Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) is a 28-year-old environmental watch-dog NGO in Trinidad and Tobago, committed to monitoring the activities of the extractive sector.
by Tammy Turner (tturnr)
Tammy Turner is a Russian born, Jamaican raised, Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, poet and teacher currently residing between Canada, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
By Kristina Fried and Sasha Filippova
Kristina Fried, Staff Attorney at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), and Sasha Filippova, Senior Staff Attorney at IJDH.
By Ulric O’D Trotz Now retired, Ulric (Neville) Trotz was formerly the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize
Recently the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St.
By the Protests and Pedagogy Collective
Protests and Pedagogy is a collective of Caribbean scholars, students, community members, writers, artists, and activists who initially came together in 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sir George Williams University student protest.
By Janette Bulkan
Janette Bulkan is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
This column reflects on the Joint Declaration of Argyle against the geopolitical backdrop in which Guyana and Venezuela are enmeshed.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan
Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Previously UN
Under-Secretary-General
Guyana has achieved a notable gain in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which unanimously held on 1 December that “pending a final decision in the case, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela shall refrain from taking any action which would modify the situation that currently prevails in the territory in dispute, whereby the Cooperative Republic of Guyana administers and exercises control over that area.”
By Ulric O’D Trotz
Now retired, Ulric (Neville) Trotz was formerly the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize
As Guyana invests in an aggressive program of infrastructure development in its inhabited coastal zone, it is incumbent on all involved to ensure that the proposed interventions have minimal or no adverse environmental impacts on the prevailing environment and that they are sustainable and can withstand future environmental changes.
by Omar Shahabudin McDoom
o.s.mcdoom@lse.ac.uk
Omar Shahabudin McDoom is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics where his research interests include the comparative study of war and violence.
By Omar Shahabudin McDoom
Omar Shahabudin McDoom is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics where his research interests include the comparative study of war and violence.
By Alissa Trotz
Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora column
The Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Canada, which describes its mission as one of offering a space “to create, develop and produce new plays to provide the conditions for new work to thrive,” is currently home to the world premiere of the deeply moving debut play, A Poem for Rabia, in co-production with Nightwood Theatre and Undercurrent Creations.
By Kimalee Phillip
Kimalee Phillip is a Grenadian migrant currently living on the stolen lands of Tkaronto (Toronto) where she works as a labour human rights representative and organizes with the Caribbean Solidarity Network.
A Call for Signatures, A Call for CARICOM Action
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Editor’s Note: In the past week, Guyanese have been organizing pickets demonstrating the importance of regional and international solidarity that does not answer to the geopolitical imperatives of the powerful.
By Myrtha Désulmé
Myrtha Désulmé is President and Founder of the Haiti-Jamaica Society, a Board member of the Haitian Forum for Peace and Sustainable development (FOHPDD), and longtime Advocate for Haiti.