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.”
U.S. and other foreign interventions are the cause of Haiti's ongoing crises.
The following is an excerpt from The Psychic Hold of Slavery: Legacies in American Expressive
Glen Ford was a fierce champion of the anti-imperialist cause.
Ford's reporting on Eritrea exemplified his commitment to African liberation.
Glen Ford was committed to the liberation of African people.
