Working with Stand Up to Racism Dorset on the CARICOM Reparations Commission campaign in the Caribbean, the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and TUC join forces to call for reparative justice for the genocide and for the enslavement of African people in Barbados.
James Drax pioneered the use of African slaves on plantations in Barbados. His descendant is now the MP for Dorset South and has inherited the massive Drax Estates in Dorset and Barbados and the fortune that was generated by slavery.
In this multi-way discussion with LIVE streams from the march and rally in Dorset, we invite speakers to talk about the importance of slavery justice and why the legacy of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and unions are linked.
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LIVE from the rally:
- Weymann Bennett, Stand Up To Racism
- Luke Daniels, Caribbean Labour Solidarity
- Nigel Costley South West TUC Regional Secretary
- Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary
- Henni Nicolet and Lynne Hubbard, Dorset Stand Up to Racism/Black Lives Matter
- Grafton Shaker, Dorset Unite rep
- Cleo Lake, Bristol councillor
We will also be joined by those spearheading and supporting the campaign including:
- David Denny, General Secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration
- Louisa Adjoa Parker, writer, poet, and equality, diversity and inclusion consultant
- Roger McKenzie, former UNISON Assistant General Secretary
- Asher Craig, Deputy Mayor for Bristol
- Trevor Prescod, Barbados MP and Labour Cabinet Minister
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You can also catch up on the best bits of the Festival, or watch it all again live (warts and all) on the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2021 Playlist
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