Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 08/10/2026To Caribbean communities who teach, organize, remember, repair, and fight for life amid ecological violence: *Island Rebels* is in solidarity with you. Shaped by your stories, knowledge, and struggles, it carries those lessons outward. Our struggles are connected. Our futures are, too. ✊🏾🫶🏾🏝️🪢 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My forthcoming book, Island Rebels, asks what happens when we read Caribbean radicalism at its edges—through Black, Indigenous & ecological thought. Taking a cue from Gilroy and Moten: read the endnotes. “Plantationocene” makes old Caribbean and Black theory look brand new. 020
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To Caribbean communities who teach, organize, remember, repair, and fight for collective life amid ecological violence: Island Rebels is in solidarity with you. Shaped by your stories, knowledge, and struggles, it carries those lessons outward. Our struggles are connected. Our futures are, too. ✊🏾🫶🏾🏝️🪢 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryGlobal Voices @globalvoices.org · 06/10/2026The initiative seeks to bring together more Indigenous-language speakers to collectively highlight the linguistic diversity present in Latin America, and the many ways communities are using and adapting technology to strengthen their languages. rising.globalvoices.orgIndigenous digital activists share one TikTok account to bring their languages into digital spaces@ActLenguas is a rotating TikTok account that seeks to collectively showcase the linguistic diversity found across Latin America, and the many ways Indigenous communities are using and adapting technology to strengthen their languages. 032
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When you have no materialist analysis, you say things like "culture war" issues don't affect economic outcomes and class relations. How did we get to this type of detached analysis? 010
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The oil can be cleaned from the water. But what happens when knowledge from people who live with the water is extracted too? In Tobago, Unmaking Paradise asks what changes when communities refuse to be treated as data sources and claim the power to govern, protect, and circulate their own knowledge. 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tobago's fisherfolk and coastal communities are still reeling from the 2024 Gulfstream barge Oil Spill that leaked up to 50,000 barrels of heavy fuel along 15km of its coastline, wrecking livelihoods and irreparably damaging its ecosystem. Here's what we plan to do about it.✊🏾🏝️👌🏾 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryGlobal Voices @globalvoices.org · 30/09/2026Dedicating his life to calypso shaped The Mighty Sparrow into a master of the genre and a consummate Caribbean man.globalvoices.orgBye-bye, Birdie: The Calypso King of the World dies at 91“What does it mean to be King in a country of reverence sometimes to nothing and other times to everything? It means you dare to be yourself.” 01613
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I keep thinking about what the beach holds for Black queer life in Sint Maarten: desire, friendship, freedom, memory, community. I’m considering a community-centered memoir, not just my story but to document shared histories & how people create belonging. What are your favorite Black queer memoirs? 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...nytimes.comThe Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 (Gift Article)He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew. 16626
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A part of my ongoing research agenda. Stay tuned.🖤👌🏾🏝️✊🏾🌈 Photo taken at Orient Bay, Saint Martin (May 2025). 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21/09/2026U.S. Military Attacks Alleged Drug Boat in the Caribbean, Killing Fourdemocracynow.orgU.S. Military Attacks Alleged Drug Boat in the Caribbean, Killing FourThe U.S. military attacked a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, killing four people. The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was transporting drugs. Since Se... 199148
Reposted by Keston K. PerryJaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Gov. Newsom on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have opened paid campus jobs to undocumented students at public colleges, his second rejection of the proposal in 2 years: www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comCampus jobs for undocumented students blocked by Newsom vetoGov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 713, the Opportunity for All Act, blocking a measure that would have opened paid campus employment to undocumented students at UC, CSU and community colleges. 0148
Reposted by Keston K. PerryPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The U.S. "War on Terror" death toll is at least 4,500,000 1324174
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"The price of food is going up And as if all that shit wasn't enough A rat done bit my sister Nell With whitey on the moon Her face and arm began to swell And whitey's on the moon Was all that money I made last year For whitey on the moon? How come I ain't got no money here? Whitey's on the moon!" 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What does Caribbean climate justice have to do with colonialism, reparations, and Pan-Africanism? This keynote explores reparations beyond compensation —centering communal sovereignty, ecological repair, and Caribbean communities shaping their futures. 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-XD...youtube.comDay 3 | New Perspectives on Climate Challenges in the (Dutch) Caribbean | End ConferenceYouTube video by Islanders at the Helm 010
