How Britain Sabotaged The Caribbean
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- The Caribbean is best known for its sun, sea, & sand, but as we explore its storied past and highlight the violent and enduring impact of British colonial rule throughout, we'll have to take on the burning question of reparations & liberation for our resilient people.
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Introduction - 0:00
The History of British Oppression & Sabotage - 2:56
Post-Emancipation Struggle - 5:06
The West Indies Federation - 15:11
Independence? - 19:10
Reparations? Yes & No - 22:26
Outro - 24:57
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How Britain Underdeveloped The Caribbean by Hilary Beckles
As a Bahamian, I have to make my obligatory Anti-British post. The Caribbean was the richest region before the voracious and rapacious European appetite
Richest region compared to what, the mainland had great empires, Europe, India and China were all stunningly wealthy in comparison. If there was an injustice it wasn't relating to wealth but rather that the natives would never live to today to enjoy wealth of any kind with the modern inhabitants being composed of the colonists and their imported labour.
@@vorynrosethorn903 wut?
that's historically revisionist and chauvinistic. The typical "My people were rich and perfect" before outsiders screwed everything up". "Before the rapacious European appetite" was also before black presence in the Caribbean, so unless you're implying hunter-gatherer indigenous populations we're the 'richest region', you're flat out wrong.
@@aintnoslice3422 he didn't claim the region was perfect, just that it was richest. After British colonialism, it was certainly poorer for the vast majority of the population.
@@samovarsa2640 The thing is that it was never the richest region historically and if we are going off net wealth alone then it was richest when it was being exploited for the sugar trade and that was during what op himself would probably consider the worse time in its history because of the brutality involved and the fact that the wealth went to the owners of the plantations many of whom didn’t even live in the Caribbean.
They probably were more sophisticated than the colonists bothered to note but the native people were hardly an economic power given what much of the rest of the world was like, though there is always the possibility that they had trade ties to the mainland and it would make sense if they did, its just an odd claim is all.
Not only was the Caribbean underdeveloped, it was de-developed. People in the Caribbean didn’t have trouble surviving in their societies before those societies, their ways of life, and their ecology was destroyed.
If the caribbean is underdeveloped is because we kept putting the wrong people in power and this is something that troubled me as an Antigua...even till this my country is still suffer from Bird regime and the corrupt government the left behind.
@@gloriathomas3245 interesting the immediate interest to excuse corruption sponsored by Europe and USA
Colonialism never ended, it just got to be so powerful that those who benefit the most from if no longer needed to appear to own the land they extract wealth from.
Completely. Just an effective rebranding. Coup d’état now is Rhine change, invasion is now liberation, etc.
Slavery in the US never ended either. We just modified our prison system to serve the same function.
Isn't northern ireland just a colony of britain?
@@yerdasellsavon9232 Yeah true, new colonies are no longer needed but old ones are still existing. Most the countries that act as global centres of capitalism retain old Colonies sadly and Northern Ireland like much of the Caribbean is among them.
Colonialism did end but was replaced by neocolonialism
I was just complaining about British imperialism affecting the Caribbean. Ready to watch another Andrew classic.
Another thing, men love to say we (Trinidad and Tobago) waste oil/gas money but as a guy who lived near Point Lisas it wasn't us who benefited the most from our resources but transnational cooperations. Another symptom of imperialism.
We couldn't even refine our own oil since we had to bring oil to run Petrotrin. BP and Shell taking it and giving us scraps...
Sounds a lot like globalism.
@@vorynrosethorn903 What are you doing in this comment section? You seem to just be repeating fascistic talking points in reply to every other comment.
@@AriaSencha probably an alex Jones type, annoying af. Or just a troll, also annoying af lol
As the grandson of a brave man from Barbados that came to Panama to build the canal... It was amazing to hear the story of my ancestors. Thank you very much.
For any folks interested in exploring the nature of the underdevelopment of the global south by capitalist states like Britain, France, and the US, “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” by Walter Rodney is an invaluable resource. We must first identify and understand the mechanisms of our underdevelopment if we are ever to throw off its yoke.
Great video Andrewism! I'm from Ireland and we have been colonised by Britain for over 800 years. I say "have been" because Northern Ireland is still under British occupation. Ireland was the first country the British colonised and was very strategic for them as it was here that they carried out many of their inhumane practices which would eventually be replicated in their colonies around the world. What they did in the Carribbean was vile beyond words, the results of which we're still seeing today. Solidarity from Ireland!
