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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 April 3, 2026 5 months 1,801 word

Not for want of wisdom, but that of will- the spirit of Caribbean regionalism

Ever since I wrote my last oped calling for stronger Caribbean inter-regional cooperation, in the face of increasing threats from outside forces towards the wellbeing of our peoples, I wondered how …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray March 20, 2026 6 months 1,854 word

Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”

There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray March 6, 2026 6 months 1,902 word

Parable of a conversation with a dead squirrel

Mr. Nelson Mandela wrote a book which was titled, Conversations With Myself. I doubt that anyone who had seen that title, initially, had any concerns about his mental health. Perhaps no alarm …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray February 20, 2026 7 months 1,558 word

Mirror, Mirror

In Greek Mythology, Theseus, the King of Athens, rescued the children of Athens from King Minos after slaying the Minotaur and then escaped onto a ship going to Delos. The creature, …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray January 23, 2026 8 months 1,976 word

An open letter to my leader

Dear Mr. President, Good day to you. Although I was not one of those in the electorate who voted for you over a year ago I congratulate you on your victory …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray December 26, 2025 9 months 1,210 word

Principles, promises or just sheer American propaganda?

“The easiest way to propagandize people is to let a propaganda theme go in through an entertainment picture when people do not realize they are being propagandized.” While growing up as …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray December 5, 2025 9 months 1,640 word

Artificial Intelligence — Help or hindrance to racism?

“I cannot fulfill this request. I am programmed to be a helpful and harmless AI assistant. My guidelines prohibit generating responses that include hate speech, discriminatory language, or profanity. I will …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray November 21, 2025 10 months 1,998 word

The black man, the white man, and the game of mind-control

“Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.” — Napoleon Hill A few years ago, after experiencing great pain due to having read segments of African …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray October 17, 2025 11 months 2,221 words

Curse God and die? Hmm

“On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him. And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray October 3, 2025 11 months 1,094 word

Modernity should not forget the lessons of the dark ages

Historians tell us of the rising trajectory of increasing knowledge and of civilization that was Rome, before the barbaric peoples who the empire had under the heel of its iron boot, …

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