In The Diaspora

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College  On May 16, 2015 Brigadier David Granger became President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana as head of a coalition of six political parties.

By Hollis France   Hollis France teaches at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina   For many homeland and diasporic Guyanese the euphoric dynamic of the election of a representative government projects great rays of hope.

By Schemel Patrick   Schemel Patrick is the Advocacy and Communications Officer at Guyana’s Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) joined the rest of the world in observing the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) on May 17 to bring attention to the discrimination and prejudice faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

By Concerned Guyanese   Concerned Guyanese is a diverse group of young people and professionals, in Guyana and the diaspora, who have been steadily compiling information on the clear absence of a level playing field in Guyana As Guyanese go to the polls in three days, a recent report appeared in Kaieteur News (May 4, 2015), in which in an interview on Hard Talk, President Donald Ramotar defended his government against local and international accusations of corruption.

By Dr Arif Bulkan   Arif Bulkan lectures in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies     Under Guyana’s laws, Minister of Health Bheri Ramsaran’s attack on Sherlina Nageer at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, which included telling her to ‘F- off’, calling her a “little piece of shit” and threatening to have her stripped, qualifies as harassment if it occurred in the context of persons who are associated with each other.

By Arif Bulkan, Ulele Burnham and Alissa Trotz     The nation is now 21 days away from an epochal election.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon (This is an edited version of a blog which was posted on http:// churchroadman.

By Kevin De Silva   Kevin De Silva, Guyanese, is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is currently engaged with issues related to Guyana and its diaspora.

By Reginald Dumas Reginald Dumas is a retired Ambassador and Head of the Public Service of Trinidad and Tobago.

By Sherlina Nageer  Sherlina Nageer is a Guyanese feminist, activist, educator, and writer who pens a bi-weekly Friday column.

We, women of the Caribbean Regional Network of Organizations and our allies, form part of a global movement dedicated to ensuring that our Governments and other actors respect, protect and guarantee the full enjoyment of the human rights of all women and girls.

Editor’s note: This week’s column, by two contributors, pays tribute to Trinidadian born intellectual-activist Claudia Jones.

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College  Any attempt to analyze or summarize the vast repertoire of Clive Thomas’s work in a single article is a daunting task.

By David Comissiong   David Comissiong is an attorney-at-law, and a former senator in the Parliament of Barbados.

By Savitri Persaud   Savitri Persaud was born in Guyana and spent part of her childhood in Moblissa, off the Linden Highway, and in Bellevue, West Bank Demerara.

By Myriam J. A. Chancy   Myriam J. A. Chancy is a Haitian-Canadian writer, Guggenheim Fellow, and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

By Maya Trotz   Maya Trotz is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.

By Anton L. Allahar   Anton Allahar is a Trinidadian who lives in Canada. 

By Kevin Edmonds   Kevin Edmonds is a PhD student, at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Center for Critical Development Studies and the Caribbean Studies Program.

By Dr Arif Bulkan   In the six weeks since the mask slipped, providing an insight into Attorney General Anil Nandlall in his unguarded moments, our battered nation has been subjected to the arrogant response of both the AG himself and the ruling party in respect of the disclosures, followed closely by the prorogation of Parliament, and then yet another debilitating flood in Georgetown and along the coast after only a few hours of rain.