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By Mabruke X September 11, 2026

‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica

I and I build the cabin,I and I plant the corn,Didn’t my people before meSlave for this country,Now you look me with a scorn,Then you eat up all my corn. Those …

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‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica

September 11, 2026

Beware rising right-wing tide

September 11, 2026
By Aldington "Junior" Murray December 20, 2024 2 years 1,356 word

Beware Of The Sleeping Giant — A Word To The Incoming Trump Administration

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” –Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (After the attack on Pearl Harbour) Presidential and …

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By Dr. Alis Headlam December 20, 2024 2 years 569 words

Education Defines Us And Separates Us

Since I started teaching in the 1970s, I watched as educators began promoting divisions by pulling students out into ‘special education’ resource rooms. I remember how my classes changed when students …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray December 20, 2024 2 years 1,965 word

Health Of Our Democracies

I once had a friend — a talented friend. He was a few years older than me. I met him while I was in the teaching profession. We shared, pretty much, …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray December 6, 2024 2 years 1,932 word

My Fellow Americans, Don’t Speak Of Your Love For Western Civilization — Just Shut Up!

“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach …

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By Wendell Clarke December 6, 2024 2 years 1,079 word

Lack Of Critical Thinking in The Country is Pathetic

Jamaica has a serious issue when it comes to critical thinking. It has reached such a level that the Government, usually the last to acknowledge things are bad, has been sounding …

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By Marvin Mitchell December 6, 2024 2 years 300 words

Rastafarianism

Rastafarianism, a unique religious and social movement, has its roots firmly planted in Jamaica. It emerged in the 1930s, drawing inspiration from the teachings of Marcus Garvey, a prominent black nationalist …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray November 22, 2024 2 years 1,071 word

Religious-political hypocrisy within the United States

“Si de hypocrites dem a galang deh!Sy de hypocrites dem a galang deh!See di hypocrites dem a-galang deh!  Man, go!”— Robert Nesta Marley There are a lot of things about the …

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By Joan Williams November 22, 2024 2 years 851 words

Democrats have it wrong

The late Jamaican ska singer known as Prince Buster, certainly did not have Donald Trump in mind when he wrote Hard Man Fi Dead some 60 years ago.   But this ska classic fits Trump …

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By Wendell Clarke November 22, 2024 2 years 1,076 word

Is the JCF a murder den?

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has undergone what can only be called a transformation. Gone are the days of recruiting the bottom of the barrel, now they aim to recruit the …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray November 22, 2024 2 years 1,974 word

The sense and nonsense behind political appointments in the USA

While sitting at my desk in an office, in front of my company laptop computer this week, I received a message from a young lady who works in the Human Resources …

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