By Raffique Shah May 16, 2022 It was the lure of the rifle that probably made up my mind for me. I enlisted in the Trinidad and Tobago Cadet Corps established at Presentation College, Chaguanas, in 1959. I was all of 13 years old, and I was eager to get on with “the gun”. It … Continue reading Full force for merchants of death
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe May 09, 2022 PART I “The greatest supporter of the movement is / A young barrister who has made the workers’ struggle his / I’m referring to Adrian Cola Rienzi / Undoubtedly a leader of destiny / Who is working the workers to agitate / To eradicate and co-operate.” —Attila … Continue reading A leader of destiny
By Raffique Shah April 04, 2022 My telephone mysteriously morphed into a Catholic church-type confessional after my column of last Sunday hit the streets, or given the dominance of the Internet in disseminating news, fake and real, likelier after Sunday Express’ online version was read by people who make it a point to stay ahead … Continue reading Stop the land banditry now
By Ejaz Akram April 02 2022 – thecradle.co After a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan and loss of credibility over Ukraine, the era of US unipolarity seems to be entering its terminal phase, marked by lashing out ferociously in all directions. The most recent of these offensives occurred last week when the government of Pakistan alleged … Continue reading Imran Khan takes on America
By Raffique Shah March 28, 2022 I believe every word that the former minister of agriculture, land and fisheries, Clarence Rambharat, wrote and uttered with respect to the rampant stealing of State lands by persons high and low, and the refusal, maybe complicity, of others in authority who are empowered to do something about the … Continue reading Sordid saga of State lands
By Raffique Shah March 14, 2022 I do not know the former chairman of the Energy Chamber, Eugene Tiah. Never seen, met or spoken with him. I know only that he appears to be well respected in the energy industries by his peers, and presumably by the overlords of the downstream and petrochemicals industries, a … Continue reading Good people must speak out now
By Alfred de Zayas March 04, 2022 – Dezayasalfred.Wordpress.Com Russia’s aggression against Ukraine entails a grave violation of the jus cogens rule stipulated in article 2, paragraph 4, of the UN Charter – the prohibition of the use of force without approval of the Security Council. Admittedly, Russia has invoked article 51 of the Charter, … Continue reading COUNTERPUNCH: PRECEDENTS OF PERMISSIBILITY
By Raffique Shah February 21, 2022 I am convinced that Trinidad and Tobago is the most corrupt country in the world. There is hardly a person who has not witnessed “wid mih own eyes”, as Trinis would say, or otherwise gained knowledge of, at least one act of corruption in his lifetime, and likelier several … Continue reading Corruption capital
Probe Coast Guard shooting Express Editorial The shooting incident involving the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard which resulted in the killing of a baby and injury to his mother demands a full and independent enquiry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comment from Kian I am deeply disturbed by the reporting of the Coast Guard actions against the Venezuelan boat … Continue reading Probe Coast Guard shooting
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 08, 2022 “[In the United States] Black people have had to perform at a much higher standard simply to receive the rewards of being ordinary. For Black people, being ordinary is an extraordinary achievement.” —Lewis R Gordon on Du Bois’s Political Thought During his lowest ebb in his political … Continue reading When extraordinary isn’t good enough