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I s M o t h e r ’s D a y A Guilt-ridden Event?

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Mothering Sunday as we all know, sews the seeds of cynicism because of its commercialism - it is a massive money making scheme for retailers, where the prices of flowers triple, as do the prices of other popular gifts. Restaurants make a killing by putting on a Mother’s Day spread, feeding into the guilt of those who have not spent as much time with their mother as they would have liked to. Mother’s Day forces many to think, I had better do something special - supposing my mother dies suddenly, or sup-

Why is so much importance placed on Mother’s Day? I guess it is a reflection of how things are today – children are so busy, caught up doing their own thing, living their own lives, that they don’t have time to demonstrate how they feel about their mothers, so a day set aside once a year serves as a reminder of their mother’s gift of life to them. A separate day is set aside to honour fathers - I am not sure why they don’t make one day of it, and call it Parents Day?

Mothering Sunday is a very controversial event. For those who have lost their mothers, it is an insensitive and cruel reminder of someone they miss; for those who have mothers, but are not on good terms with them, Mother’s Day can conjure up feelings of guilt; for those who have been fostered out or have adoptive parents, this could be a moment when they reflect on their real mother; for those who have been treated cruelly by their mothers, this could be a time when they feel anger and resentment. What I am trying to say is that Mother’s Day does not necessarily conjure up nice memories or images of love and the giving of nice gifts - sometimes the emotions felt are hatred, disgust, anger, frustration and resentment.

EDITORIAL

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The Editor

Love of a mother (like that of a husband) is enduring.. ‘through sickness and in health’. Mother’s Day should be deserved, and not a guilt-ridden ritual.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY.

The web definition of a mother is “a female person who is pregnant with, or gives birth to a child or a female person whose egg unites with a sperm, resulting in the conception of a child” However, not every woman who gives birth to a child deserves to be a mother, similarly not every man who biologically produces a child deserves to be called a father. It is the mother’s role to ensure her offspring feels safe, secure and loved. If she fails to protect her child from harm and does not allow the father to protect the child, it leads to many of the emotions cited at the beginning of this editorial.

The history of Mother’s Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to honour Rhea, the mother of the gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mother’s festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honour Mary, the mother of Christ. Later on, because of the intervention of an American woman called Anna Jarvis, in 1907 who celebrated the way her mother raised the family alone, Mothering Sunday is now celebrated throughout the world to include all mothers.

My mother will be in hospital on Mother’ Day. I usually give or send my mother flowers periodically throughout the year because she loves them, but she is not allowed flowers in hospital. My children will not call me up and tell me how much they love me, nor will they buy me flowers because they show their love for me in different ways. So when my friends tell me enthusiastically that their daughters are taking them out for dinner and ask me what are my children doing for me, I save bravely “nothing” - I may get a text saying “Happy Mother’s Day” and I may not, I don’t need material proof of their love.

posing she is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and so for this one day, many make an effort to do something special to indicate how much they love their mothers.

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Well, if truth be known, we often hear of people being treated savagely, so for the Crucifixion to have relevance today, we should know that the verb ‘crucify’ has three meanings: 1) To kill by nailing on the cross; to execute or put to death; 2) To treat cruelly, torment, and 3) To criticise harshly or violently. The latter two definitions are quite liberal definitions, but nonetheless, it helps us to widen our perspective. Earlier this month, four boys ‘crucified’ a 16 year old as part of a drug debt, by torturing him for 5 hours with boiling water and a hot iron and a 16 year old, tortured a 65 disabled man to death. We often hear of police menacing our young black boys - taunting them to provoke a reaction, so they can be ‘crucified’ in its many forms once behind bars. These incidents cannot be parallelled to the crucifixion of Christ, but understanding

It is the time of year when we are reminded about the crucifixion of Christ. Many of us wonder what has the crucifixion of Christ got to do with us now?

The Crucifixion

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Hopefully, my poem ‘the Crucifixion’ will remind you of moments when you have felt neglected, betrayed, lonely, frustrated, illtreated, wrongly accused, etc. Or maybe it can help you identify with innocent victims and those not so innocent, but where the punishment exceeds the crime.

the reason behind the crucifixion should encourage empathy. Imagine what it must be like to be crucified for something you haven’t done - to die for the sins of others. I know how peeved I get when I am accused of something I haven’t done. I get so riled up, I start hyperventilating. I couldn’t imagine facing death for something someone else has done!

I can see it all now..

They will all rally round and marvel with morbid curiosity..

At the Prince of Peace..

Crucified on a tree.

And the next generation will cause a sensation and say: “Who was He..

I am so afraid, Father..

Why should I be the one who has to suffer..

Why not the thief and the murderer?

Yet I should not question your motives.. because my death will cause others to live.

Father! Will I be able to endure a pain that will be inflicted on me again and again?

Can you not create some miracle that will anaesthetise my being.. so that people seeing.. will not know that I am feigning death?

Maybe if I knew.. I would run.. before my capture had begun.

But it was prophesied.. and I have to realise that this is the end for me.

My Father would not even give me a sign so that I could preconceive what the betrayer’s design might be..

