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On the centenary of the foundation by Marcus Garvey of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Aug. Despite his offensive remarks, Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson and her colleagues just could not resist fawning all over this steward of Empire. It is, as we say in the Caribbean, “eye pass.” But then, when we look around the Caribbean at our misleaders, with so few exceptions, we see why David Cameron felt he could get away with his outrageous behavior and comments. This is a frontal assault on all Africans, and a slap in the face for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the global movement for reparations. Reminiscent of a plantation master addressing his slaves, Cameron, whose own forefathers were slave owners, announced that Britain will not be paying reparations for their role in the trans-Atlantic holocaust (Maafa) or even making a formal apology for British crimes against African humanity. His reference to Britain’s role in “wiping slavery off the face of our planet” was yet another feeble attempt at an historical revisionism that attempts to trivialize, marginalize and denigrate the consistent African resistance to slavery, which finally led to its abolition. Progressive and revolutionary groups throughout the Caribbean are sending a clear message to British Prime Minister David Cameron regarding his arrogant, condescending and contemptuous statements with regard to slavery and the issue of reparations during his recent visit to Jamaica.Ĭameron’s behavior shows that the British Conservative Party’s colonial mindset is still firmly in place. Who better to understand the English than their German cousins? Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and British Prime Minister David Cameron embrace at the conclusion of their bilateral talks at Jamaica House on Oct. You might imagine that the above quote could be attributed to an activist from one of Britain’s many former colonies, but in fact it is a quote from Adolph Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels. It never happens that one Englishman says to another with a wink or a smile, ‘We don’t want to fool ourselves, do we now.’ They do not only behave as if they were the model of piety and virtue – they really believe that they are. They do not admit their hypocrisy to themselves. They carry on with such a pious expression and deadly seriousness that they even convince themselves that they are the exemplars of political virtue. They have been at it for centuries, and it has become such a part of their nature that they hardly notice it any longer. They are experts at the art of hiding their misdeeds behind a facade of virtue. “ The English are well known throughout the world for their lack of political scruples. The text below is not a transcript of this interview by The People’s Minister of Information for – the written piece was submitted separately for publication in the Bay View – but both are the words of highly respected activist, scholar and commentator Gerald Perreira, the recording delving more deeply into the same topics. Founder of Guyana’s Black Consciousness Movement Gerald Perriera speaks on British Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent trip to Jamaica and the history of the most recent actions within the international Reparations Movement in the Caribbean Islands.