of Caribbean-wide community organizers who stand in solidarity with those affected the twin threats of the climate crises and disaster capitalism, a phenomenon that exacerbates the suffering of vulnerable communities.
We want you to know that your stories matter. We are here to listen, to support, and to amplify your voices.
We believe that together, we can challenge the forces of disaster capitalism and advocate for more sustainable, inclusive and equitable decision-making.
Join us in solidarity. Share your experiences and let’s build strong communities that thrive together.
As the wider world braces for the climate change, Caribbean communities are already struggling with its effects. Small local communities, small scale farmers and coastal communities are disproportionately affected. Political decisions, power dynamics and laws often compound the catastrophes and silence bottom up solutions.
There are ways in which you can help.
