Massive march through the centre of Brixton

[editor]

A huge march has just left Windrush Square heading north up Brixton Road.

The marchers had lots of banners about reparations. I'll post up photos later but anyone know anything about it?

 

[ddraig]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Afrikan-Peoples-Parliament/208839615820401

 

[el-ahrairah]

fair play to them. what sort of numbers did they get?

not sure i'd go on a march called by the Hon Prophet Jah B, i'd want to know who appointed them Honourable Prophet Jah and what happend to Hon Prophet Jah A first.

 

[editor]

 

[Poi E]

All African descendants are invited to join the march. Open to all.

 

[Mation]

fair play to them. what sort of numbers did they get?

Quite a few! They just went past my office.

 

[quimcunx]

Are they marching to downing street?

 

[ddraig]

says that on flyer

 

[editor]

Photos here: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/08/...-goes-through-the-centre-of-brixton-in-photos.

I'm afraid I don't understand what some of the banners are saying so I'll look them up later.

 

[Pickman's model]

Photos here: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/08/...-goes-through-the-centre-of-brixton-in-photos.

I'm afraid I don't understand what some of the banners are saying so I'll look them up later.

by arces i think they mean acres. - a plot of land and a mule seems to make more sense than 40 arces and a mule.

yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_acres_and_a_mule

 

[Thaw]

They're asking the wrong people in that case. They could probably get 40 arses and a mule as a compromise.

 

[el-ahrairah]

is he talking about me. i inhabit the earth

 

[Pickman's model]

is he talking about me. i inhabit the earth

all on your ownsome too

 

[Fozzie Bear]

is he talking about me. i inhabit the earth

Woe x3

Actually maybe that is 3xW = WWW - anti-internet Babylonian tricknology thing.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Woe x3

'Woe, woe, woe - ain't nobody, loves me better...'

 

[SpamMisery]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/424984.stm

$777 trillion in reparations within 5 years demanded back in '99. That's over ten times the world's combined annual GDPs today! In fact, doesn't that make it technically impossible in that time frame?

 

[Rushy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/424984.stm

$777 trillion in reparations within 5 years demanded back in '99. That's over ten times the world's combined annual GDPs today! In fact, doesn't that make it technically impossible in that time frame?

The article does not specify which $.

 

[Greebo]

<snip> $777 trillion in reparations within 5 years demanded back in '99. That's over ten times the world's combined annual GDPs today! In fact, doesn't that make it technically impossible in that time frame?

Maybe that's part of the point; if direct reparations are unfeasible, more untied aid to the countries which were damaged by slavery (and are still damaged by the consequences of it), writing off debts, and far more in the way of affirmative action is asking very little indeed.

 

[SpamMisery]

Of course, I'd forgotten about Zimbabwe's economic fuck up. One hundred billion dollars? Sounds like a scene from Austin Powers

 

[JTG]

Woe x3

Actually maybe that is 3xW = WWW - anti-internet Babylonian tricknology thing.

Woe woe woe, it's magic

 

[CH1]

Regarding 40 acres and a mule (post #10) - I recall my Grandad constantly bringing up the three acres of land and a cow he and his fellow conscripts were promised in return for fighting in the First Word War.

 

[moon]

Maybe that's part of the point; if direct reparations are unfeasible, more untied aid to the countries which were damaged by slavery (and are still damaged by the consequences of it), writing off debts, and far more in the way of affirmative action is asking very little indeed.

Too many corrupt governments in those countries and some are very rich already in terms of natural resources, plus there is growing scheme fatigue.

 

[editor]

Photos from today's march here:
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/08/...worldwide-march-through-brixton-1st-aug-2015/

 

[toggle]

Regarding 40 acres and a mule (post #10) - I recall my Grandad constantly bringing up the three acres of land and a cow he and his fellow conscripts were promised in return for fighting in the First Word War.

the whole scheme was always a lot less successful than the rhetoric about it (which by the end of ww1, had been going on for 35 years). the only people who ever really benefitted were a few small business owners.

 

[ringo]

not sure i'd go on a march called by the Hon Prophet Jah B, i'd want to know who appointed them Honourable Prophet Jah and what happend to Hon Prophet Jah A first.

The Honourable Prophet Jah B is Bunny Wailer. His Facebook page is full of this stuff, along with demanding shares of any corporate money made out of the legal sale of ganja.

 

[editor]

There's a very lively debate going on in the comments section on Buzz from last year's march:

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/08/...goes-through-the-centre-of-brixton-in-photos/

 

[Gramsci]

The argument for reparations is not only advocated by the Black Power groups who called this march.

Its also more mainstream support from the CARICOM economic grouping of Caribbean countries.

 

[Gramsci]

The other thing in the case of this country was that when slavery was abolished slave owners were compensated for the loss of the slaves. As slaves were considered property.

This made many families very rich.

(Unlike USA. After the civil war the slaves were freed with no compensation to owners.)

Slaves were never compensated for the unpaid work they did. Nor for the suffering they endured.

Carribbean countries never were really free after slavery ended. They were still colonies.

 

[toggle]

The other thing in the case of this country was that when slavery was abolished slave owners were compensated for the loss of the slaves. As slaves were considered property.

This made many families very rich.

(Unlike USA. After the civil war the slaves were freed with no compensation to owners.)

Slaves were never compensated for the unpaid work they did. Nor for the suffering they endured.

Carribbean countries never were really free after slavery ended. They were still colonies.

Haiti was free, but had to pay compensation to slave owners for that.

until 1947.

 

[shygirl]

Its about time reparations were paid.