Arts & Leisure
Hamilton the musical: no brickbats
BRICS are being thrown at the current Western economic and financial order, built by Hamilton, that pervades the world.
General
Massa Day Done or Britannia Rule under Charles III?
Reparations and an apology for the descendants of chattel slavery, the return of jewels and artifacts seen as stolen wealth from former colonies and the desirability of continuing to pledge loyalty to the House of Windsor have been brought to the fore by the death and funeral rites of Elizabeth II
General
Afghanistan: fantasies, fears, foibles and facts
In their reportage on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Western media of record are doing a disservice to their roles as crafters of the first draft of history. Rather than straight reporting on the disastrous situation as it unfolds, the news consuming public is being fed reams from the point of view of what the media workers think should have happened.
Headlines
Come on Naomi! You Can Do It
It’s very sad the situation that led to the brightest women’s tennis star since the Williams sisters thinking it necessary to withdraw from the French Open. Naomi Osaka says she has suffered bouts of depression since she won her first slam, at New York in 2018 and her interaction with the media during a tournament affects her mental health.
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 and two unpaid 15 minute breaks.
Environment
The Media Made Me Not Do Right
The spirit of the times is that all media are to be mistrusted and distrusted, so much so that people ignore warnings to move out as dangerous storms approach because “the media” bear the blame for weather being reported on not arriving exactly as meteorologists forecast. During the approach of Read more…
Arts & Leisure
Nina Remembered
As we come to the end of another Black History/Reggae Month, we feature Eunice Kathleen Waymon ( Nina Simone) who was an accomplished piano and organ player. The racial prejudice that was endemic in the deep South of the 1940s had an early and lasting effect upon her. For example, Read more…
Arts & Leisure
Television in Jamaica … ha
In 1962, when Jamaica celebrated its Independence, there was no television station to capture it. JBC, the Jamaica Broadcast Corporation was established in 1963. JBC was the only television station until 1993 when CVM began broadcasting. Programming was made up of news broadcasts, local musical performances, talk shows, old movies Read more…
Opinion
Javad Jaghai: Jamaican Gay Rights Pawn
Let me begin with the obvious: There is no Jamaican gay rights organisation. There are organisations designed and funded by interests in the United States that rope in a number of Jamaicans for use as cannon fodder. There is no organisation created by Jamaicans to deal with Jamaican problems. In Jamaica Read more…
Opinion
The Murder of Mario Deane
If you are seeking to give excuses or find explanations for the killing of Mario Deane in police custody in the Jamaica tourist resort city of Montego Bay, don’t bother. The mere attempt would prove you know nothing about Jamaica. The fact is men are murdered in the various prisons and Read more…
Arts & Leisure
Cricket Below Parr
Jack Parr was the first host of the ground-breaking, late-night television programme known as ‘The Tonight Show’ later made even more popular by Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. WIKIPEDIA says, “It was during Paar’s stint as host that ‘The Tonight Show’ first became an entertainment juggernaut; Paar generated the most Read more…
Analysis
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 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…