Bermudian Indpendence and Caribbean Integration

I believe that Bermudian independence is inevitable. I am not opposed to remaining part of Britain, although I am opposed to remaining part of the United Kingdom. Whats the difference? By Britain I envision a federal British republic, something along the lines of the vision outlined by Tony Benn in his Commonwealth [...]

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar was reccomended to me by a friend who I was harrasing for advice on feminist studies. She suggested that it would be a good idea to throw in some easy fiction reading in between some hard hitting theory. This worked well for me, because I like to alternate between theory [...]

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Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Wow, two reviews in one day!
This is a DVD I picked up in Texas. It is a documentary about the South African liberation struggle and the role that music played in this struggle. Under Apartheid music and song were used as a conduit for uniting the liberation struggle, for disseminating information about the [...]

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Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis

So, this is my first foray into a review, so here goes.
As a socialist I see the main problem to be that of the capitalist system within which we have all been born into and continue to live in. However one cannot just fight the capitalist system by itself. There are a number [...]

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Non-Mariners Race as Racist?

I personally didn’t hear the talkshows today, but it was said to me that in them some callers were accusing the non-mariners race that is held over the weekend as being racist. From this the discussion (there were maybe four white Bermudians, one white spouse of a Bermudian and one black Bermudian present) became [...]

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