In The Diaspora

By Nicole Burrowes Nicole Burrowes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.

By Marsha Hinds Marsha Hinds is a post-doctoral fellow in Gender Studies at the University of Guelph, the immediate past president of the National Organization of Women of Barbados and the co-founder of Operation Safe Space.

By Penelope Howell Penelope (Penny) Howell is a trained teacher, and a community activist.

By Charlene Wilkinson Charlene Wilkinson is a lecturer in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies at the University of Guyana, a founder member of the Guyanese Languages Unit Working Group, and a member of the Guyana-Haiti Support Group “The very idea of ‘border’ only applies to the extremely vulnerable and those in need.

By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.

By Omar Shahabudin McDoom Omar Shahabudin McDoom was born in London to parents who left Georgetown in the 60s.

By Thandeka Percival, Salima Hinds and Vidyaratha Kissoon Thandeka Percival is a journalist and former educator.

by Luca Istodor Luca Istodor is a queer activist from Romania.

By Rahul Basu Rahul Basu is the Research Director at the Goa Foundation and a member of ‘The Future We Need’, a global movement to make intergenerational equity foundational for civilisation beginning with minerals Treating mineral sale proceeds as revenue or income hides the real transaction — the sale of inherited wealth The principle that the economy must be “sustainable” — we cannot compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs — is beyond question.

By Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) OGGN’s mission is to educate and bring pressure to bear on Guyana’s policy makers to make sure the oil curse doesn’t happen in Guyana.

By Mike McCormack Mike McCormack is currently a Co-President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) and Convenor of the Policy Forum Guyana (PFG), a broad coalition of civic organizations with a common concern for the environment.

By Errol Ross Brewster Errol Ross Brewster is a Caribbean artist from Guyana, who has lived in Barbados, and is currently living in the United States.

By Clem Seecharan Emeritus Professor of History London Metropolitan University This is abridged from my introductory essay to a biography of Rai by Baytoram Ramharack, Against the Grain: Balram Singh Rai and the Politics of British Guiana (Trinidad: Chakra, 2005).

By Thomas Harding Thomas Harding is author of ‘White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery’ published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson .

By Vidyaratha Kissoon Vidyaratha Kissoon is involved in the work for gender equality Stopping Violence against Women and Girls without Gender Equality?

Editor’s Note: On December 30, 2021, President Irfaan Ali assented to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill which was controversially passed on Wednesday, 29 December 2021 in the National Assembly.

By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.

This week we carry the full text of a letter that was submitted on Friday December 10 to Mr. Lochan, Chair of

By Renuka Anandjit and Angelique V. Nixon Renuka N. Anandjit is a Guyanese born, Trinidad-based scholar and activist.