Lol blah blah blah you poor Ireland....
You do realize you are whyte, just like them?
Irish can never compare to the struggles of POCs. And to bring it up in the same sentence is the utmost racism.
@@millykendrill5301 the Irish were literally genocided, not every victim of the british were genocided.
@@millykendrill5301 No need to drive wedges between the oppressed and the working class. As this video mentioned, it has always been a tool of the capitalist class.
The first to be colonised? The Welsh would like a word with you, they got genocided centuries before, what we see now is a literal shadow.
The fact remains that the ‘British’ didn’t colonise anything, the upper class did. Normal people in the UK didn’t benefit from the various genocides their upper class forced upon them and the rest of the world, in order to escape the hellhole that was Britain people signed themselves into literal slavery, entire villages were arrested and deported to the colonies, they didn’t want to go and most died for the chance to escape the tyranny of the upper class.
Bri' 'ere.
Completely and utterly agree w this.
The argument for British reparations is undefeatable.
To the Caribbean, to Kenya, to India and Ireland and too many nations to name.
Solidarity forever.
does Haiti owe reparations to the Dominican Republic for its action and exploitation in the 19th century? Do West and Central African states owe reparations to Black Americans for their supplying role in the transatlantic slave-trade? Do Liberians descended from American slaves owe reparations to the indigenous Liberian population?
@@aintnoslice3422 go away
annoying person
@@aintnoslice3422 cool whataboutism
@@aintnoslice3422 too long didn’t read
@@aintnoslice3422 The scale and consequences of British colonialism in the modern world are incomparable to other examples that may have affected it to be in the state its today, and you know what I mean.
The title reminds me of the book by Guyanese Marxist, Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" :) You've read that?
Btw, so interesting to watch these analyses of history and current conditions in Caribbean and Latin American couutries from an anarchist perspective. Would love more of that!
Peace from Denmark!
I love this book. I need to revist it.
Huh, two similar titles... compare 22:27 - _How Britain Underdeveloped the Caribbean_ by Beckles.
Amazing video!
The way the teeth were systematically removed from the independence movements, reducing them from one of self determination and justice seeking to a new, colourblind nationalistic endeavour was also something to behold.
In Jamaica for example, East Indians and Africans had fought in the struggle side by side until the authorities separated them and put Indians above Africans. It was necessary for the powers that be to distract the people away from any racial/ethnic consciousness, as that had been a key characteristic of all the major political rebellions up until then and was a real threat to the status quo. It didn’t work entirely but it worked enough
"West Indies need to take personal responsibility and take loans" - I said a profane Trinibagoian phrase that I cannot type here when I heard that quote...
You could say the same for the US and or Spain and the Philippines, the US and or France for Vietnam, Belgium for the Congo, etc ...
It's terrifying how many places have been almost completely ruined by just a couple of European nations.
@Haku Yuki adding a neutral view I love that ole chap
@@hakuyuki6859quick question. Can you define “well developed”? And how would this development benefit the region when the money and wealth extracted from that region was sent to Europe ( or Spain, France and the USA) ?
@@hakuyuki6859 you deflected. You did not answer my question. Please answer them.
I would like to see a video about American/Spaniard/Dutch/French colonialism and Imperialism in the Caribbean
Yessss please!!!! As a Caribbean (D.R.), would love to see this. I'm only aware of Dominican history and I feel like the Dominican school system only taught "the positive outcomes" (but is is positive though??) Of Spanish colonialism 🙃
Me too
For real, as someone from the Spanish Caribbean I got to admit i felt a little bit left out in this video, hope he covers some of Our history in his book
@@Sew_OzzyWar_Made_This Seems like some serious education reform needs to take place in Dominican Republic. Why are they whitewashing all those colonial atrocities? Is racism that bad there? What about Indigenous rights?
Yep. The history of other European imperial states often get overlooked
Rewatching this video every time I see someone say rip elizabeth ii
I usually hate “as a” comments but I don’t have the mental capacity to say more. As a Trinidadian American I really appreciate this video and channel - there is so much rich history in the Caribbean that seems to be never spoken about
Anybody back here after the news bout Lizzy?
GCSE History taught me "Actually the British were one of the FIRST COUNTRIES TO OUTLAW SLAVERY ☺️☺️☺️☺️"
Great education. 10/10.
