Trinbago for Palestine hopes to reignite the fires of consciousness and resistance among the people of T&T through a community bonfire at the Kwame Ture Centre on Saturday, 25 April 2026, calling for the end of US and israeli presence in the Caribbean and Africa. This event is especially geared towards the youth and anyone unfamiliar with our revolutionary history, and the movements towards freedom and dignity for and by enslaved people and their descendants.
Around the bonfire, there will be speeches, educational resources, and other activities examining past resistance movements in the country and wider region, connections between the region and the African continent, and influential Caribbean revolutionaries who have advanced interconnected struggles for liberation from global imperialism and zionism. These include Claudia Jones, CLR James, Frantz Fanon, Walter Rodney, and the centre’s namesake, Kwame Ture.
The relationship between the Caribbean and Africa today is defined by the transatlantic slave trade implemented by European colonial regimes. The infrastructures of global imperialism will be drawn into focus by examining how resource extraction, human subjugation, and imperial logic continue to operate after centuries – despite power having changed hands between different empires, the logic of Empire persists. We use the Rastafari designation of ‘Babylon’ to name this imperial logic, given its conceptual clarity within the local and regional understanding, and to pay tribute to this endogenous/indigenous Caribbean community that has stood fast, and created clarity through their reasoning, languaging, and music-making.
This gathering, therefore, presents curated Caribbean music, like calypso, rapso, and reggae; spoken remarks and performances; and archival resources, like the Tapia and T&T Review newspapers and pamphlets, in a community space oriented around the empowerment of the oppressed through self-knowledge and self-actualisation. In a homage to the traditions of the bobolee and ole mas, an effigy of imperialism personified will be burned in the fire. Its conceptualisation, design, and construction have already been a process of political education and creative collaboration for the organisers.
This event forms part of a global coordinated action organized with the Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (CEIA) and their international weekend of action against israeli presence in Africa. To date, 25 organisations from Guyana, Curacao, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria, Europe, the U.S., and Canada are participating in this global front.
About Trinbago for Palestine:
Trinbago for Palestine is a civil society organisation that was formed in 2024 in response to the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. We are grounded in the Caribbean tradition of resistance and internationalism and committed to its revival and continuation. Our organising centers both local and global issues, recognizing that all struggles against imperialism, exploitation and colonialism are materially interconnected. We aim to develop revolutionary consciousness, mobilize collective action, and advance a united front against imperialism, zionism, capitalism, racism, and neo-colonialism.
For further information, please contact: trinbagoforpalestine@gmail.com