The Idol Cannot Last Forever
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine …
No foreign intervention will solve the Haitian problem
The Haitian revolution and subsequent independence were the fulfilment of what was then a new ideology — liberalism. Slavery was abolished and black men and women were viewed as the equals …
Yes, Haiti Needs Help, But Intervention Is Not The Answer
At a recent sitting of Parliament, the PM announced that Jamaica would be looking to play an active and leading role in any intervention in Haiti. The intervention and assistance would …
SSL, The Two Jamaicas And Who Runs Them
Jamaica is once again facing the prospects of, if not another financial sector meltdown, then at the least a drastic reduction in faith in the financial sector and a sharp decline …
Blood money
The saying on the streets is that blood money runs the country. That view is so popular that it became the title of a hit song. The Jamaican economy has been …
The unrealistic Jamaican middle class
The Jamaican middle class remains its worst enemy, and the more one looks at it, the more one realises that nothing positive will come from it. That the middle class has …
Those Of Us On The Left Have Had A Long History Of Combatting And Opposing Liberalism
This is a history which can be found in the Paris Communes, the Peterloo massacre and the attempts to end colonialism in the early 1900s, events which saw those pushing and …