In The Diaspora

Robert Fatton Jr. is the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs.

By Anita Baksh Anita Baksh is Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (CUNY).

 Editor’s note: Last week, former US President Bill Clinton visited Guyana, to participate in conversations on investment in the region at the United Caribbean Forum, organised by the locally based Dominican Republic Chamber of Commerce.

Editor’s Note: Last Friday, March 22, a resolution was presented by the US at the UN Security Council that “would have determined the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza,” for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and that according to a Reuters report, called for “the release of all hostages and an expanded flow of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.”

Chief Justice & President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, 2011-2016.

By Freedom ImaginariesUnder the banner #WithHaitianRefugees, Freedom Imaginaries is urging CARICOM to establish a rights-based regional approach for the protection of Haitian migrants and refugees as leaders prepare to meet in Jamaica today, March 11, to discuss the dire situation in Haiti.

The Protests and Pedagogy Collective was formed in 2018 to organize a series of commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Sir George Williams University Protest.

by Jemima Pierre Jemima Pierre, Ph.D., is a Haitian-born Professor at the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg. 

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 Ark Ramsay Ark Ramsay (Bridgetown, 1994) is a trans writer currently based in Barbados.

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 Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is Professor Emeritus and former Lecturer at University of Guyana.

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 Tamanisha John Tamanisha J. John is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at York University.

By Cedric L. Joseph Cedric L Joseph is a retired senior diplomat.

By Nastassia Rambarran Nastassia Rambarran is  a Guyanese-Barbadian physician and researcher completing a PhD on queer movements and decolonization.

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.”