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Jun 17, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The difference at the 2011 and 2015 elections was made by a combination of a section of Indian Guyanese electorate which rebelled against the PPP and cast their lot with the AFC, and the Independent section of the African Guyanese…
Continue readingstabroek news letter june 13, 1980 Dear Editor, Thirty-eight years ago, today, Dr Walter Rodney was brutally murdered by the government of the day. Since June 13, 1980 supporters of Rodney and Forbes Burnham have sparred, mostly indirectly, over Burnham’s innocence in the matter. Did he know of the deed?…
Continue readingJun 10, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds A central aspect of Walter Rodney’s political thought, in relation to Guyana, was his ideas on ethnicity and class, self-emancipation and political violence. These inter-related planks of his thought informed his political practice, which in turn, enriched his ideas. Rodney’s ideas…
Continue readingJun 03, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds Dr. Walter Rodney was assassinated on June 13, 1980. His assassination brought to a premature end a life that represented the best of our Caribbean civilization. This month we again remember him–what he stood for and represented. I am always…
Continue readingMay 27, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds BROTHER BOB Yesterday Guyana observed its 52nd anniversary as a sovereign nation. Bob Marley, one of the poetic geniuses of our Caribbean Independence, was moved in the 1970s in the song “Rebel Music” to ask of the powers that be:…
Continue readingstabroek news letters may 26, 2018 Dear Editor, I refer to the GAWU General Secretary’s letter to the press in yesterday’s Stabroek News ` Sugar’s future is not bleak as it is being made out to be’, which takes me to task for complimenting the government for its decision to…
Continue readingMay 26, 2018 kaieteur news Letters Dear Editor I refer to the GAWU General Secretary’s letter to the press, which takes me to task for complimenting the government for its decision to confront the sugar problem. In the process, Mr. Narine reiterated his union’s narrative of the sugar workers plight against the…
Continue readingMay 20, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds By David Hinds Not unexpectedly, there has been some hype in the media about the performance of the current government as it marked its third anniversary in office. The government itself set the tone with the publication of its long…
Continue readingMay 06, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds I ended last week’s column with quotes from three PPP leaders on their interpretation of my politics. Their central thrust was two-fold. First, they contended that I was only concerned with the interests of African Guyanese—the inference is that I…
Continue readingApr 29, 2018 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds One of the criticisms I face daily from government supporters is that my critique of the government, valid or invalid, serves the PPP cause. This kind of reaction is inevitable in our ethnic-based political culture, which generally allows little latitude…
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