Jamaica

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Is the US Anti-Caribbean? How to overcome it then, Tim Hector, 1997
08 Apr 2026
“...it is like a knee-jerk reaction in the U.S – this consistent, insistent and persistent anti-Caribbean policy in the U.S. from 1776 to the present.”
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: Cuba is Fundamental to Us, Michael Manley, 1977
18 Mar 2026
“If you can do that to Cuba because somebody doesn't like the Cuban revolution, then how do I know that you don't do that to me tomorrow?”
Roger McKenzie
The Devastation in Melissa’s Wake and the ‘new normal’
05 Nov 2025
Hurricanes might have natural causes, but the tragedy that follows is entirely human-made and a consequence of capitalist greed, asserts Roger McKenzie.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
COMMENTARY: The American Dollar, Marcus Garvey, 1934
30 Apr 2025
“This is not high-way robbery; it can be better called international burglary.”
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Marco Rubio Targets Guyana and the Caribbean Region
04 Apr 2025
Gerald Perreira is the chairperson of the Organization for the Victory of the People in Guyana. He joins us from Guyana to discuss U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent trip to Guyana,…
O. Dave Allen
US Agenda in Jamaica Exposed
02 Apr 2025
Jamaica’s upcoming election has become a litmus test for Caribbean sovereignty as the U.S. and China compete for dominance. Washington’s threats to seize the Panama Canal and Marco Rubio’s heavy-…
Internationalist 360
Marco Rubio Travels to Guyana to Entrench U.S. Colonial Rule
02 Apr 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent tour of Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname was framed as advancing 'energy security' and regional stability. However, it served as a cover to escalate pressure…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor , Riva Enteen
Remembering Jamaica in the East/West Crossfire, Part II
15 Jan 2025
Both class and color barriers were broken down during the Michael Manley era, but class barriers re-emerged.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Remembering Jamaica in the East/West Crossfire
08 Jan 2025
Jamaicans still remember their visionary leaders, Norman and Michael Manley, and the bloody general election of 1980.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Which Way for the Jamaican Left? Rupert Lewis, 1993
12 Jun 2024
This short history of the Workers Party of Jamaica (WPJ) demonstrates that there was a moment in time when a radical remaking of Jamaican society seemed possible.