But I guess.. he knows best.

Just to think, it would be one of my disciples who would betray me!

“It was horrible knowing that I would soon be going to be crucified.

How I rationalised.

(Written by Myrna Loy)

THE CRUCIFIXION

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That’s right.. your light has gone out!

There is a lump in my throat that is disguised by my cloak..

Oh Father! when will this torture end?

And look at Judas, kissing my cheek, pretending to be my friend...

I am about to die.. and yet they sleep like babies, While I am waiting.. to be crucified!

No support in my final hour and there is a traitor amongst them.. and another who will deny me by the time the cock crows three, in order to free himself of the hostility he will receive if people know he believes in me...

Look at my followers asleep on the campus!

They know I am going to die and yet look at their eyes.. closed in sleep..

What pretence!

It makes no sense to die for people such as these!

Father.. don’t be angry..

You made me human like everyone else.. and it is my human self who is feeling afraid.. and in torment, because I know I must prepare to die!

I have accepted your decision, but it is the anticipation that is making me afraid.

And I will watch them from my seat in heaven, knowing that my prophecy will be enacted by someone else pretending to be me.

Who was crucified on the cross for me?”

They are putting on a crown.. and they are forcing it down.. so that the thorns delve deep in my head..

And now the soldiers are scoffing and the people are laughing at the way my head starts to bleed...”

The pain in the wound reinforces the doom.. that surrounds every part of me... and the vinegar they splash in the cut that they’ve slashed is now hurting incessently.

Oh Father! They are hurting me, and treating me so treacherously..

How long will this torment be?

This is all so absurd..

Aaargh!

I have been stabbed with a sword..

And they’re making a mockery of me.

I can’t take it no more..

There are starting to bore the nails in the palm of my hands..

And how they all look as they bore the nails in my foot, Unemotional they all stand..

To feel a pain which will feel more real to you, than it was for me.

I dread to think of a punishment That my Father will see fit to impose on you.

You, Judas.. couldn’t care less.. for a few pence, you betrayed me.

You will eternally burn..

It will soon be your turn

Oh God! Listen to people jump and shout at the anticipated death of me.

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“Come down from the cross If you’re Jesus Christ..

Show us a miracle or two..

You raise people from the dead..

You tell them to rise from their bed..

Show us what else you can do!”

“I can’t carry on.. it .. is..as though.. my.. senses.. have.... gone...

A.. self.. inflict..ed.. de..tachment.. of suffering.. .. and... longing... for death..

I look up... at .. the.. sky... and.. wonder... why..

I... had.... to.....die....

Still... hoping... as.... I... d r a w ... m y .... l a s t ... ...b r e a t h”

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A day without the LordIs a day wasted.

and you question God -’why me?’.. always look at the bigger picture.....

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage

The Savior is waiting, somewhere above, to give you His grace, and send you His love...

Your sorrows may linger, throughout the night, But suddenly vanish, dawn’s early light...

He knows every heartache, sees every tear, a word from His lips, can calm every fear...

Perhaps you may stumble, perhaps even fall; But God’s always ready, to answer your call....

Whatever your cross, whatever your pain, there will always be sunshine, after the rain....

We complain about the cross we bear but don’t realize it is preparing us for the dip in the road that God can see and we can’t.

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In its move of aid, the U.S. Government through an operation of the Bank of

There is nothing of substance about George W. Bush II, the former President of the United States Of America via the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1947, Russia’s Zhadanov laid down the principle that “All those who are not with us are against us”, which ushered in the infamous Cold War then between East and West. One of the impending factors in the Middle East of 1947, between the United States and the Soviet Union was the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine by partition which initially was not favoured by Great Britain. The British Government resented the Americans aggressiveness and influence in the Middle East. The British High Commission closed its door immediately and evacuated its troops in 1948.

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The earliest right-wing extremist Jewish Irgun and Lehi groups carried out numerous deadly attacks on Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan.

There was one instance when an Israeli commando party systematically massacred all 254

Washington Export-Import granted a long-term loan of 100 million dollars to the newly created Jewish State. During the 1950-52 Middle East wrangling for supremacy, Ben Gurion made his bed with the United States Government. He offered military an alliance which would give them a key interest in the existence of Israel. The United States were given carte blanche which guaranteed Israel total protection from all its Arab neighbours.

Since then, countless wars and incursions have happened between Israel and all the Arabs around them.