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There is currently no legit Haitian government. Stop this. 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"When public services are treated as liabilities to be contained rather than obligations to be fulfilled, disaster becomes routine." www.bostonreview.net/articles/car... by @yarimarita.bsky.socialbostonreview.netCarrying WaterAs enormous sums flow to creditors and investors in Puerto Rico, the state continues to recede. 0102
Reposted by Keston K. PerryGlobal Voices @globalvoices.org · 07/08/2026Whose conservation, whose development? The Maasai struggle over land in northern Tanzania ift.tt/Tl9PHVEglobalvoices.orgWhose conservation, whose development? The Maasai struggle over land in northern TanzaniaConservation has become a tool for “green grabbing”: The taking of community land in the name of environmental protection while opening space for tourism, hunting, and investment interests. 01314
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...theguardian.comJamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coastActivists are challenging colonial-era law and demanding ‘free, legal, unfettered, forever rights’ to use beaches 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugeesWhile the US is shutting the doors to most refugees, those already in the country fear for their future in a rapidly heating world 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocksA Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Cuba stands firm — www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...redpepper.org.ukCuba stands firm - Red PepperCuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe 030
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I certainly needed this push today from a mentor. 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 30/05/2026For a significant period of time of the last 500 years, some were considered nonhuman/subhuman. 010
Reposted by Keston K. PerryAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org 8663350
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I'm writing my book chapter on Financial Power where I discuss the intersections of financial imperialism and Haiti's struggle for energy sovereignty. I created this timelime to depict some of the more critical details and events that have shaped Haiti's energy history to the present. 200
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 12/05/2026www.powershiftafrica.org/publications...powershiftafrica.orgPIPE DREAMS: How Oil and Gas Fail to Deliver Economic Development in Africa — Power Shift AfricaThis report details why Africa is in a fossil fuel crisis. Global energy prices have surged in the wake of the American-Israeli war on Iran, leaving many African governments struggling to keep energ... 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryAnnie the Book @anniethebook.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I admire the hell out of these Texas Tech students, who held a funeral for academic freedom: pen.org/texas-tech-a...pen.orgTexas Tech Students Hold ‘Funeral’ for Academic FreedomA horse drawn carriage carrying an urn, books, photographs and other markers of academic life led the students' "funeral" procession. 131255372
Reposted by Keston K. PerryCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 09/05/2026This helpful explainer from @carbonbrief.org digs into the key outcomes from the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels, which wrapped in Santa Marta, Colombia last week. buff.ly/LB87txlbuff.lySanta Marta: Key outcomes from first summit on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels - Carbon BriefCountries left with plans to develop national roadmaps away... 02010
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 11/05/2026A most contradictory and short-sighted piece I've read in a while. Hubert, author of Climate Change as Class War misses the mark on how power is built for structural change beyond short term electoral cycles. He seems to think electoralism trumps principled politics. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats Don’t Have to Campaign on Climate Change Anymore 120
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I am writing a thoroughgoing critique of the CARICOM Reparations program in one of the chapters of my book. I wanted to share this excerpt. 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 08/05/2026Nigel Farage's populist party Reform UK has made early gains in local elections with wins in Labour heartlands.aljazeera.comUK's Labour set for heavy losses in elections as Reform makes early gainsNigel Farage's populist party Reform UK has made early gains in local elections with wins in Labour heartlands. 62911
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 08/05/2026When public goods like data become a casualty, you know they trying to hide truth and reality and make people less informed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting AmericansThis information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come 020