Technically England and that was mostly just that the Normans liked money as much as they liked messing with the existing Anglo-Saxon structures.
Britain however was the place that basically strongarmed most of the rest of the world into ending it or joining the anti-slavery club for moral points and opportunities to justifiably mess in the domestic policies of 3rd world nations. Doing so as often to their detriment (not backing up the confederates and thereby weakening the US, also it often caused tensions with local elites) as to their benefit (a we get to engage in open imperialism with full public support card, also allowed them to take over a few places when they were stupid enough to say no to the gunboats about ending the practice).
Ah yes, the old moral high ground. Don't forget that Britain's colonization and destruction in Nigeria was justified on the homefront by "abolishing slavery in Africa."
@@sean668 I literally said it was used as a justification for further colonialism. But people who act like they didn’t at least live up to the promise of ruining the livelihood of slavetraders across the world seem like the ones claiming the moral highground considering they lack the commitment to bring any substantial positive changes to the world and seem instead committed to pile up the mud of others misdeeds as though they can stand atop it pretend to be taller than their achievements.
I don’t think I’ve met anyone as committed to do what is necessary to scrub away evil as the victorians, but the world today is full to the brim with people with similar sins.
@@sean668 and don't forget that colonialization happened and slavery still exists because of humans believing in the violent authority of other humans who cause no harm.
There are currently open air slave markets in Libya. Do you care about those? Oh wait, I doubt it this all just a way of saying you hate white people...
no one is free until everyone is free.
very true...
No one will ever be free, the best you can do is pick something to serve least you become a slave to your own particular vice.
@@vorynrosethorn903 not in a capitalist system, self-employment and off-grid eco-living is the closest one can get
@@kimwarburton8490 You can chose were you work, what you work in and how you work but unless you live in a lax welfare state or have a genuine reason you largely can chose not to work, or rather you can but most people wouldn’t consider it worth it given the costs. Even self employment is still work, just with yourself as the boss and the self sufficient lifestyle does not free you from obligations, it just puts their management into your hands.
I’m not entirely sure what you mean by the capitalist system as everyone seems to have their own definition of which means that people can use the same words to make valid criticism or to attack basic economic principals with no idea that they are basically saying we should try square wheels because the round ones don’t go fast enough. I still bump into people who think barter is better than currency.
My point wasn’t really materialist but nevermind, if I get into different concepts of freedom I’ll never shut up.
@@vorynrosethorn903 One can never truly be free believing in the authority of man
Amazing video! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Anything for the liberation of our islands! 🇩🇴🇩🇴 the fight still continues
"i don't think it's possible to quantify the harms caused by something as unquantifyable as the genocide instution of slavery" 🔥🔥🔥
Hey! My country was ruled by the French and British, seven times *each* (Britain, of course, had the last win) before gaining "independence" . So this is extra interesting to me. 😁
Maurice island ? Seychelles ? Vanuatu ? Cameroun ?
Another absolutely amazing video. I am impressed with your ability to make these more and more information dense while keeping them accessible. Also really enjoyed the rejoinder against monetary reparations in favor of revolution at the end.
Ghanaian anti-imperialist born in Bri’an, Normal Island, the Disunited Kingdom. Thanks for a thoroughly critical, engaging, and straight talking video. Empire never ended, it rebranded.
Fantastic video. Thank you for your work. You're helping me and many others unlearn harmful bullshit and learn actual peoples' history. Can't thank you enough.
Sometimes it looks like history is just a long series of opportunities to do the right thing, ignored.
Thank you for your video!
I am older than you, but I have seen what you are talking about, not only here in the Caribbean but also throughout Latin America.
Neo-colonialism and capitalism have ravaged everyone in the Latin American and Caribbean region and those responsible are the UK and the US.
Not content with the damage they have inflicted in th past, they continue to impose sanctions unilaterally and unjustly on other countries.
The day cannot come too soon when capitalism falls.
Every one of Andrew’s videos is a certified hit. Keep doing amazing work!
Listen, I appreciate you for doing this. We can’t find this information so eloquently written and spoken. Thank you for this
Another incredible essay as always. Thank you so much for your labor!
Just discovering your channel through this vid. I’m ecstatic to find a channel with this type of content being produced by a Caribbean. A needed voice for the chorus. Peace 🇵🇦
Thank you for this look into how colonialism destabilizes countries long term and all your other videos on capitalism's exploitative nature across the world. Your commentary in this video on how migration doesn't serve as a complete solution and the unquantifiable healing beyond mere monetary reparations for injustice over generations has served as the final nail in the coffin in my developing realizations about the suffering capitalism reaps upon many, even post-immigration.
