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Category: Analysis
The perfect storm: The confluence of logistics, immigration and covid-19
Sangeeta from Punjab is working the one p.m. to 10 p.m. shift in a large Mississauga, Ontario warehouse. She is one of the 200 people from her region on the shift, many working cheek by jowl, unpacking and packing dusty cartons, while standing or stooping and only sitting during their half hour paid lunch break…
Who Pays For the World That Slavery Built?
The clip clop of the muscular, well groomed horses bearing men in armour and pulling the gold gilded coaches transporting Queen Elizabeth II to parliament in London speaks of the wealth and grandeur of empire built on land grabs, pirate loot, chattel slavery and indentureship. The show is also a big draw to today’s tourism.
Reparations Campaign Distracts From Challenges Facing the Caribbean
On July 16th Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus in Barbados, spoke to the House Continue reading
Feet to the Fire – Reflection on an Election
The opposition People’s National party was returned to power taking 41 of 63 seats in the House of representatives in Jamaica’s general election Thursday, called by Andrew Holness after just over a month in office to secure his own mandate on inheriting a moribund economy from Bruce Golding. It was a massive defeat after an…
Fall again?
At first sight, despite the summer has come, it is only wording considering political nonsense… Unfortunately, it is only the primary impression, regardless of the Continue reading
In a Time of Crisis Jamaica Must Look for Opportunities
It would seem that every day we wake up and open the newspapers, turn on our radios and watch the television Jamaica’s problems appear to Continue reading
Haiti’s Lesson – As Seen by Fidel Castro
Two days after the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, Cuba’s former president, Dr Fidel Castro, wrote the following observations on the event that has shaken the world and has fast become a circus of “me first”.
Measuring the Cuban Revolution
What has the Cuban Revolution achieved for the people of the country, the Caribbean and the wider world after 50 years in power? That was Continue reading
Jamaica – IMF to the Rescue?
That Jamaica is now all but certain to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for budgetary support is a sign of how things have changed Continue reading
Summit of the Americas or America’s Summit?
The fighter jets rumbling into Barbados to protect US President Barrack Obama who is scheduled to attend the 5th Summit of the Americas, in Port Continue reading