Stabroek News is an integral part of my life. Were it human I would have owned it as family. For longer than I can remember, my mornings began with coffee and Stabroek News, first the hard copy and later the electronic copy. Over the past decade plus, Stabroek News has published a weekly article I write for my blog, Conversation […]
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‘Forbes Burnham, the Life and Times of the Comrade Leader,’ by Linden F. Lewis, was published in 2024 and is available on Amazon for a modest US$36. It has attracted no attention in Guyana even though two well known academics in the political science field have commended it. Dr. Nigel Westmaas said: “Forbes Burnham is […]
The current method of appointing the Leader of the Opposition is provided by article 184 of the Constitution. It provides that “the Leader of the Opposition shall be elected by and from among non-governmental members of the National Assembly at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the National Assembly, who shall […]
The use of the word ‘imperialism’ went out of fashion after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the emergence of a unipolar world with the US as the leading hegemon. Earlier this week, the New York Times and its opinion writers have begun to describe as ‘imperialism’ the US government’s announced policy […]
I kind of like Jeremy Cobin, the former leader of the British Labour Party. He came to politics early and spent his entire political life on the radical left, promoting progressive causes, including peace, disarmament, social benefits, poverty alleviation and other worthy causes. He was on every forum, every demonstration, every platform that promoted the objectives he considered to be worthy. He was activist, not […]