Previous to discovering your channel, in light of the suffering my family has gone through due to war and poverty from a nation that has suffered from imperialism and its exploits, I had been trying to apply a band-aid (via wanting to provide therapy on an individual basis) to a problem I did not realize was systemic. My family had migrated away from the dangers of their home country and extolled to me the virtue of the new country we were in, capitalist though it was, since we were not under as great of a degree of threat. However, the great degree of mental trauma and how it has affected my family line generationally has not been removed with migration nor the increased financial security (even that "security" is precarious and still drains my family members of their wellbeing).
Though I am feeling increasingly grim over the massive healing of trauma that will hound generations even if we find more secure footing beyond capitalism's system, your insight and ability to bring to light new narratives and ideas for the future is inspiring! Thank you again for sharing your knowledge, it has been an incredible resource in helping me expand my limited ideas of how I can help heal generations in my own future family line and support those struggling more sustainably.
Never learned about any of this in school... gee, wonder why! I am so thankful for these kinds of vidoes from you and other creators.
Can’t wait for the book! Thanks for another great video.
Oh my God, I fully support your upcoming book and will definitely be buying. Even if it will only be available in T&T, best believe me a boom pon mi eyelash and reach fi get the book. Much love, Andrew
An incredibly insightful work you've done here. I'll be first in line to buy your book. Really looking forward to it.
Thank you so much Andrew, I didn't know a lot of this and I'll put the book on my list.
I love how you use artwork from the era that depicts what you are saying. Fuck all forms of colonialism! Best regards and much love from Puerto Rico. Keep doing what you're doing, my Caribbean brother! ✊️
Very informative. Love the fire in your voice.
Your voice is amazing! Probably my favorite voice over channel
Wow this one was powerful and extremely informative with the history of the Caribbean islands passionately executed perfectly to spread the message of peace, liberation,and truth to not only the uneducated but the world. Bigup yuhself breddren nuff reespek.
Great video, great message and very informative.
That was deep and comprehensive.👌🏾👏🏿
Great video, cannot wait to buy your book.
*paused the video to take in that britain claims responsibility for ending slavery*
Right?
Nice to find you on CZcams after enjoying your guest spots on the “It Could Happen Here” podcast 👍🏽
Very informative to know how Britain exploited it's colonies on the other side of the world, not too differently after all. The same violent oppression, extraction of natural resources, cash crops, labour and taxes, followed by neo-colonialism. (While we attempted social democracy, it was still under a capitalist system)
Solidarity from India.
Rousing video like always. We love to see it.
Wow, this video is amazing and very informative.
I'm an american born Afro-Caribbean (my parents being immigrants from Jamaica and Barbados) and this is the first time I'm hearing of my history. I've always been interested in learning and this sounds like a great start. Thank you Andrewism🙏🏾
i can't wait for your book!!
Can't wait for your book!
I’ll be buying your book, can’t wait. ☀️ ✊
Solidarity! Warm greetings from Finland ❤️
Another banger video. I learned a lot of history about the Caribbean
Hey, love the video and love the work. Well researched and definitely did the reading. If I may, I think would helo the quality of your work and the integrity of your argument is if you provide citations from your research. It would make your work an even more valuable resource.
Great video. It's a travesty we're not taught even abit of this in our secondary school history class
Thank you for existing Andrewism❤️
That conclusion was great
They keep us entrapped
Another banger from Andrew. Liberation for all of the Caribbean soon come 🔥🤞🏾
Amazing video 🙏🏽
Wonderfully presented. Im glad that these stories are being told properly without pulling punches or sugar coating
Fantastic video. Who is the artist of the paintings used through this video? They're really good.
Excellent video. Thanks for introducing me to the book and it’s author. Ok thanks & peace 🙏😏
Wasn't ready to realize that my grandparents grew up under British rule and that my pops was born before his country gained independence but better late than never
Thank you, and please also make a video about the modern-day colonies of France, Netherlands, etc.
Great vid, as usual! Coincidentally, I have a test on imperialism tomorrow in my online world history class lmao so hopefully this helps with that too
As someone who lives in the imperial core: thank you and I support you and your movement.
