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{{Infobox political party
| name = Clement Payne Movement
| colorcode = Red
| president = [[David Comissiong|David A. Comissiong]]
| general_secretary = Bobby Clarke
| foundation = 1988
| ideology = [[Pan-Africanism]]<br>[[Socialism]]
| position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
| country = Barbados
}}{{Politics of Barbados}}
The '''Clement Payne Movement''' ('''CPM''') is a [[left-wing]] [[Barbados]]-based political party named in honour of a [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]]-born man who led a [[Clement Payne#Biography|1937 uprising]] in Barbados. The [[Clement Payne]] Movement is generally seen by most Barbadians as more leftist in ideology when compared with either the more moderate [[Barbados Labour Party]] (BLP) or [[Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)|Democratic Labour Party]] (DLP).

The CPM also seeks the global advancement of [[Pan-Africanism]], and has a strong base in this area located in Barbados. The president of the party is [[David Comissiong|David A. Comissiong]] and the general secretary is Bobby Clarke.

In the past, on several occasions the leaders of the CPM have publicly appealed to other [[Caribbean]] governments not to officially recognize the 2004 US-imposed interim government in [[Haiti]]. The party also officially opposes the process known as the [[FTAA|Free Trade Area of the Americas]].

==History==
The CPM was formed in 1988, when its leading figures included David Commissiong, Martin Cadogan, Leroy Harewood, Trevor Prescod, David Denny and John Howell.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQkLVIdJ2g0C&dq=Rodney+Worrell+Clement+Payne+Movement&pg=PA87 "The Clement Payne Movement"], in Rodney Worrell, ''Pan-Africanism in Barbados: An Analysis of the Activities of the Major 20th-Century Pan-African Formations in Barbados'', Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing, 2005, p. 87.</ref> The organization is named after Clement Payne, a pioneer in the Caribbean trade union movement, who in 1998 was officially recognized as one of the [[Barbadian National Heroes|National Heroes of Barbados]].<ref>[http://www.barbadosparliament.com/history.php "Parliament's History"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523083154/http://www.barbadosparliament.com/history.php |date=May 23, 2007 }}, The Barbados Parliament website.</ref> The CPM annually distributes a "Clement Payne Hero’s Award".

The CPM maintains close contacts with the [[Communist Party of Cuba]], and supports normalised relations with the [[Cuba|Republic of Cuba]].

==See also==
*[[People's Empowerment Party (Barbados)|People's Empowerment Party]] (CPM electoral front)
*[[Pan-Caribbean Congress]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040921172320/http://www.alcaabajo.cu/sitio/stop_ftaa/latin_america/the_lesson_of_cuba_280104.htm The lesson of Cuba], by David Comissiong
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060623230549/http://www.barbados.gov.bb/clementp.htm Clement Payne]

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[[Category:Communist parties in Barbados]]
[[Category:Pan-Africanist political parties in the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Political parties in Barbados]]


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