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By Alexander Scott November 8, 2025

War drums in a zone of peace

The drums of war are beating in the Caribbean, and they are getting louder and louder. The United States has set its sights firmly on Venezuela, using the lie that Venezuela …

Issue # 218

War drums in a zone of peace

November 8, 2025

Rebuilding after Hurricane Melissa

November 8, 2025

Major trauma from Melissa

November 8, 2025

Oh America: Home of the free, in certain decline

November 8, 2025

Liverpudlian Anxiety

November 8, 2025

Personalities in the development of Education in Jamaica

November 8, 2025
By Alexander Scott July 22, 2022

No Good Guys In This War, But No One Likes A Hypocrite

Evil Putin, the madman Putin, the terminally ill Putin, the isolated Putin, each of these statements made in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his actions since 2012, have picked …

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By Alexander Scott July 8, 2022

Pointless Pandering To The Public

The end of June saw one of the most horrific crimes in recent memory when a young family of 5 in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, were brutally murdered. In a nation which …

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By Alexander Scott June 24, 2022

Argument Done!

The past few years have seen, across the world, a slow and steady increase in the cry of China being labelled as either imperialist, colonialist, engaging in a debt trap or …

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By Alexander Scott June 10, 2022

Jamaica, The Summit Of The Americas And Our Non-Independence

The Americas faces many situations — climate change, drug trafficking, violence, poverty, threats to workers’ rights, threats to indigenous rights, femicide, and the list goes on. Many of these issues were, …

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By Alexander Scott May 27, 2022

The Ball Is In The Unions’ Court

The past few weeks saw the island being rocked by industrial disputes. In one week we saw National Water Commission (NWC) workers go on strike, air traffic controllers strike, civil servants …

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By Alexander Scott May 13, 2022

Hair And Unspoken History

Recently Jamaica went through its now annual public outcry as children were turned back from school due to the length of their hair or other hairstyles. After the children were barred …

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By Alexander Scott April 29, 2022

Housing And Land, The Issues Of Our Time

The issue of land has, since at least 1838, been one of the most pressing topics on the minds of the Jamaican people. I would venture to say that land — …

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By Alexander Scott April 15, 2022

Many Choices In A Rapidly Changing World

What position will Jamaica take in this new world emerging around us? This is not a simple rhetorical question or a hypothetical future being debated on university campuses. This is a …

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By Alexander Scott April 1, 2022

Jamaica, The Global South And The Brave New World

The Russian military operation in Ukraine has shaken the existing world order to its core. We are living in the times as described by Yates in his brilliant poem The Second …

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By Alexander Scott March 18, 2022

Western Hypocrisy And The Ukraine War

The Russian war in Ukraine is illegal, of that there can be no doubt. There was no UN Security Council mandate, no resolution brought to the toothless General Assembly to even …

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