Right on. Your channel, along with other lefty channels, has been influential in changing my thinking. We need a political and economic revolution desperately. In fact, if we can't get it done, I don't have that much hope for our species. Industrialization would always lead to environmental issues, but capitalism doesn't have any brakes at all.
Watching this as i heard the queen's death 🥴💀
Nice talk detailing what the school children should know!!!
Well done my friend, well done.
Peace........
Thank you Andrew for the for the history lesson and for your insightful take on reparations. I'm here in the imperial core trying to decolonize one plant and conversation at a time. All power to all the people.
Having recently re-read "Wij Slaven van Suriname" this video was déjà vu. Different countries, exact same story.
That map at 21:00 is really good!!!!! does anyone know where its from? is it from the book? cant seem to find it online
alsoooooooo WOAHH thats so huge, i am so excited for your book!! sending so much love im sure it will be amazing
Thank you for making this.
I'm irish and a lot of what you said here is paralleled in our own history of being colonised (obviously not to the extent of slavery and surviving racial stereotyping ect.)
The point you made about the wealthy few bringing 'statistics' up while the vast majority live in poverty is exactly what's happening in Ireland today.
Thanks again for making this, I never learned about the Caribbean at school and had no idea how similar the timeline was.
(Also I completely agree with the outro- britian love to focus on their few 'good deeds' whilst completely ignoring the fires they've left behind them)
All power to all people.
I read how Europe underdeveloped Africa and I was surprised that even Denmark and "neutral" Switzerland were imperialists ,even Czechoslovakia 😐☹️. Anyways,the British are uncontested when it comes to ethnic genocide and underdeveloping regions ,but it'll be interesting if there's a video on how Europe still violently keeps Africa, Carribbean,Asia ,LatAm poor with global multinational corporations and bodies like UN, EU just to name a few with their parasitic relationships with global South.
The whole global south is still under colonial rule. It never ended. African, latin, Asian presidents have been Assassinated many time after independence, to continue the exploiting.
Ye Denmark had like a "few" colonies owned by aristocrats which the public fucking hated, the aristocrats weren't that strong in Denmark tho, that's why there weren't many danish colonists, and the Danes hated that the people with power used it on expansionism instead of helping with public programs like our public schools or winter storage and shit which is you know very understandable it didn't gain the average Dane jackshit either way that aristocrats did colonialism
It would be cool if you know that carried into helping with reperations today, cause that money has definitely had enough time to no longer be owned by the old aristocrats after all, so their money with blood on it still runs in our economy
there are videos about the ways France uses its financial system to continue to dominate their former colonies, but i can't recall whether i watched them in French or English. but that is the thing about the history of other countries: it isn't in English mostly.
My ppl, the Garifuna, were deported by the British, from St. Vincent to Honduras, bc we refused to work for them. Most of them had to stay by the coast in poverty.
And Honduras isn't really a rich country either, and I don't hate the place, but it has some issues like w/ crime and violence. I think the government was even threatening to take our land from us.
Thank you so very much for your work! ❤️🖤
We need decolonisation - decolonisation everywhere!🔥🏴🔥
The isolation and seperation of the islands from each other, far extends to the islands descendants who live in the west (myself included). A home my father knew and his father knew is not familiar - not anymore; like some sort of long lost relative. You are right that there isn't any any amount of money that could be "appropriate" to the crimes commited.
To give restitution to the people of the caribbean is a multi-generational endevour, due to the shear scale of the damage done: Damage to the land, loss of names and cultural connection to families origin(s), education and sustainability etc.
Can't wait on that book!! Thank you for your videos! ❤ kthxbye
It is videos like this that remind me of the enormous damage the European empires(including the Netherlands where I live) have wrought upon the world. We still have colonies in the Caribbean(Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Saba) and as far as I am concerned is there not enough money in the world to undo the damage we have wrought upon them(let alone former colonies like Suriname and Indonesia). Over here our role in this is often downplayed or often not talked about and it is a crime to humanity that many Dutch people are either unaware of this or choose to downplay our role in this. I agree with your conclusion, there are no reparations that would be sufficient save the complete abolishment of the global neocolonial capitalist system and this is something that should affect all of us.
Sidenote: Every online Dutch asshole that makes a "GEKOLONISEERD!" joke deserves to be punched in the face.
