Posts tagged: War
Amnesty and Corruption Cuba Style
If you consider capitalism a crime, then any commercial transaction is corrupt. This is the situation in Cuba. If you sell your house in Havana and make a profit, you have committed a crime and are punishable by law. Now, this particular crime is not easy to commit in Cuba, for all real property is ...
Difference between CO-OP’s and 100% ESOP’s
One critique of ESOP's is that they are the same as CO-OP's, especially 100% ESOP's. Let's look at terminology first. A CO-OP is a form of partnership in which each partner has equal membership in a specific kind of corporation on a ‘one-man one vote'-basis. In fact variations have been introduced ...
For our Cuban Friends, especially Fidel Castro
To achieve peaceful transition to democracy, the Cubans need a new economic theory - built on full political democracy - that not only respects the Revolution but improves both the socialist and the capitalist model. As we were told in Cuba: ‘No queremos una transición de comunismo salvaje a ...
Peace Paradigm
Ugly Americans! Were they always ugly? Or have they become ugly during the Bush administration? Let us begin by saying there are no ugly Americans. There are no ugly Islamists either. There are only people. According to Clint Eastwood there are good people, bad people and ugly people. Eastwood ...
Why are we not happy?
A senior al-Qaeda leader, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed in Afghanistan, the BBC reported a few days ago. Such news does not make happy. Why? Well, think about it. It is conceivable that sometimes war or police action is inescapable. If that's the case, then sometimes the use of force is ...
It’s About Breaking the Race-Barrier
When we from abroad watch the American presidential campaign, we see a young man with an unusual name - Obama - take center stage. And we rejoice. We are beginning to see a new America. An America that is finally and definitely going to define a new direction. For this is not about race. It’s about ...
Showdown time
This moment had to come. The moment of truth. Curaçao and the opposition in Bonaire have been yelling all the time that ‘Holland cannot be trusted’. They did
everything in their power to make sure their prophesy would be fulfilled, namely that Holland would prove that, indeed, they cannot be ...
Cuba should adopt Binary Economics
Fidel Castro has finally recognized that he has made a great mistake. His only defense is ‘youth and a misunderstanding of conscience' or something like that, as he recently explained. He has urged more debate on political and economic matters. And very timely indeed! Cuba's people are fed up with ...
Equality also means that European Dutch are welcome in BES
During the past 50 years Antillean policy has been to keep Dutch nationals from Holland (‘European Dutch’ nationals) out, treating them like foreigners basically.
This was all done quite legally, even with Holland’s consent. European Dutch people like to dispute this, but art. 3, section 1, sub f ...
Not a burden, but a chance!
Apology to our readers in Saba and Statia
Maybe we should include more stories in English to better inform Sabans and Statians. And we will in future. In this special edition, however, we choose to convey our message mainly in Dutch for the simple reason that it is of the utmost importance that our ...
Edward Grieg: Den sala di montaña rei
Ta konosí ku hopi Antiano no ta gusta músika klásiko. Hopi hende ta kere ku músika klásiko ta prosedente for di Oropa i no ta kuadra ku nos kultura. Asta tin hende ku ta haña músika klásiko laf, mientras ku nan nunka no ta skuch’é. Pues nan opinion no ta basá riba análisis i eksperensha propio, ...
Bizarre 17th Century-style Terrorism
By: Caritas Puella
Is it starting up again? Is it a plane, a weather balloon, or a UFO? Who knows!, but an amazing sighting took place the day after Christmas 2007 in the skies above Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Home videos posted on the Internet attest to something sensational “stalking” the ...
HET IS MOOI GEWEEST ... Voor sommigen!
Er is weer een jaar voorbij. We schieten ze nog voor hun raap in Irak en Afganistan, maar count your blessings. Sinterklaas heeft milieudefensie en ‘alisdeleugennogzosnel’ uit zijn zak getoverd. Lang leve Bali en gelukkig gaan we niet naar Iran. Hopen we… We zijn met velen, die zich afvragen wat er ...
NAAR EEN SALSA OP KLOMPEN
Studie van het Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor het CDA Rapport in ‘Caribbean Knowledge Center’
Het rapport is goed bedoeld. Er staan ook vele leuke, rake en interessante passages in. Ook belangrijk cijfermateriaal. Maar toch ... Wij hopen dat de ‘Nieuwe Band’ niet de inhoud zal hebben die het ...
A Sufi Prayer and a World Anthem
An inspiring e-mail is a joy for ever. Today we received one such: a universal Sufi prayer. According to Wikipedia Sufism, or rather the Sufi Way, is "a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God". One of the best known Sufi masters, Ibn ‘Ajiba, ...
A Yearlong Christmas Spirit
By Caritas Puella
While blooms are still on the Poinsettia and the Mistletoe has not yet lost its charming spell, a powerful thought comes to mind: What if the world were like Christmas every day?
With months-long hustle and bustle of preparing for one glorious holiday, all of a sudden everything ...
2008, Beginning of a New Cycle
According to theosophical calculation the year 2008 will mark the beginning of a new cycle. For 2 + 0 + 0 + 8 = 10, which reduces to 1 (for 1 + 0 = 1). Theosophical reduction consists in adding up the digits of a figure until you reach the smallest integer. The number 1 always points to a new ...
SUPERVISHON
Si mester kere Demokrat (PDB), Boneiru ta plegá ku e supervishon finansiero ku Hulanda a pone komo kondishon pa saneá nos debenan i ku Konseho Insular a aprobá dia 18 di òktober 2007. Durante e reunion di Konseho Insular aki PDB su strategia diabóliko tokante struktura estatal a eksplotá den nan ...
One World, Ready or Not
Okay, the title is plagiarized. But it’s a good title. And we give the original author (William Greider) full credit. Find his book on the ‘Manic Logic of Global Capitalism’ at Amazon. It was the song ‘We are One’ by Kevin Reid that reminded us of the book entitled: ‘One World, Ready or Not’. So we ...
Buyer Be Aware!
With holiday shopping swinging into full stride, everyone seems to be a bit edgy about purchasing items made in China. Why? Well, hardly a week goes by recently that there is not some frightening news about a China-made product containing either lead or some other toxic material(s) that could ...