More Attacks On The Rights Of Workers
Over the past 15 years, capitalism has taken a severe beating. The subprime crash in 2008 destroyed the idea of Apolitical money, saw interest rates fall to their lowest levels ever, …
Happy Emancipation Day
A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots
The Rights of Workers Must Be Protected
Unions serve a noble and beneficial purpose. This may irritate some readers who view unions as simply slush funds for those in power — a view which is not wholly incorrect …
Macroeconomic Benefits, Micro Pains
Jamaica finds itself in a strange position. On the macro-economic end things seem to be going well: the national debt is slowly being whittled down, unemployment is at record lows, our …
PM’s Stance On Israel
On the 7th of October 2023, Palestinian resistance groups launched what can only be described as the largest offensive against Israel since 1973. The action (which comes almost 50 years to …
Western Hegemony and Paper Tigers
Paper tiger: Noun, something, such as an enemy or foreign country that seems very strong and dangerous but is really weak and not harmful — Cambridge Dictionary. The 2020s will be …
We Need To See The Economic Benefits Of Sports
Jamaica is a country ideally suited to sustain a thriving sports industry. A nation which remains top in various track and recently, field events, a country immersed in the history and …
Move From STEM To STEAM
The humanities make us human. This phrase may rub people the wrong way, but it remains true, even if we do not like it. The humanities or liberal arts as they …
A Golden Chance To Implement Garvey’s Teachings
As the world abandons the anomaly that was the 3 decades of unipolarity centred around the US, now is a good time to take stock of the situation and ask ourselves, …
Why We Should Be Concerned About Deep Sea Mining
Those familiar with the abattoir and its practices will know just how hard it is to get an animal to the slaughter. Even if they don’t know what is happening, animals …
Common Sense Of Crime
Jamaica has had issues with crime for some time. Gangs, which were once the playthings of powerful politicians following universal adult suffrage, were bolstered and given powerful arms as the nation …