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 and two unpaid 15 minute breaks.
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.
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 of Commons in his capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Reparations Commission, making the case “that the Government of Great Britain, and other European states Read more…
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 almost evenly split vote in 2007.
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 modern Ukrainian-Russian relations status. It seems recently both parties have forgiven and forgotten mutual insults, suspicions in insincerity and former neglects. Immediately after it both Read more…
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 be spiraling out of control. If it isn’t the recent drought and water crisis it is the rising cost of living. If not these crises, Read more…
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”.
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 the type of question examined by international academics who met May 7-9, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, but also by the anti-Castro protesters who Read more…
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 for the lending institution and to a lesser extent, the country. That is one of the essential points of Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s contribution to Read more…
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 of Spain, Trinidad reminds us that we do not live in an ideal world. The secretaries general of the host Organization of American States (OAS) Read more…
1. What are the Summits of the Americas? The Summits of the Americas are periodic meetings that bring together the thirty-four democratically elected Heads of State and Government of the Americas to discuss and make decisions on issues of relevance for the region. 2. How many Summits of the Americas Read more…
There’s no doubt about it. A class war is definitely on. Marx must be spinning in his grave: “See, I told you so! Historical forces are driving workers and capital into confrontation.” It’s like those who declared Marx’s “ism” dead with the collapse of the Soviet Union seeing ghosts back Read more…