COVID BRINGS Fight to clear Garvey’s name
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St. Kitts, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada
among others go even further by offering
full citizenship to people investing
much smaller sums under a program
that they categorize as cash for
economic citizenship. They say they
need the money too as tax revenue
has reduced from free trade in the
15-nation grouping and as various crises
like hurricanes and other problems
have contributed to unstable times.
“Affluent individuals from around
the world want to live in places meeting
criteria such as safety, rule of law, a
place where they feel comfortable with
their children,” Minister of Labor, Jason
Hayward who unveiled the scheme at
the weekend. It goes into effect from the
beginning of March.
“These individuals and their families
have the means to make significant
financial investments, develop businesses,
and create job opportunities,
which can benefit Bermudians. Bermuda
must take advantage of these
opportunities,” The Gazette newspaper
quoted him as saying.
Hayward contends that if certificates
are issued to 100 investors, for example,
this could pump $250 million into the
economy in the coming months and
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spur economic activities “for years to
come. I look forward to all of Bermuda
welcoming those persons who will be
granted an Economic Investment Certificate
and a Residential Certificate in
the coming months.”
As more and more countries like St.
Lucia and Dominica sign on to the program,
competition to attract economic
citizens has so intensified that prices
have dropped to an all time low with
Dominica and St. Lucia for example,
requiring an initial investment of a
mere $100,000, while others like Antigua
and Grenada at $150,000. For some,
this is more than a 50 percent reduction
from earlier periods.
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figure and champion for the liberation
of people of African descent worldwide,”
Clarke said. “As an inspirational
teacher, he became the critical link in
the fight for Black freedom and justice
due to his vast accomplishments as an
advocate for human rights.
“I call for the President to exonerate
Mr. Garvey on the grounds that the
case against him was politically motivated,
unsubstantiated, and unjust,”
she added.
Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black
nationalist and leader of the Pan-
Africanism movement, which sought
to unify and connect people of African
descent worldwide.
In the United States, he was a noted
civil rights activist who founded the
Negro World newspaper, a shipping
company called Black Star Line, and
the Universal Negro Improvement
Association.
Because of his outspoken activism
and Black nationalism, Clarke said
Garvey became a target of J. Edgar
Hoover at the Bureau of Investigation
(BOI), a precursor to the FBI.
The BOI began investigating Garvey
on unfounded charges of mail fraud.
Hoover, referred to Garvey as a “notorious
negro agitator,” even hired the
first Black FBI agent in 1919 to spy on
Garvey.
In January 2017, Clarke, who had
taken the lead, with 17 other members
of the US House of Representatives,
in calling on then outgoing President
Barack Obama to posthumously pardon
Garvey, had expressed disappointment
with Obama’s non-action.
On his last day in
office, Obama granted commutation
of sentence to 330 individuals, with
Garvey not included. Garvey was convicted
for mail fraud in the US in
1923.
“While the exoneration and/or
pardon of the Right Excellent Marcus
Mosiah Garvey remains elusive,
unresolved and unfinished business,
we must continue our education and
organizing efforts in the pursuit justice
for the legendary icon,” Clarke
told Caribbean Life then.
She said it was important that “we
build upon the efforts waged over
the years, most recently in pursuit
of a presidential pardon, and that we
continue to maintain and elevate the
integrity of” Garvey’s contributions to
American history.
“His is a case of unjustified persecution
that continues to cry out for justice,”
said Clarke, stating that Garvey
was “widely viewed as the Father of the
20th Century Civil Rights Movement.
“His leadership and intellectual
contributions inspired the movements
for independence in Africa and the
Caribbean,” Clarke said.
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