The Neocolonial Function of ECOWAS & CARICOM Webinar [English] 

This webinar, kicked off BAP's African Liberation Month as a prelude to African Liberation Day on May 25th. It unpacked the complex geopolitical landscapes of Africa and the Americas regarding the regional bodies ECOWAS and CARICOM, exploring key concepts crucial to understanding unfolding events, like "soft power," "neocolonialism," the "comprador class", and a people(s) centered movement for a Zone of Peace.
SPEAKERS:
Imani Na Umoja, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) Central Committee - residing in Guinea-Bissau; Politburo of the Central Committee of the African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
Fatou Balora - a student organizer in Burkina Faso, involved with the Thomas Sankara Center, a Pan African Socialist library and political education center, and member of the A-APRP.
Tamanisha John - Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at York University. Tamanisha studies Caribbean development, sovereignty and politics, as well as Canadian foreign policy, economic imperialism, financial exclusion, and corporate power.
Peter James Hudson - author of “Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized The Caribbbean,” is a member of the Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace.