Lezing "Reparations and the Caribbean problematique in global neoliberal perspective" door dr. Hilbourne A. Watson - KITLV

 

The lecture will focus mainly on the Commonwealth Caribbean (CARICOM) context, which involves two main parties to the reparations issue in the moment of capitalist neoliberal globalization. The two parties are certain European states and weak Caribbean counterpart states that issued a 'Ten Point Action Plan' for reparations. Contradictions stemming from the unequal distribution of power among sovereign states are heightened by neoliberalism, for which transnational corporations (TNCs) fought and won to strengthen their global position in collaboration with the major powers that favor and promote neoliberalism. The rolling back of the economic and social borders of states favors the integration of global economy and strengthens the position of private capital across borders, to the disadvantage of weaker states, in ways that complicate the reparations issue and help explain why the struggle for reparation remains largely at the level of discussion with little meaningful progress in sight.