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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 4, 2025

The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA

The term Russian roulette is the practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one’s …

Issue # 211

The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA

July 4, 2025

To prevent athletes from switching allegiance

July 4, 2025

Our education system is in serious crisis

July 4, 2025

Eye movements and reading

July 4, 2025
By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 7, 2023

Do Black Lives Matter At All To White America? Yes, Indeed! But How?

“How?” That question, as short as it is, is as important as the declarative statement: “Black lives matter.” I do not mention that statement here in defence of the activist organization …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray August 20, 2021

Why The Overkill?

It was the late American novelist, playwright and social activist, James Baldwin, who wrote: “…for power truly to feel itself menaced, it must somehow sense itself in the presence of another power …

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By Ewart Walters December 26, 2020

Darnella Frazier – Person of the Year 2020

TIME Magazine’s selection of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris for Persons of the Year was quite understandable. But it missed the mark. Much as those two people represent the …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray December 10, 2020

Apples or Oranges?

What if the law doesn’t work for anyone of African descent who calls this USA  home – what then? What if “law and order” are just code words for keeping the …

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By Alexander Scott July 8, 2020

Abolish the police, yes, but deal with class and capitalism first

Abolish and defund the police, a phrase which is older than the George Floyd murder, has gained much more airplay since his heinous killing. It is a phrase and movement which …

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By Dr. Paul Wright July 8, 2020

Fighting Our Own Wars

The “lock down” and curfew associated with the Covid 19 Pandemic has caused some of us to be more attentive to happenings around the world. The United States of America (USA) …

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By Joan Williams June 11, 2020

Will they succeed this time? Yes, if they vote!

I have always heard that America was a dangerous place for non-whites, but thought that with the election of Barack Obama the country was on its way to redemption. Then along came …

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By Dr. Paul Wright June 11, 2020

Rage Over 8.46 Minutes Of Infamy, But Will change ever come to Jamaica?

8.46: George Floyd.  When that graphic first appeared there were some of us who immediately feared the worst, an American sprinter named George Floyd had broken the 100 metre world record …

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By Danny Roberts June 10, 2020

Emancipation and Reparation

There is understandable scepticism as to whether the wave of protests, following on the murder of George Floyd, will provide any lasting and sustained justice for blacks in the United States. …

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