A leading reparations activist says there is merit in pursuing a variety of legal strategies that might convince U.S. courts that Black people deserve damages for past treatment in the United States. However, Kamm Howard, of the legislative commission of NCOBRA, the national Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, doesn’t believe there is anything “novel” about the proposal by Dr. Jahi Issa and Reggie Mabry, that reparations activists recognize that slavery was legal in the U.S., and adjust their legal strategy, according. “Slavery was never legal under international norms,” said Howard. “Only a small number of nations in Europe colluded together and created some rules among themselves on how to engage in these international crimes. Those were rules amongst criminals.”
The outage began at 4 am on August 30 and affected several states in the country, including the capital Caracas.
Dr. Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor spoke to The Other Narrative about why Haiti is paying a price - 220 years after it won Independence from the jaws of colonizers. She discussed…
We hear from the first journalist to have been arrested on charges of violating the Terrorism Act. First, Jill Stein discusses the Green Party campaign and the Democratic Party's attempts to stop…
Green Party nominee for president, Dr. Jill Stein, talks to us about her campaign and how she plans to surmount the challenges the Green Party faces from the Democratic Party.
Richard Medhurst joins us to discuss his recent arrest under the Terrorism Act for his journalism, his case, and the implications of prosecuting journalists.
