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"We must push one common intention ;  a better life for we women and we children , that must be the ambition of the Caribbean man. Dr. Leroy Calliste The Black Stalin.               WELL DONE DR. LEROY CALLISTE         THE BLACK STALIN                 WE GOING TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER AND MAKE IT BETTER                                 OUT OF MANY ONE JOURNEY ON TO THE ANCESTORS BROTHER STALIN ONE CARIBBEAN NATION                              HE WHO FEELS IT KNOWS IT POOR PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING , DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NEXT FOOD  COMING FROM FIRE GINE BUN DEM FEED DE SOUL WITH KAISO WHERE DE NEXT MEAL COMING FROM ?                    THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US THAT WE CAN MAKE IT SUFFER...

One Caribbean Nation.                                  Letter From Brooklyn                                   By M ichael H eadley                         George Santos What's all the Hullabaloo about Long Island Rep-elect George Santos not being allowed to be seated in congress, to represent Long Island and Queens 3rd District! (NY Post 12/22, 'But I can be a great Congressman'). So, what if he lied about where he attended College -later admitted that he never graduated, work ed for Wall Street firms, poorly stated that he was vice president of a company, his Jewish heritage and his sexual orientation? He didn't plagiarize his College class work nor said that he had graduated at the top of his law class, said that the Southern border w...

One Caribbean Nation. The Mahogany Coconut Group, thanks all  readers of our blog . We extend sincere best wishes to you and your families for the Holiday/Christmas Season and wish you all the very best for 2023. We are happy to note the following for their contribution to the region during 2022. Prime Minister of Barbados, Ms. Mia Amor Mottley and her administration's efforts in reigniting socio-economic ties with Mother Africa. Ms. Hyacinth Douglas for her contribution to her country Jamaica and the region. Ms. Douglas is a rapidly emerging voice on progressive community based socio-economic models.      The countries of Cuba and Ghana , whose citizens served the region with distinction as we battled COVID ALL Caribbean workers , who displayed great patriotic resilience as they confronted the economic harshness of COVID and in many cases fought against dastardly attempts to annihilate their unions and the gains made in the last sixty years throughout the region. ...

Lionel Messi One Caribbean Nation. Michael Headley Letter From Brooklyn By Michael Headley The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2022 Soccer World Cup, that concluded on December 18, in Qatar, went beyond expectations and Soccer fans around the globe were treated to an unforgettable display of skills, sportsmanship, emotion, talent and spectacular goals.  In the final, the 2018 champions France defended their crown with tenacity but in the end, Argentina, superbly led by their captain Lionel Andres Messi, won the battle, and are now the 2022 champions.  Messi, considered by some to be the greatest of all times (GOAT) finally got his crown, which had eluded him, but will now be his crowning achievement in the annals of Soccer History. It was refreshing to see players from all races, creeds and ethnicities join hands and sing their countries' individual National anthems.  Except for the Iranians, on one occasion, who silently showed solidarity with ...

One Caribbean Nation. By William Skinner Me and V: a personal introduction to gay tolerance I must have been around nine or ten years old. V was a well-known gay citizen, who lived in my beloved hometown of Britton’s Hill, in the parish of St. Michael, Barbados. My earliest recollection of V was his apparent penchant for dressing in white. I seldom saw him in a long pants, and he walked with an amazing rhythm. Even at that early age, I realized that he was very effeminate. He always seemed busy   out and about in the Brittons Hill area and it was obvious that everybody knew him, and his notoriety was island wide. I also noticed that he was always exceptionally clean. Later, I would learn that he was also known as a popular pudding and souse vendor, who carried on his trade in the vicinity of Nelson Street, in the city. He was well loved and respected in Britton’s Hill; along with that respect came good-natured heckling. One day, around midafternoon, about three of my chil...

One Caribbean Nation. As the region slowly slips into the post-COVID era, it is imperative that we closely examine, our current state and exactly where we are heading. We are now dependent on the Iron Birds and Floating Hotels, to save our economies from total collapse. Our beautiful islands, bountifully touched by nature, find themselves poorly managed and their physical environment in serious decline, hand in hand, with the rising crime and two generations, who believe they have been short circuited by both governments and private sectors. And there are no progressive policies, to secure their future. The private sectors remain deeply committed to paying low wages and the systematic economic destruction of the working class and trade union movement. While our leaders strut about the globe, pretending that they are being taken seriously, spouting repetitive hogwash; their countries continue to grapple with perpetual poverty. Our island states are barren of any truly progressiv...