Is there a me-too moment for racial economic – equity and justice in the Caribbean region
By R.D. Miller Soon after George Floyd, an African American was killed during an encounter with members of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, police department; a global social consciousness emerged with immense demonstration some of which turned violent calling for broad reversal…
How the U.S. failed at its foreign policy toward Venezuela
By Vijay Prashad and Érika Ortega Sanoja / Independent Media Institute On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held ahearing on Venezuela. Appearing before the committee was U.S. State Department Special Representative Elliott Abrams. Abrams, who has had…
OPINION: The Saint Vincent Labour Party Democracy Review
By Nathan ‘Jolly’ Green. August 07, 2020. Communism, Marxism, and 21st Century Socialism are anti-Democratic. The attempt by the ULP leadership to fool Vincentians into believing they and the ULP party are democratic with democratic policies must be treated not…
Paul’s Picks updated
By Paul McGowan from PS Audio For several years now, my list of favorites has made its way around the internet and shared by many. That’s great. I thought perhaps it’s time to update and extend that list for those…
How Trump managed to lead the world with the worst response to COVID-19 Pandemic
By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Six months ago, on January 30, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Ten days before this, the Chinese government had said—to…
The Editor speaks: When is a Christian NOT a Christian?
Answer: If he or she supports a Bill giving Christian rights to persons who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. This was the astonishing decision from the majority of our MLA’s who voted against the Domestic Partnership Bill.that did not give…
Sanders: Climate Change killing the Caribbean one cut after the other
By Sir Ronald Sanders From OECS Friday, July 31, 2020 — (The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies,…
If a cable sings in the woods
From Paul McGowan From PS Audio had to smile while reading this comment to a recent video: “I agree with most you say….except about the wires and power cables….but I still subscribe and like! so there!” Yes indeed. So there….
OPINION: Is it an unfair pecuniary advantage?
By Nathan ‘Jolly’ Green. July 27, 2020. These two laws shown just how serious a matter they are considered by the Courts Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception: A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or another person…
Letter to the Editor: UK military expansion in the Caribbean
THE EDITOR, Sir: The recent announcement by the new United Kingdom (UK) defence attaché that the UK wishes to expand its relationship with Caribbean nations comes on the cusp of an offer in 2015 by the UK to build a…