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 03/05/2026There is a clear link between anti-Palestinian hate, and anti-blackness. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...msn.comMSN 000
Reposted by Keston K. PerryGlobal Voices @globalvoices.org · 01/05/2026In May we are looking at the actions people are taking to fight the climate crisis for our second #GVSpotlight. 🌿 Support our work: globalvoices.org/2026/04/16/s... 034
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 01/05/2026"Unless there are more donations, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage could give out all its money by the end of 2027." www.climatechangenews.com/2026/04/24/n...climatechangenews.comLoss and damage fund could run out of money next yearUnless there are more donations, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage could give out all its money by the end of 2027 000
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Matthew Chin's Fractal Repair is truly intense reading from beginning to end. Eff yuh nuh ave di heart tuh confront imperialism, homophobia and today's state violence against "queer fractals", nuh read. Chin challenges the global narrative of Jamaica "as the most homophobic nation on earth" head on. 010
Reposted by Keston K. PerryDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.wired.comUSAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People KnewPolitical appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution. 19599414086
Reposted by Keston K. PerryPambazuka News @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 18/04/2026🔥Beyond the Algorithm: Defending the Cuban Revolution’s Record Against Ahistorical Attacks, by 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗘. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 ✍️A critical analysis of social media warfare on #Cuba and global African response to a revolution under criminal siege 👉 www.pambazuka.org/Defending-Cu... @ambermurrey.bsky.social 014
Reposted by Keston K. PerryTimmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Nordhaus' "modelling assumes that catastrophic risks do not exist and that climate impacts rise linearly with temperature. There is no climate model that proposes such a trend. Instead, climate science forecasts nonlinear impacts and greatly escalating risk." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George MonbiotScientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 23114
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 22/04/2026What do Pan-Africanism and Afro-Indigenous solidarity have to do with climate justice and reparations in the Caribbean? Stay tuned. Be right back while I write this chapter.... 🤓📖 010
Reposted by Keston K. PerryJanine Mendes-Franco @francomenz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026‘[They] remind us of how interconnected we are across the region’ globalvoices.org/2026/04/22/t... @petchary.bsky.social @globalvoices.orgglobalvoices.orgThis Earth Day, meet some of the Caribbean’s national birds“Birds are among the most visible symbols of our natural heritage, inspiring national pride and reminding us that our islands are home to extraordinary biodiversity found nowhere else on earth.” 068
Reposted by Keston K. PerryAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026So uhhhh Reuters quietly shitcanned its climate team right around the same time WaPo did. Except maybe even more cowardly because they kept it under wraps. Not a great look given the abundance of oil money they take in between sponsored content and events. drilled.media/news/drilled...drilled.mediaReuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Favorite Media PartnersTaking a hard look at the media industry’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry. 3258125
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The ties between Harvard University and the Caribbean are myriad and consist of densely layered networks of wealthy families, trade, political power and violence. Dozens of university presidents, overseers, donors and staff grew their wealth off of enslaved labor. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...theguardian.comWhy are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired in controversy as academics allege obstruction 010
Reposted by Keston K. Perryfolukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"I am arguing here for a law school dedicated to crafting legal knowledges that turn back on death-making—legal knowledges that oversee a social order that invites, allows, and equips us to live flourishing lives in relation and not possession... to live in harmonious relation with...the earth." 073
Keston K. Perry @radicalcarib.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"This landmark day is not merely a call for humanitarian assistance but a formal demand for climate reparations... the Global North owes a "legitimate climate debt" to African communities for decades of ecological destruction and resource exploitation." www.myjoyonline.com/our-lands-ou...myjoyonline.com'Our lands, our voices' – African women launch historic continental uprising for climate reparations - MyJoyOnlineA new chapter in global environmental activism begins this Wednesday, 15th April 2026, as hundreds of women environmental defenders, community leaders, and ecofeminist allies across Africa unite for t... 110