Opinion

By Dr Randolph Persaud Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC The CARICOM Reparations Commission advanced the following Ten Point Reparation plan in 2014 –  Full formal apology; Indigenous peoples development programmes; funding for reparations to Africa; the establishment of cultural institutions and the return of cultural heritage; assistance in remedying the public health crisis; education programmes; the establishment of cultural ...

Dr Randolph Persaud Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC Twice during the funeral proceedings for Dr. Roger Luncheon, PPPC Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo expressed frustration he and the former HPS faced during what used to be routinely labelled as the “crime spree” that followed the February 2002 Jail Break. The PPP General Secretary, however, went beyond the familiar “crime spree” construction. ...

by GHK Lall David Granger is the giver, not Bharrat Jagdeo.  What is surprising is that Vice President Jagdeo would step forward and actually claim ownership of the extension of the blocks that amounts to shoving forward by one year the relinquishment in October, two months hence.  I am still trying to figure out why would VP Jagdeo do such ...

by R. Evan Ellis, Latin Research Professor at the U.S. Army War College. Introduction The embrace of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by Guyana President Irfaan Ali during his July 2023 visit to the country highlights a renewed wave of Chinese engagement and influence in a country that has transformed in just a few years from one of the region’s poorest ...

by Dr Randolph Persaud (Professor Emeritus) Frantz Fanon and Walter Rodney are two of the most formidable thinkers on problems of race and racism. Fanon, a psychiatrist from Martinique, and Rodney, a Guyanese historian, were both world class scholars, anti-colonial activists, and champions of the poor and the powerless. Anti-racism was an integral dimension of their respective intellectual and political ...

by GHK Lall I thought that an invitation was the next best thing for politicians in the PPP and PNC, since I don’t challenge leaders and ministers and legislators anymore.  The PPP Government came up at long last with its draft oil law, which is a good development.  Yesterday, the Opposition trotted out its draft amendment proposals, also a positive ...

by GHK Lall Dr. Roger Luncheon has long been gone from the public limelight, that which he occupied with some distinction in both the last and this century.  He spanned more than centuries; Roger Luncheon, on occasion, bridged the expanse that ruptures this country in so many ways.  Now, he is finally gone to shake hands at the heights with ...

by GHK Lall I had repeatedly warned the top leadership in the PPP Government, President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo.  The message was the same: beware the Chinese Dragon.  Embedded in that message was another: beware even more the American Eagle.  Both leaders, especially brother Barry, responded with the cold shoulder, the back of their hands, a foot raised.  Now, ...

by GHK Lall Women have rights in Guyana.  In the view of some men in this country women have a right to the kitchen, women have a right to the bedchamber, and women have a right to the maternity ward.  The old American term was “barefoot and pregnant.”  Thinking of what has unfolded recently, and before, the politically powerful, the ...

by GHK Lall In classic Robeson Benn fashion, the Hon Minister of Home Affairs came out swinging for the fence.  In CLR James parlance, it was aiming for beyond the boundary, when I consider the full import of what Minister Benn put on the table as his mini-project plan to crackdown on disorder in Region Four.  I say this right ...