In The Diaspora

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

By the International Assembly of the Peoples and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

By Moses Bhagwan If our statement that called for the establishment of a Government of National Unity, carries the implication that we stand in the way of the democratic process, then we may be guilty of misrepresenting ourselves.

By Ulric Trotz Ulric Trotz is the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize Recently one of our daily newspapers carried the headline, “Banks DIH interested in auto sales, energy sector”.

By Lear Matthews and Lancelot Mars Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

By Hubert Devonish Hubert Devonish lives in Jamaica Today’s diaspora column on Caribbean nation languages, is dedicated to the memory and life’s loving work of Kamau Brathwaite, who died last week in Barbados, aged 89, and who is described by Jamaican Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Carolyn Cooper, as a “silk cotton tree”, “historian, poet, literary critic, publisher, Caribbean man of myth and magic “.

By Westmin R.A. James Westmin R.A. James is the Litigation Specialist for the University of the West Indies Rights Advocacy Project (U-Rap) who argued the Appeal, and was a part of the legal team along with Christopher Hamel-Smith SC lead counsel and Lisa M Shoman SC.

By Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora column Election season in Guyana has always been that time that rolls around, every couple of years, when neighbourliness can get suspended and tensions rise, when political parties set out to demonstrate why they are the best thing since sliced bread, and why their main political opponent is the absolute worst choice.

By Percy C. Hintzen Percy Hintzen is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies and Director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.

By Angelique V. Nixon Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based writer, artist, and scholar-activist.

By Cherie A. Daniel                      Cherie A. Daniel is currently a  PhD student at the University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education).

By Ulric Trotz Ulric Trotz is the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize  After the euphoria pervading the international community at the end of COP 21 when there was unanimous global agreement on the Paris Agreement which defined a way forward for global action on climate change, there is now universal despair (barring a few) in the wake of the recently concluded COP 25 in Madrid which is now generally regarded as an abject failure.

By Nicholas Peters Nicholas Peters is a writer and human rights activist.

By Aminta Kilawan-Narine Aminta Kilawan-Narine is an attorney, community activist, and co-founder of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, which is committed to promoting social justice through the values at the heart of the Hindu faith.

By Dr. Nastassia Rambarran Dr. Nastassia Rambarran is a Guyanese Public Health Consultant, Researcher and Physician living in Barbados.

By Sireesha Bobbili & Ruth Rodney Sireesha Bobbili and Ruth Rodney are UN Women consultants who developed the qualitative research component of the Women’s Health and Life Experiences Survey in Guyana.

By Harry Hergash Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.

By Steven L. B. Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Research Visitor at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights in Oxford and the author of  The Making of International Human Rights.

By Kemahl Khan Editor’s Note: On Friday, September 13, QC alumnus, Kemahl “ARK” Khan, died while on vacation with his daughter and grand-children.

By Kevin Edmonds & Grace Wu Kevin Edmonds is an Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto and a member of the Caribbean Solidarity Network.