Dr. Tennyson Joseph, a prominent academic and columnist, announced the first Declaration of the newly formed Caribbean Chapter of the Network in Defense of Humanity, resulting from a substantial discussion led by eminent speakers from a dozen Caribbean countries gathered for this purpose in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The Declaration stresses attachment to the principles and goals set for action-E.D.H Caribbean Chapter, which is in favor of solidarity and support to the struggle of the people and the processes of social change.; the promotion of cultural diversity, defense of human rights and the environment; opposition to imperialist and neoliberal policies; the complaint to the imperialist aggressions, terrorism and its consequences; the fight against hunger, poverty and health and education crises that affect humanity; the exercise of autonomy for native peoples and African and Asian descent; the contribution of historical data and legal assistance in cases of genocide, ethnocide and crimes against humanity; the development of ideas and actions with progressive movements under the premise that a better world is possible; and promote unity, peace, democratization and political and economic integration and the Caribbean, including its decolonization.
The founding personalities Caribbean Chapter, who signed the document to be circulated in the region in view of its heading are, by country: Antigua and Barbuda: Dorbrene O'Marde; Barbados: Dr. George Lamming, David Comissiong, Robert "Bobby" Clarke, Dr. Tennyson Joseph, Dr. Rodney Worrell, Dr. George Belle, Cherryl Moore, Ras Winston Farrell, Anthony "Gabby" Carter, Thelma Gill-Barnett, Khalid Batson, Trevor Prescod, Keith Layne, David Denny and Lalu Hanuman; Dominica: Gregory Rabess; Granada: Dr. Terrence A. Marryshow; Guyana: Gerald Pereira; Guadalupe: Line Hilgros; Jamaica: Russell Bell, Carnel Stewart, Michael Heslop; Martinique: Garcine Malsa; St. Lucia: Earl Bousquet; Trinidad and Tobago: Dr. Roosevelt Williams, David Abdullah, Akins Vidale and Rosa Mae Whittier; Caribbean diaspora in the United States: Don Rojas and Canada: Cikiah Thomas, Keith Ellis and Alissa Trotz.