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      DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CARIBBEAN

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      DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CARIBBEAN
      Date
      Jan 16, 2018
      Body

      DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CARIBBEAN

      (A Declaration that was authored by the Pan-Africanist and Socialist popular forces of
      the Caribbean nation of Barbados at Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday 13th January 2018, and
      submitted to the people and civil society organizations of the Caribbean for their endorsement and adoption)

      U S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN DECLARED
      "PERSONA NON GRATA" IN THE CARIBBEAN

      We, the under-signed representatives of the sovereign people of the Caribbean, hereby declare that President Donald Trump of the United States of America is "Persona Non Grata" in our Caribbean region!

      We further declare that as a "Persona Non Grata" President Donald Trump is NOT welcome in any territory of the Caribbean, and we hereby confirm that we - the Caribbean people - will petition our Governments, vehemently protest against any Trump visit, and engage in popular demonstrations designed to prevent President Donald Trump's entry into any portion of the sovereign territory of our Caribbean region.

      As sons and daughters of the Caribbean, we hereby affirm that the continent of Africa is the revered Motherland of a sizable majority of our people and that the Republic of Haiti -- the seminal architect of the destruction of the system of chattel slavery that held our ancestors in bondage -- is the foundational cornerstone of our Caribbean Civilization, and we therefore consider that any insult or attack that is directed at the African continent or at the Republic of Haiti is intrinsically an insult and attack that is directed at us as well.

      We further affirm that we Caribbean people -- in light of our history of experiencing, resisting, and surviving the most horrendous forms of enslavement and colonialism -- consciously regard ourselves as champions and defenders of the dignity and fundamental human rights of all Black or African people, and that we are guided by an over-arching and non-negotiable principle of zero tolerance of any manifestation of anti-Black or anti-African racism or discrimination.

      It is against this background that we, the people of the Caribbean, have determined that by describing the nations of Africa, the Republic of Haiti and the Central American nation of El Salvador as "shithole" countries, U S President Donald Trump has committed a despicable and unpardonable act of anti-Black, anti-African, anti-Brown racism that has served to further energize and fortify the vile White supremacy system that the said President Trump has self-consciously sought to champion and lead.

      We -- the sovereign people of the Caribbean-- hereby declare to the entire world that we vehemently and unreservedly denounce President Donald Trump and the evil and inhuman White supremacy value system that he represents!

      ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS:

      1. Clement Payne Movement of Barbados

      2. Pan-African Coalition of Organizations (PACO)

      3. Israel Lovell Foundation of Barbados.

      4. Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration (CMPI)

      5. Caribbean Chapter of the International Network in Defense of Humanity

      6. Global Afrikan Congress

      7. Caribbean Pan-African Network (CPAN)

      8. Peoples Empowerment Party (Barbados)

      9. Pan-African Federalist Movement--Caribbean Region Committee

      9. International Committee of Black Peoples (Guadeloupe)

      10. Jamaica/Cuba Friendship Association

      11. Jamaica LANDS

      12. SRDC Guadeloupe / Martinique Chapter

      13. Ijahnya Christian (St. Kitts and Nevis)

      14. Dorbrene O'Marde (Antigua and Barbuda)

      15. NswtMwt Chenzira Davis Kahina (Ay Ay Virgin Islands-US)

      16. Ivana Cardinale (Venezuela)

      17. Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago

      18. Organization for the Victory of the People (Guyana)

      19. Gerald Perreira (Guyana)

      20 Black Consciousness Movement of Guyana

      21. Conscious Lyrics Foundation (St. Martin)

      22. Myrtha Delsume (Haiti)

      23 Anthony "Gabby" Carter (Barbados)

      24. Cuban /Barbadian Friendship Association

      25. Friends of Venezuela Solidarity Committee (Barbados)

      26. Maxi Baldeo (Barbados)

      27. Dr. Nancy Fergusson Jacobs (Barbados)

      28. Ayo Moore (Barbados)

      29. Haiti / Jamaica Society

      30. Anthony Reid (Barbados)

      31.Cheryl Hunte (Barbados)

      32. Hamilton Lashley (former Barbados Minister of Government)

      33. Erica Williams (Guyana)

      34. Kilanji Bangarah (Namibia / Jamaica)

      35. International Movement for Reparations (Martinique)

      36. Alex Sujah Reiph (St Martin)

      37. Thelma Gill-Barnett (Barbados)

      38. Khafra Kambon (Trinidad and Tobago)

      39. Margaret Harris (Barbados)

      40. Jacqueline Jacqueray (Guadeloupe)

      41. Garcin Malsa (Martinique)

      42. National Committee for Reparations (Martinique)

      43. Officers and Members of the Global Afrikan Congressuk (GACuk)

      44. Jamaica Peace Council

      45. Ingrid Blackwood (Jamaica)

      46. Glenroy Watson (President, RMT's London Transport Regional Council / Jamaica)

      47. Paul Works (Jamaica)

      48. Abu Akil (United Kingdom / Jamaica)

      49. Kwame Howell (Barbados)

      50. Ian Marshall (Barbados)

      51. Michael Heslop (Jamaica)

      52. Andrea King (Barbados)

      54. Cikiah Thomas (Canada / Jamaica)

      55. Bobby Clarke (Barbados)

      56. Trevor Prescod, Member of Parliament (Barbados)

      57. David Denny (Barbados)

      58. John Howell (Barbados)

      59. Lalu Hanuman (Barbados / Guyana)

      60. Onkphra Wells (Barbados)

      61. Rahmat Jean-Pierre (Barbados)

      62. Philip Springer (Barbados)

      63. Cedric Jones (Guyana)

      64. David Comissiong (Barbados)

      65. Selrach Belfield (Guyana)

      66. Kathy "Ife" Harris (Barbados)

      67. Andrea Quintyne (Barbados)

      68. Felipe Noguera (Trinidad & Tobago)

      69. Suzanne Laurent (Martinique)

      70. Line Hilgros Makeda Kandake (Guadeloupe)

      71. Kerin Davis (Jamaica)

      72. Delvina E. Bernard (Africentric Learning Institute, Nova Scotia, Canada)

      73. Muhammad Nassar (Barbados)

      74. Anthony Fraser (Guyana)

      75. Troy Pontin (Guyana)

      76. Nigel Cadogan (Barbados)

      77. Ras Iral Jabari (Barbados)

      78. Nicole Cage (Martinique)

      79. Robert Romney (St Martin / Guadeloupe)

      80. Anne Braithwaite (Guyana)

      81. Icil Phillips (Barbados)

      82. Marie Jose Ferjule (Martinique)

      83. Errol Paul (Guyana)

      84. Erskine Bayne (Barbados)

      85. Robert Gibson (Barbados)

      86. Alister Alexander (Barbados)

      87. Mark Adamson (Barbados)

      88. Junior Jervis (Guyana)

      89. Lee Bing (Guyana)

      90. Akram Sabree (Guyana)

      91. Rudolph Solbiac (Martinique)

      92. Stephane Eveillard (Haiti)

      93. Suzy Sorel (Martinique)

      94. Luciani Lanoir (Martinique)

      95. Ras Bongo Wisely (St Lucia)

      96. Caribbean Rastafari Organization

      97. Dr. Rodney Worrell (Barbados)

      98. David Bannister (Barbados)

      99. Ismay Griffith (Barbados)

      100. Edson Crawford (Barbados)

      101. Guy M A Vala (Guadeloupe)

      102. Urielle Guillaume

      103. Laetitia Fernandez

      104. Fraiderik Jean-Pierre

      105. Vivi Romney (Guadeloupe)

      106. Emmanel Fleurant (France)

      107. Colette Galiby

      108. Monique Ravenet

      109. Djaka Apakoua

      110. Laura De Lacaze

      110. El B Gourdin

      112. Joseph Jacques

      113. Bella Nazaire (Martinique)

      114. Jean-Claude Dorvil (Haiti / Canada)

      115. Walter Thermidor (Haiti)

      116. Eugene Norden

      117. New National Vision (Trinidad and Tobago)

      118. Hope McNish (Jamaica)

      119. Graham Bannister (Barbados)

      120. Sandra Richards (UK /Caribbean)

      121. Renette Joachim (Haiti)

      122. Winifred Galvan

      123. Jean Assoua Anoh

      124. Fleurime Remax (Haiti)

      125. Herold Jean- Francois (Haiti)

      126. Arthur Hatstant (Haiti)

      127. Max Tanic

      128. Baptiste Snel

      129. Emmanuel Cherilus

      130. Carl Innov

      131. Abel Nazaire (former Minister of Youth and Sports - Haiti)

      132. Lucien Beaugendre

      133. Guillaume - Emmanuel Quitman

      134. J. R. Danglades

      135. Sara Diane

      136. Modelyne Djoby

      137. Hilo King (Benin)

      138. Colette Galiby (French Guiana )

      139. Dordy Desmornes (Canada)

      140. Victorin Alex
      141. Serge Bellegarde (Haiti)

      142. Keith Ellis (Jamaica)

      143. Zilpha Ellis (Canada)

      144. Arnold Minors (Bermuda /Canada)

      145. Laurent Titus

      146. Odney Odly

      147. Marie- Frantz Goram

      148. Samuel Joseph (Haiti)

      149. Bernadette Edne

      150. Le Comite Directore de la Solidarite des Jeunes Progressistes d'Haiti

      151. Pompous Frantzcell

      152. Danielle Edmond

      153. Joycelyn Jaubert (Martinique)

      154. Gilberte Garo

      155. Laura De Lacaze (Guadeloupe)

      156. Ajani Ausaru (Jamaica)

      157. Guy Joseph (Haiti)

      158. Yoyi

      159. Isaac Vincent

      160. Noee Degbe

      161. Noura Jernidier

      162. Martine Fourcand (Haiti / Canada)

      163. Siba Pascal Guilavogui

      164. Mylene Lackmy

      165. Front Unifie de Liberation Nationale d'Haiti

      166. Wendell Claude (Haiti)

      167. Tanoh Kwa Frederic

      168. Keturah Cecilia Babb (Dominica / Barbados)

      169. Jacques Yvon Pierre (Haiti)

      170. Pendant Felix

      171. Sylviane Basileu

      172. Gaelle Choisne

      173. Groupe d'intervention en development local et durable (Haiti)

      174. Alexendrite Delilac

      175. Jacky Joseph

      176. Manuel Morvan

      177. Alann Fils Aime

      178. Jean Pierre Raynold

      179. Unite de Protection et de Defenses de Droits Humains (Haiti)

      180. Jean Jacques Feliho

      181. Dieujuste Beby

      182. Jainor Delor

      183. Rudolph Amisial

      184. Pierre Smith Jean Louis

      185. Gerard Fidelin

      186. Hernandez Sicard (Haiti)

      187. Jean Claude Henri

      188. Danielle Valere

      189. Pierre Mary Audate

      190. David Abdulah, Movement for Social Justice, Trinidad and Tobago

      191. Florvilus Patrice (Haiti)

      192. Francois Adren of Pikilz.com (Haiti)

      193. Rev. Lejean Louis (Haiti)

      194. House of Professions and Trades (Haiti)

      195. Michelle Depinay

      196. Edelyn Dorismond (Haiti)

      197. Fran Luis

      198. P. J. Baptiste

      199. Jacob Eliezer Jonas

      200. Jean Marie Breil

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