Those of us who have followed Dr Robert Pape’s work, would by now be convinced of all the reasons to expect the upcoming US mid-term elections to be anything but business-as-usual in American politics. Even without his expertise and his so far dazzlingly accurate predictions however, it would be clear to most informed observers the … More The Calculus of War
Unregulated religion wreaks havoc upon human society. We in the Caribbean and the Americas who have also been the victims of regulated religion (organized religion was chiefly responsible for the genocidal obliteration of our indigenous population, the trafficking and enslavement of the majority of our initial labour force and all the social havoc that that … More Religion and Regulation
It is noteworthy that Garvey first addresses the issue of education, specifically what one does with it. What kind of education has the effect of alienating one from one’s own people? He speaks of the possible use of education to ‘slight, oppress or discourage’ one’s people. The insinuation is that there is a Phd that … More Education
I am about to move on from this provocative subject but feel constrained to leave behind some markers for those persons who will have to return to these writings to decide what merit there may be to the views expressed and what relevance, weight and impact if any, they will have upon their practice of … More The Problem Pseudo Jamaicans have with Black Identity Part 3 (Final)
Everywhere, everyone seems to have woken up to talk about the US and Cuba. Suddenly, national consensus on any number of issues that deeply divided the polity a generation or two ago now has shifted. Folk born after the 1980s seem to think significantly differently than folk before that time. Or could my earshot be … More Uncomfortable Truths
I have been promising to take a deeper look at the role of religion in preparing the axiological scaffolding that supports a civilization and in particular, the role that Colombian and Cromwellian Christianity played in shaping The Caribbean and the Americas of today, which demanded the surrender and capitulation of many indigenous and imported identities … More The fallacy and the mandate: Out of many, One
I made many explosive statements in part 1 and promised to back them up with facts and findings. The degree of deliberate confoundment which has been invested in obfuscating the truth on this matter is so voluminous, widespread and sustained, it requires much more than one or two articles. Thank God we have a whole … More The problem Pseudo-Jamaicans have with Black Identity – Part 2
*So a wa yu waa mi kaal dem den? Ruos bredfruut? Professor Mattias Desmet, Professor of Psychology at the University of Ghent in Belgium, seems to be giving voice to the dull agony I feel this morning as I find myself re-immersed in the atmosphere of Kingston, which for me, has always represented a sphere … More The problem *Pseudo-Jamaicans have with Black Identity
Celebrations and causes can compete or compliment. I recall when someone had the bright idea to redub Black History Month as Reggae Month instead. I was not pleased. (And I was then a music industry CEO). Sure our music is cultural capital worthy of being celebrated … well at least some sections more than others. … More May is AFRICA Month
How to dismantle a democracy: For billionaires only. It might not be a bestseller, but it would not need to be. The fact is, the power of the people is great when it works for you, but people are highly unreliable. Even Jesus Christ got a taste of it. The crowd that crowns you today … More Petrified, Hypnotized, Zombified, Neutralized.
