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Jan 19, 2020 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds It is generally accepted that many voters cast their votes against parties rather than for parties. Other voters vote for a party rather than for the policies of that party. In Guyana it is generally felt that most of our…
Continue readingJan 12, 2020 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds According to reports, PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo told attendees at the recent launch of the PPP’s 2019 campaign that the PPP “is the natural home for Afro-Guyanese”. This is not the first time the former president has spoken on…
Continue readingJan 05, 2020 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This is my first column of the year. I deliberately choose to do it on a subject not directly related to the current election campaign for reasons I would explain in a subsequent column. In a few days the world…
Continue readingDec 29, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds So, Guyana has started to produce oil. Understandably, the government celebrated the announcement of First Oil. The President declared a National Petroleum Day. The Opposition was lukewarm about the official announcement. The critics of the government’s handling of the contracts…
Continue readingDec 22, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds As we prepare for another election. There has been a lot of talk about constitutional reform. But there has hardly been any mention of the most important obstacle to national cohesion in Guyana — the inability of our major political…
Continue readingI wish to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes earlier this week. I was moved by the goodwill. Thanks again.
Continue readingDec 15, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds Not unexpectedly, the PPP is using the current elections campaign to try to con the nation about what transpired during its long 23-year reign. Today I want to deal with the PPP, which I continue to believe presided over the…
Continue readingI supported the APNU in 2011 and the Coalition in 2015. I was part of the WPA leadership that together with Robert Corbin and a section of the PNC leadership conceived and birthed APNU. It was at one level a difficult decision, as we were entering into a partnership with…
Continue readingDespite my commitment to Black Uplift and liberation, my political choices have not been driven solely by race. I grew up in a home where the head of the household, my Aunty Cecelia, a regular village woman, had sided with Bro Eusi Kwayana when he broke with Burnham in 1971….
Continue readingThe problem seems to be this—while scholars and activists of other ethnic groups can afford to ignore or downplay race and racism, Blacks cannot. The question of race is central to Black people’s experience. From the middle passage to the present, we have had to confront the reality and consequences…
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