May I ask what is the joke about "Gekoloniseeed"? Er, or should I just put it into a search engine? (I'm genuinely not wanting to wind you up! ♡)
@@mookinbabysealfurmittens "Gekoloniseerd" is the Dutch word for "colonized". It is a joke among many of the more online Dutch people where they swarm any video that talks about a subject specific to the Netherlands and comments "GEKOLONISEERD" there. It is a dumb joke that does way more damage then people realize.
Don't worry you did not wind me up. Also sorry for the late response but CZcams is bad at telling me when people respond to my comments.
indonesia are colonisers too so not really a good comparison
I'd like to thank Andrewism for single-handedly [redacted] the Queen.
I love you. thank you
Hey, Andrew. Any plans for a video on temporary Anarchist leadership structures like with Nestor Makhno's Black Army in Ukraine? I'd love to hear your perspective on it.
Watching this the day after her majesty's death feels a bit sweeter
0:44 Finland and Norway were never involved in colonialism and Sweden and Denmark only very little. That's for Scandinavia. As for Russia, it never dealt with the Caribbean, Africa or the Americas. The Russian soft colonialism mostly happened in Central and Northern Asia and it wasn't bloody and dehumanising like in the Americas and Caribbean plus there was no slavery. Traditions and religion were respected for the most part, at times blending those traditions with Orthodox Christianity. Central and Northern Asia was more sparsely populated, more dispersed and that led to the centralising of power being more difficult and thus the Russian central authority gave more autonomy to Central and Northern Asia.
0:47 I am genuinely sorry man, I know nothing in the world will ever make Switzerlands involvement in the slave trade right, but I will do my best to make this nation actually neutral and resist any storm, with the only goal being to protect fundamental human rights.
The worst thing is that the founder of the top university in Switzerland, Alfred Escher, literally has multiple statues dedicated to him even though we know for sure he owned slaves in the Caribbean. And the statues do not at all state this fact, they only talk about his grand achievements.
@PhilfreezeCH so when are you going to remove the statues?
Your banking institutions are beyond sus
Sorry my friend, but your nation is a playhouse and big ole gimp suit for the wealthy and influential, banking especially. Use the example you have given yourself, that mentality is deeper and more prevalent then most would be comfortable in admitting. 🤷🏼♂️
@@cjclark2002 lol made me laugh. Its always funny how the neutrality myth of Switzerland almost seems to work more on its own people than anyone else. I always assumed it was external PR but it could very well be part of the national patriotic myth. Very few Swiss seem to have any education whatsoever on how their banking system is propped up by the proceeds from multiple gen@cides and how they originated the anti-Jewish laws which migrated to Germany in Pre-WWII.
Hell, most of the upper staff of the N@zi regime were actually swiss educated and swiss born. The first tanks used in Poland had the Swiss flag on them and were only removed after the annexation was unpopular internationally. Most of the Swiss N@zis used Red Cross (lol) passports to escape the Nuremberg trials.
Either the modern Swiss populace is brainwashed or theyre still a bunch of N@zi sympathizers for cheerfully perpetuating their horrific Oligarchy .
Would love a bit of music behind your amazing presentations. Unless you think it would cheapen the message
there's music in the background, it's just very quiet ^^
Good stuff
Canada next?
I see a lot of other Caribbean people in the comment section, but which countries are you other guys from around the world?
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By the time they're ready to pay up, they would have come up with a way to come out on top anyway.
why cant i find the video by you on non violence
Thank you, Jamaica specifically (I am Jamaican) suffered greatly from Britain and then the U.S worsened it.
Can you do a video on U.S imperialism in the Caribbean? I want a proper video by a Caribbean person so I can share it
I would like you to make a video on Puerto Rico please
It would be great if you explore making a video about the Colonisation of Spain and Portugal on the spanish speaking side of the Caribbean. Or how a portion of South America ended up being 'liberated' by a descendant of colonizers, a white man.
Your videos are espectacular and, I have to say, listening to you has spark a sense of hope and change that I have never experienced before. As a person who is part of the in-land Caribbean, I stand with you when you say that there is no way to make up for the hundreds of years of colonization and destruction of our lands and cultures.
ALL THE POWER TO ALL THE PEOPLE, SOLIDARITY FOREVER.
We know who we are and they're still doing to us in England
*Britain
Thank you for spreading awareness Bredren. Belize gained “independence” in 1981, but we are still crippled by the commonwealth scam with the british monarchy remaining head of state. JAH willing we break these chains and get our justice