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Governor's office a 'real manifestation' of colonial enslavement - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Reiterating calls for the Virgin Islands (VI) to stop celebrating people who historically participated in the slave trade and other crimes against humanity, ZBVI 'Honestly Speaking' radio host, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline said until that happens the Territory cannot chart a new course forward.
Time to banish 'Sir Francis Drake' from VI history books - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - ZBVI 'Honestly Speaking' radio moderator, Claude Skelton-Cline has called for remnants of slavery, such as the names of people who were involved in slave trades, to be removed from the Virgin Islands history books and called out for the role they played in the oppression of people of African descent.
COVID-19… Too close for comfort
Alred C. Frett
Are we wiser than we look?
Most of us share a common wish; that the actions of all Governments are based on whatever is in the best Intentions for their People… Unfortunately, we sometimes lose sight of this when faced with Trumpism designed to make us doubt our own eyes and ears… However, the Coronavirus is a real and present danger, requiring true leadership in the way it is approach and the decisions are made.
Our children’s path must lead from here to there
Alred C. Frett
Acknowledging the Past & Present:
Donald J. Trump has set the standard for New Governments blaming Old Governments but New Governments can become old quickly by failing to address the needs of a people and neglecting that which requires rectification… As we enter the final month of the year crucial questions are still unanswered and many of our dearly departed who entered the year erect have left it horizontal.
The truth of English colonization
By Thomas C. Famous
It is often interesting, sadly interesting, to see persons attempt to twist the reality of any given situation in order to justify a gross wrong.
Can too much ‘freedom’ hurt?
By Sandra Phillip Hodge (Victorious Moms Mentorship Outreach)
“Freedom” is the buzzword all around us at this time. The whole length and breadth of the Caribbean is in a celebration mode; and it is all about freedom…Freedom, or emancipation from chattel slavery which ended the dreaded plantation-slave existence of the majority of the people who populated this region.
Famous on History & Caribbean Ties
By Thomas C. Famous
Each one of us are the sum total of 4 grandparents and eight great grandparents.
POST ELECTION – Refresher history & a new way forward
By Alfred C. Frett
So many things you already know but hesitate to say: All I am about to say is common knowledge and my words simply serve to refresh your memory.
Black History Month, Local Elections & Valid Opposition
By Alfred C. Frett
Black History Month and the Making of Elections:
We are almost midway in Black History Month – The shortest and most unstable month with the habit of changing every four years… Nonetheless, many are finally recognizing our old History as a bunch of lies forced on us and harder to correct as time goes by… ‘Piss-torians’ and bad leaders have knowingly ensnared us with their self-interest fables; designed to have us hate one another.
Tales from Tortola- Part IV
Thomas C. Famous
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.”
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