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Written by Demerara Waves
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 07:52 |
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by Rohit Kanhai (New York-based Caribbean Daylight newspaper)
"Livy says that Menenius told the soldiers a fable about the parts of the human body and how each has its own purpose in the greater function of the body. The rest of the body thought the stomach was getting a free ride so the body decided to stop nourishing the stomach. Soon, the other parts became fatigued and unable to function so they realized that the stomach did serve a purpose and they were nothing without it. In the story, the stomach represents the patrician class and the other body parts represent the plebs.
“Eventually, Livy concludes, the patricians conceded to some of the plebs' demands, such as creating the tribunes of the people and establishing legal protection for all citizens against arbitrary intervention from an elected magistrate, and the soldiers returned to the city." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Written by Guest Columnist
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Sunday, 25 December 2011 11:42 |
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by Dr. Richard Vanwest Charles
Our elections are over. National discontent is ever present amidst the possibility of having a different parliamentary experience which many never thought the 1980 Constitution could have delivered. Some see this as progressive and a golden opportunity for collaboration in the national interest. Others feel that this new dispensation has given the national psyche to hope and expect the possibility of good governance in the absence of majority arrogance. This is critical in a multi ethnic society in which the majority government acts without consideration either by choice or unknowingly for the considerations of the other ethnicities.
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Written by Guest Columnist
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 07:06 |
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by Odeen Ishmael
On October 29, 2011, the Government of Guyana, after holding the annual rotating position of pro-tempore chair of UNASUR since November 26, 2010, handed over the gavel to Paraguay at the fifth meeting of the Council of Heads of State and Government held in Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital. During the year of Guyana’s chairmanship, the South American bloc made some strident advances in institutional building while continuing to make headway in gaining a firmer foothold on the world stage.
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Written by Denis Scott Chabrol
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Thursday, 24 November 2011 08:49 |
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Dr. David Hinds
In our haste to be politically correct, to fall in step with broad notions of politics we often miss the essence of socio-political action that emanates from among the people. This is exactly the mistake that has been made by some people in the media, in the government and in High Civil Society in relation to some of the developments this election season. This is not a routine election. Yet many are treating it as such. But anyone who has some sense of the political motion of societies like Guyana understands why this is an election with a difference. This election is a moment of extreme rebellion. It has to be.
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Written by Demerara Waves
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Thursday, 17 November 2011 07:29 |
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by Dr. David Hinds
Guyana’s second Presidential debate at the Theatre Guild was low-keyed compared to the one held last week at the University of Guyana. Perhaps the absence of the ruling PPP’s candidate had a lot to do with that outcome. Yet some of the answers are most revealing. They exposed, to a large extent, the ideological mindset of the candidates. Ideology matters even in a situation of extreme ethno-racial tension. In this regard I was struck by the candidates’ attitude to poverty.
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