The current economic and political situation is getting worse daily. On the political front both parties are paralyze because of its consistent alignment with the private sector and the western economic mechanism spearheaded by the International Monetary Fund.  The country lacks a national leader that can carry our country into the twenty first century.  The old style politics where ...

WASHINGTON - In his final State of the Union address, delivered here last night, President Obama echoed the goals of those seeking progressive change in America: "opportunity and security for our families; a rising standard of living and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids." He said "all that is within our reach," but only if we reject the politics of jingoism and racism. He did not cite ...

Unlike state armies that exist to protect the integrity of the nation, NATO has no defined purpose other than to continuously engage in conflict. This explains the organization’s desire for conflict , when diplomacy is the best answer. Imagine a kitchen fully equipped with the latest cooking gadgets, stocked up with the freshest and best quality produce and staffed with the most highly trained ...

        REVOLUTIONARY VENEZUELA ADVANCES SOCIAL EQUALITY – WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS? by Alison Bodine and Macarena CataldoNovember, 2015Reprinted from Fire This TimeIn December of 1998 the people of Venezuela changed the course of history in Venezuela with a gigantic victory for the people of Latin America and ...

Boyne, noted veteran JIS columnist is right in asserting that both Parties commitment to the IMF austerity program irrespective of who wins the election. The only issue I have is with his title” Voting for the IMF”, it should have been Voting for the “IMF/Private Sector”. Credence should be given to his exposing of the Intellectual bankruptcy of the so call neo-liberal. The favorability ...

American imperialism: seeking to control Syria, seeking regime change in Syria is part of a broader aim of controlling the Middle East, says Joseph Kishore, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party.“Turkey has its particular interest in Syria and has a de facto alliance with ISIS. Turkey has been a central force in backing the anti-Assad forces in Syria, many of which, of course, ...

The audit states what the auditors found. Unfortunately there are some aspects of what they found that have not been mentioned or raised in the audit. Several other forensic audits and investigations may be admin and operational dilemma. For now, kindly look at the photographs included in the audit.  You ought to be aware that there have been several contracts over the years to refurbish the ...

The public furor and persistent calls for the resignation of the Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, are reasonable in some respects and unreasonable in others. On the one hand if it is that the Minister is responsible for the administration, and management, of the Ministry of Health in totality, and the “buck stops with him” on all matters, then the call for his resignation is ...

eOp-Edge   Finian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Originally from Belfast, Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. For over 20 years he ...

The People National Party and the Jamaica Labor Party are competing for the title of the defender of the Private Sector/IMF driven austerity program. The ex Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, did mention that some politicians brains are termite infested but he forgot to include himself and others. Bruce Golding simplistic characterization of his partners in neocolonialism is far from the ...

  The PNP under the leadership of MAMA-P have continued the failed policies of both Patterson and the Golding administration. Portia having started out on her first journey as our first female Prime minister sounded the alarm about her dedication to the poor and anointed faithful of the lord only to be subjected to the control by the most conservative arm of the Peoples National Party. She ...

  by: Jarvis Tyner   People from every state in the nation are sending their deepest heartfelt condolences and solidarity to the families of the nine people senselessly murdered while at Bible study at Charleston's historic Mother Emanuel AME Church. This is the church of former slave and abolitionist Denmark Vesey, who was hanged for organizing a slave rebellion. This is a church ...

By Ralph Nader, The Nader Page 10 May 15 uddenly, the mass media is writing about or televising the conditions in West Baltimore. Conditions that Washington Post columnist, Eugene Robinson, summarized as decades long “suffocating poverty, dysfunction and despair.” Suddenly, reporters and camera teams are discovering Baltimore’s inner city—crumbling or abandoned housing; mass unemployment; ...

April 5, 2015 7:46 pm Lawrence SummersThis past month may be remembered as the moment the United States lost its role as the underwriter of the global economic system. True, there have been any number of periods of frustration for the US before, and times when American behaviour was hardly multilateralist, such as the 1971 Nixon shock, ending the convertibility of the dollar into gold. But I can ...

On behalf of the workers, teachers, students, unemployed, victims of violence, the youths, pensioners, the homeless, the mentally challenge, workers in police uniforms, the nurses, the doctors, unemployed Journalists, the handicap, the hotel workers, the airport workers, the garbage cleaners, the beggars and our professionals workers the call to abandon this austerity program. Madam President ...

Jamaica, home to over three million people will be for the first time since his presidency has the President of the United States on its scenic shore to meet with the First Female Prime minister of Jamaica, the honorable Portia Simpson. The President visit comes at a time when one of the most rabid member of the Republican Party just announce his presidency and having one of his campaign ...

  by: Conn Hallinan March 23 2015 tags: war, Greece, world, international, analysis Memory is selective and therein lies an explanation for some of the deep animosity between Berlin and Athens in the current debt crisis that has shaken the European Union (EU) to its foundations. For German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, "memory" goes back to 2007 when Greece was caught up in the ...

The battle over whether the Iran negotiations go forward or are forced to fail is bigger than the terms of any "deal". An agreement won't decide any of the great issues of our time, but it bears on which way the world will turn in this century. The United States, Russia, China, France, Britain, Germany and Iran are at the table negotiating a difficult issue. Sadly, that's a rare phenomenon in a ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice an institution that should have been a reality since our political independence from Britain is the highlight of discussion between the Governing Peoples National Party and the Opposition Jamaica Labor Party. The governing Party under the leadership of The Honorable Portia Simpson is in favor of Voting for its implementation of having the Caribbean Court of Justice ...

'I Do Not Trust the Policy of the United States' By Fidel Castro. 29 January 15 idel Castro sent this message to the Federation of University Students on the occasion of an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of his admission to the University of Havana. In 2006, as a result of health issues which were incompatible with the time and effort required to fulfill my duties – which I myself ...