Norman Girvan

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)has handed down a landmark decision in finding in favour of Ms Shanique Myrie in the case brought against Barbados for being denied entry, verbally and physically abused, and deported back to Jamaica, on March 14-15 2011.

Stupid, petty, vindictive, short sighted, counter-productive, a huge diplomatic faux pas.

I. CARIBBEAN FANONISM

An article I recently received from Patricia Khan (How global investors make money out of hunger, by Horand Knaup, Michaela Schiessl and Anne Seith, published by Speigel Online) is an excellent treatment of the effects

Your prodigious, insightful work on the nature of world capitalism, its origins and evolution, and on the long but necessary transition to socialism has educated, enlightened and inspired us over the last half a century.

‘CLR James was arguably, one of the outstanding personalities of the 20th century. In a life that spanned nine of the century’s decades he embraced most of its great social movements with passion, eloquence, and brilliant insights.

Congratulations on your appointment as CARICOM’s representative on the committee organising the international conference for the reconstruction of Haiti to be held in Montreal beginning Monday.