Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement was a radical socialist and

Pan-African Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all Indigenous and diaspora peoples of African ancestry. Based on a common goal dating back to the Atlantic slave trade, the movement exte ...

political party in

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...

. ACLM was founded in 1968 by

Tim Hector Leonard "Tim" Hector (24 November 1942 – 12 November 2002) was a leftist Antiguan political leader and cricket administrator known for his opposition to the rule of the Bird family. Early life Born in St John's, Antigua, and named Leonard C ...

, the then chairman of the

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. The ideological inspiration for ACLM came from

C.L.R. James Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989),Fraser, C. Gerald, ''The New York Times'', 2 June 1989. who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist. His works are in ...

Ideology

ACLM had close contacts with

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and other leftist groups in the regions such as the

New Jewel Movement The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM), was a Marxist–Leninist vanguard party in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada that was led by Maurice Bishop. Established in 1973, the NJM issued its ...

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and favoured the creation of a Caribbean Union. The party also supported anti-

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struggles in South Africa and organised

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celebrations in Antigua.

Electoral strength

In the 1980, elections, ACLM won no seats and its electoral strength never advanced much further.

Merger and dissolution

UPP was formed in 1992, through a merger of ACLM, the

and the

United National Democratic Party The United National Democratic Party was a political party in Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Isla ...

. In February 2002, former ACLM and UPP member Alister Thomas announced that he had formed a new party,

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External links

Fan the Flame
* ttp://english.pravda.ru/columnists/2002/11/19/39691.html In Celebration of the Life of Tim Hector, Pan Africanist, Revolutionarybr>Article in Jamaica Observer
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