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The truth of the deaths

The Charlie Hebdo massacre brought back memories of when, in the late 80s, Castaño’s paramilitaries shot down ‘JUCO’ militants – a Communist Youth group – in their own headquarters in Medellin – amongst them a pregnant woman.   Armando Orozco Tovar   The difference between this massacre and the atrocity […]

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Shame, a painful emotion

What are the effects of ‘shame’ on Caribbean families? I believe that this powerful emotion is perpetuated by the dysfunctional family structures that exist there, such structures being themselves directly caused by the deliberate humiliation visited on the imprisoned Africans by the slavers and their plantocratic masters.   Nigel Pocock […]

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The airport that never was

The story of how Rafah’s International Airport was destroyed by Israel in violation of international law.   Sul Nowroz / Real Media*   A small city in southern Ghazzah is under attack – again. The city is Rafah, a city that somehow manages to maintain her dignity despite the murderous […]