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July 6, 2023

Industrial Revolution Iron Method ‘Was Taken From Jamaica by Briton’

Hannah Devlin The Guardian

Wrought iron process that drove British industrial revolution success and colonialism was appropriated from black metallurgists, historical records now suggest.

March 8, 2023

Global Left Midweek – International Women’s Day 2023

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The fight for women's lives and liberation is everywhere and addresses everything!

September 9, 2022

‘Last King of Jamaica’: The Countries That Could Ditch the Monarchy After Queen’s Death

Ben Hunte Vice

Queen Elizabeth II originally ruled over 32 countries, but her successor King Charles III is the monarch in 15. Could more countries now decide to go it alone?

March 27, 2022

Protests During the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Visit to the Caribbean Highlight Royalty’s Pivotal Role in the Slave Trade

Trevor Burnard The Guardian

Jamaica in the 18th century was described by Charles Leslie as a “constant mine, whence Britain draws prodigious riches.” More Africans arrived in Kingston to become plantation slaves than arrived in any other place in the British empire.

March 1, 2021

The Biden Administration Spent Black History Month Deporting Black Immigrants: Why Aren’t People in the Streets?

Tina Vásquez Prism

I have lived it and I have suffered through it and I know that when people say “get in line,” there is no line. I am here to try to change the system so that people have a pathway and if they choose to become a citizen, they can.

July 11, 2019

Tidbits - July 11, 2019 -Reader Comments: Building Unity to Defeat Trump; Concentration Camps; History and Left contributions; Arnautoff Mural; Syriza Lessons; Ida B. Wells; Lights for Liberty demonstrations; Beyond NAFTA 2.0; more

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Reader Comments: Building Unity to Defeat Trump; Concentration Camps; Debating History and contributions from the Left; Arnautoff Mural; Syriza Lessons; Ida B. Wells; Lights for Liberty demonstrations; Beyond NAFTA 2.0; Resources; Announcements; more

July 7, 2019

Jamaica Is Using Bob Marley’s Legacy to Market Austerity

Keston Perry The Nation

The reggae icon would be embarrassed by his country’s attempts to rebrand a disastrous ideology.

Harry Belafonte -- Jamaica Farewell

July 26, 2013

Jamaica Farewell is a nostalgic song about the beautiful women of Jamaica. It was written by Brooklyn native Lord Burgess, son of a U.S. father and Barbadian immigrant mother. Belafonte's 1957 version brought the song to world attention; it has been translated into many languages and covered by such singers as Sam Cooke, Carly Simon and Sting. For more Songs of Immigration, Deportation and Identity, go here.

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