Editing Clement Payne Movement (section)

==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]].