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Trolling for Democracy: A Slippery Slope
Sep 15, 2025
Trolling for Democracy: A Slippery Slope
Sep 15, 2025

… a concerning trend has been arising, where the party messaging deteriorates into personal insults and the campaign material is replaced with inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments.

Sep 15, 2025
History is Not a Given
Jun 9, 2025
History is Not a Given
Jun 9, 2025

When we say “history is a given,” we imply it has been accounted for that it is settled - but history is not background music. It is not neutral; it’s not even equally inherited.

Jun 9, 2025
Global Health is Still Colonial; It’s Time to Change That.
Mar 6, 2025
Global Health is Still Colonial; It’s Time to Change That.
Mar 6, 2025

The international order that governs health keeps developing nations locked in cycles of dependency—borrowing, waiting, and hoping for support that is often tied to the politics of the moment.

Mar 6, 2025
From Rhyging to Mangione: The Anti-Hero’s Reign
Jan 12, 2025
From Rhyging to Mangione: The Anti-Hero’s Reign
Jan 12, 2025

Luigi Mangione and Ivanhoe Martin, though separated by time, geography and context, embody the archetype of the anti-hero in strikingly similar ways.

Jan 12, 2025

Latest From Our History Podcast

Lest We Forget History Podcast
Jamaica’s First Corrupted Politician
Apr 17, 2025
Jamaica’s First Corrupted Politician
Apr 17, 2025

To understand the root of political corruption on the island, we look at the first politician to be found guilty of fraud in modern Jamaica’s history.

Apr 17, 2025
The Censorship Years of Comrade Ralph
Mar 27, 2025
The Censorship Years of Comrade Ralph
Mar 27, 2025

Today, St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ prime minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, is one of the region’s most respected statesmen. But back in the 1970’s, he was persona non-grata throughout the Eastern Caribbean. 

Mar 27, 2025
Welcome To Jamrock: Jr. Gong vs Brand Jamaica
Mar 13, 2025
Welcome To Jamrock: Jr. Gong vs Brand Jamaica
Mar 13, 2025

Although an international hit, back home in Jamaica, some sections of society had strong opinions about Damian Marley’s, “Welcome To Jamrock”.

Mar 13, 2025
Everyone Except Haitians
Feb 19, 2025
Everyone Except Haitians
Feb 19, 2025

The 1970’s saw thousands of West Indians emigrating or seeking refugee status in the United States. But Haitians soon realise that the U.S. immigration & refugee system did not work the same when it comes to them.

Feb 19, 2025

Digs For Your To-Read List

Lest We Forget History Podcast
Fractal Repair: Queer Histories of Modern Jamaica
Fractal Repair: Queer Histories of Modern Jamaica

Dr. Matthew Chin investigates queerness in Jamaica from early colonial occupation to the present, critically responding to the island’s global reputation for extreme homophobia and anti-queer violence.

Foreign Policy and Dependency: The Case of Jamaica, 1972-89
Foreign Policy and Dependency: The Case of Jamaica, 1972-89

This passage looks at how former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Michael Manley, went against US Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and supported Cuba’s decision to send troops to Angola.

Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story
Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story

In the first full-length study of Dr. Walter Rodney’s life, Leo Zeilig critically considers Rodney’s contribution to Marxist theory and history, and the contemporary significance of his work today’s society.

From State to Markets : Journey of the Jamaican Economy
From State to Markets : Journey of the Jamaican Economy

A summary of Dr. Cezley Sampson’s new book, which is the first book of its kind to give a comprehensive & up-to-date look on the development of Jamaica’s modern economy from independence to the present

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