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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 Mabruke X September 11, 2026 3 hours 3,847 words

‘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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By Aldington "Junior" Murray August 28, 2026 2 weeks 1,584 word

The illusion of fighting for one’s country 

“We Stand Tired And Tested Our Hearts Resurrected One Truth This Is What We Live And Die For We Fight With Conviction No Time For Excuses One Life It’s Our Only …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray August 14, 2026 4 weeks 1,103 word

The Jamaica Constitution – what do you know?

 “In questions of power, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Jamaica became an independent nation among …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 31, 2026 1 month 1,837 word

It is amazing how appealing evil still is in the 21st century

The title for this opinion piece came out of a discussion with my brother. It was he who had posited the idea from what he had obtained from another source. The …

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By Carl Bliss June 26, 2026 3 months 886 words

Our Journey from Africa to Jamaica

Many years ago, I was watching a documentary showing tourists on their visit to Ghana.  They were all standing at the famous port from which large numbers of captured Africans were …

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By Dr. Alis Headlam June 5, 2026 3 months 826 words

Equality, Equity. Justice and Community building

The above image by “@restoringracialjustice” explains the difference between reality, equality, equity and justice. In communities around the world, these are trying times affected by local, national and global crises. Violence, …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 22, 2026 4 months 1,954 word

“Out of many,one people” – actual or aspirational in respect to Asian Jamaicans?

There were moments in my youth and in my early adult life when I heard it said that the problem in Jamaica was never about racism but one that was, more …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 8, 2026 4 months 1,193 word

A twisted nightmare about checks and balances

“We are such stuffAs dreams are made on,and our little life is rounded with a sleep” William Shakespeare (The Tempest) I sometimes wonder not only about the mechanics but also about …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray April 17, 2026 5 months 1,262 word

“If yu live in a glasshouse”

“If yu live in a glasshouseDon’t throw stonesAnd if you can’t take blows brotherDon’t throw blows Harm no manLet no man harm youDo unto othersAs they would do to you” Song …

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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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