U.S.A — Hypocrisy in full display at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings – By Mohamed Hamaludin

Ketanji Brown Jackson

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN

The United States Supreme Court was established under Article 3 of the Constitution in 1790, or more than 230 years ago. It was not until 1967, 177 years later, that the first African American, Thurgood Marshall, was appointed to the court. No other African American was so honored until 1991, when Clarence Thomas was named to fill the vacancy created by Marshall’s retirement. Meanwhile, five women were elevated to the court, starting with Sandra Day O’Connor in 1981 or 191 years after its creation. She was followed by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993, Sonya Sotomayor– the first Latino member in 2009 — Elena Kagan in 2010 and Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.

So this highest court in the nation has so far had only two African American members, both men, and even then at different times. It has not had any African female member, although there are 42 million African Americans or more than 13 percent of the population.     

GUYANA: History: Summarising the 1856 ‘Angel Gabriel’ Guyana Riots – By Nigel Westmaas

Artist’s impression of John Sayers Orr by Guyanese Errol Ross Brewster, 2022

By Stabroek News –  March 20, 2022 – By Nigel Westmaas

The so called ‘Angel Gabriel’ riots in British Guiana (Guyana) in 1856 has generally been passed over as another of many local riots in the colony. This in spite of the immensity of its size as a riot, its reception at a global level, its layered origins, and of course the international footprint and character of the riot’s main protagonist, John Sayers Orr, whose nom de guerre ‘angel Gabriel’ stuck as an attractive descriptive. But the radical footprint of Orr is no exaggeration. If he had lived in the present, Orr might have be deemed an intercontinental ‘ballistic’ missile.

There are only two known published articles on the 1856 riots in Guyana, namely VO Chan’s “The Riots of 1856 in British Guiana,”(1970)  and Mark Doyle’s  more updated, “The Angel Gabriel in the Tropics: British Guiana 1856” (2016). These and other assessments have focused both on Orr, his apparent aberrant interventions and hold on the masses, and the wider context and undercurrents and conditions prevailing in Guyana that allowed Orr to almost seamlessly intervene.           

GUYANA: Rapid oil spending will strain Guyana’s meager human and capital resources – Economist warns

Mar 19, 2022 Kaieteur News – By: Terence M. Yhip (Ph.D)

Terrence Yhip

Part 1-1 Introduction

If you want the perfect analogy in biology of efficiency and coordination—vital requirements for the public investments to succeed—look to the human digestive system for a gut understanding. The body uses nutrients in food for energy, cell repair and growth. But for all of these good things to happen without a hitch, the food must first be converted into nutrients for absorption.

Many “actors” with varied skills are involved, each performing a critical role in a long process. Imagine for a moment a Guyanese pepperpot and bread on a joyous Christmas morning, a tasty mutton curry on Eid-ul-Fitr, or hot aloo roti on Diwali. You’ve just had a meal, but hours later you experience excruciating abdominal pains. Your digestive system is shutting down, no longer able to do its job.   

UKRAINE: RACISM: The Forgotten Black Ukrainian Orphans – Video

UKRAINE: Racism against persons of colour is reported for persons trying to escape the present Russian military invasion.

The following video, made earlier, discusses the plight of children of “Mixed” heritage who have been abandoned. They are usually not accepted in state-run orphanages and have to cared for by private organizations.

U.S.A. — Florida’s U.S. senators do little for state in the culture war – By Mohamed Hamaludin

Florida’s 2 U.S. senators do little for state as they embrace the culture war

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN

Florida’s two U.S. senators, both Republicans, are not known for doing anything in Washington to advance the interests of the state but a lot to push their careers. That became even more evident after last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando.

Marco Rubio invoked the specter of Cuba and Marxism and the attendant “tyranny” which he claimed hangs over the nation courtesy of the Democratic Party. He said that Fidel Castro did not broadcast the fact that he was a Marxist in his early rise to power, adding, according to The Miami Herald, “That’s why the people I live among in the neighborhood I’ve lived in my entire life, you see the fury and desperation in their voice, because imagine you once lived in a country you had to flee because schools were telling your kids God didn’t exist, turn your parents in if they say something against the revolution … and some of the same things seem to be happening again.”     

RUSSIA – Ukraine conflict / crisis Explained | Everything in detail | Geopolitics – Video

RUSSIA – Ukraine conflict / crisis Explained | Everything in detail | Geopolitics

By Amit Sengupta – 2,089,915 views –Feb 7, 2022 – Some comments below

This was extremely informative. Thank you for putting this together. As “westerner” trying to figure out what the hell is going on here and why what the media is telling us makes no sense, I finally have some clarity.

There is a fundamental issue in all of this. With the expansion of the EU and NATO after the fall of the Soviet empire, Russia feels threatened, and this is a historic feeling in the face of the West for the experiences with Napoleon and Hitler. The fact of possessing a vast territory was fundamental for the final victory in both cases. The retreat and scorched earth tactics were decisive for Russia. Today war is different, distances are no longer so important, but they remain vital in Russian and Putin’s psyche.

USA: Black History Month – Black Churches in America – By: Dhanpaul Narine

  – By: Dhanpaul Narine

150+ yr Old Black Church

It is 1758 and a slave reports on the condition of Blacks. He says, ‘the white folks would come in when the colored people would have prayer meetings, and whip every one of them. Most of them thought that when colored people were praying it was against them.’ In 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina a weapon, deadlier than the whip was used, and it brought tragic results.

Black churches were a cause of concern to the White establishment, during and after slavery. A Black congregation was seen as a threat to White supremacy. The congregation was an example of faith, togetherness, and the ownership of property, and this did not sit well with Whites. When Whites in the South wanted excitement they would set fire to Black churches. The flames provided relief from boredom and sent a message to Blacks to mind their message and manners.           

Celebrating African American History Month – By: Labor Heritage Foundation

Introduction:  Fredrick D. Redmond

Fredrick D. Redmond is the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. He was elected to the position by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on

Fredrick Redmond

Aug. 20, 2021, and is the first African American to hold this office in the history of the labor federation. He had previously served on the federation’s Executive Council since 2008.

As international vice president for human affairs, a position to which he was first elected to in 2006, Redmond oversaw the union’s Civil and Human Rights Department and worked with USW allies across the country in responding to attacks on voting rights and in combating economic inequality.

Redmond has spent his entire life fighting for racial justice in the workplace and throughout our communities.            

USA: Video: The War Over Teaching America’s Racist History in Schools | The Daily Show – Trevor Noah

The War Over Teaching America’s Racist History in Schools | The Daily Show – Trevor Noah

Most students in America are only taught about a handful of important Black Americans in history class. Here’s a look at why schools should teach students about race and why certain parents are opposed to that shift. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #School

UK – Royal Air Force Museum in London – Pilots of the Caribbean Exhibition – Video

Air Force Museum in London – Pilots of the Caribbean Exhibition

Julie Knox reports on the Pilots of the Caribbean exhibition at the RAF Museum London. – Video by Forces News.