Peace Delusion

The intensity of Jewish settlement under Sharon’s regime and now under its current leaders will never accommodate any real peace

The name “Zionism” has acquired a disgusted meaning to the Arabs throughout the Middle East, which in itself emanate evil-like colonialism domination. Israel is seen as an aggressive modern day conqueror with an evil eye for Arab lands. How can you pursue peace with the Palestinians by undermining their elected Parliament, assassination of leaders, wanton killing of Palestinian children under the pretext of self-preservation? Yasser Arafat was vilified by successive Israeli government and backed by the United States as a hinderance to meaningful peace negotiations. Well after Arafat, it is now the Hamas who are a greater threat to Israel security and stability in the region. This sleight-of-hand game by the Israeli can fool no sensible onlooker as to exactly what his their real intention but to set themselves up as a supreme ruler over the entire Arab world. Their comatose Ariel Sharon, the butcher whose onfamous “Unit 101” murdered countless Arabs on the pretext of reprisals against Plaestinians attacks inside Israel settlements belied the real underbelly of his ruthlessness. Sharon was the co-founder of the Rightwing Likud Party with the late Menachem Begin, Sharon also shared Begin’s vision of a biblical ownership by Israel of both sides of the Jordan river.

men, women, and children in an Arab village of Deir Yassin with full knowledge of the United Nations after the fact. Over the years the Arabs have shown consistency of incohesiveness as to what are their collective goals and objectives for peace and prosperity amongst themselves before they can even coexist with their Zionst neighbour. What the United States and the rest of the world must understand, is that a Zionist State cannot exist totality without the existence of a Palestinian State with its own elected government and assured autonomy.

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I am fully convinced that this behaviour by all

Whenever the Palestinians retaliate they are shown to the world as terrorist through the eyes of the United States and its lackeys. It is clear as pure crystal water that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is a contention that will not go away. Washington ambivalence only encourages Israel to circumvent all avenues for a peaceful solution.

Absentee Arab land owners of vast hectares of lands since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war whose names are on Zionist Police registers are prevented from returning to their rightful property. The Israeli have instituted colonization office in the West Bank, Jerusalem, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, Rafah, and Sinai. For decades Palestinians have been scattered in refugee camps all over the Middle East unable to return to their rightful home, under horrible conditions and the United Nation seem to be emasculated on the issue, including the Human Rights watchdog.

and self-government for the Palestinians, Sharon’s last ‘will and testament’ will serve all future policies by the Zionist State in fulfilling total control of Palestine by any means necessary. Israel outrage of Arab freedom fighters been called terrorist is a delusion of their past and present covert actions. Israel for years through its Secret Service has murdered activist and officials of the Palestinians as far back as 1972. Explosive placed in Ghassan Kanafani’s car killed both him and his young niece in July 1972 in Beirut. Asked the Israeli about the introduction of letter bombs and deadly poison it used over the years against these people.

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teachings spoke of the descendants of Isaac entered into Canaan(Arabia), the land flowing with “milk and honey”.

Can those Anglo-Saxons who presently occupied the Unite States say it is their land by a biblical promised by Jehovah. Spain, France, Portugal, Great Britain, and Rome used to divide the Rest of The World as their personal real estate. The trading of human cargoes between these powers was strictly for commercial gain. The present orchestration by present days Superpowers is definitely to maintain their grip on The Rest of The World resources.

Serfdom is being repackaged and marketed by the World Trade Organisation(WTO) to create eternal sweat shops for Third World economies. These manipulators are so clever that they have recruited members with an African face and place them in prestigious post without any real power similar to the days of an overseer on the plantation during Slavery.

Chosen by whom, and what about the other ethnic races of this planet whose features are not white. Stereotyped judgement have been leveled at nations of darker color, namely the Africans and Arabs who by historical generic emanated from the same origins. Arguments such as carelessness, laziness, inability to govern, a propensity to cannibalized each other through genocide.

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United States in a 1947 diary that was discovered in his presidential library, wrote that the Jews often expect ‘special treatment’ and do not care how many other ethnic groups get murdered or mistreated. Quite frankly there is tremendous accuracy to this recorded observation since establishment of this Zionist State.

The West has certainly given the Israeli every possible resource to subject the Arabs to subhuman and repressive incursion on territorial rights. The truth that is not known to most fundamentalist disciples of the King James Bible, is that the Jews of Palestine resorted to extreme acts of terrorism to drive the British out of the Middle East. It is absolutely illogical and twisted reasoning when the Israeli Army murdered Palestinian civilians, especially children and say it is self-defense and preservation of a biblical chosen people.

the key white countries of this peace initiative is to conspire against all ethnic races outside the Anglo-Saxon culture. The Arabs and the Africans share a common gene, we mistrust our ownselves and our leadership have been always destructive to the people who gave them power. Just peek inside all African leadership and you will discover the underbelly of centuries field slave vs house slaves mentality.

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the

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Deleon acknowledged the strong primary education she received in Jamaica, and encouraged the island to build upon that, even in the area of science.

Deleon is known internationally for her research on genetics.

Her research interests include the genetic and molecular mechanisms of spermatogenesis, epididymal function and the molecular aspects of fertilisation.

“I consider it as recognition for a lifetime achievement.”

“I was surprised and excited, as I consider this to be a significant personal achievement. This award is by far the most prestigious award that I have received and serves as recognition of my efforts throughout my career,” she said.

Deleon, who is the trustees distinguished professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware, told The Gleaner she was stunned at being selected along with 22 other recipients in her category.

Her presidential award was handed out during a ceremony to be held at the White House.

“The award should positively impact Jamaican women, and women in general, assuring them that they have a place at the table and encouraging them to strive to overcome the obstacles and roadblocks that our culture inadvertently imposes,” she said.

Deleon, who received the United States Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring later this year, said she hopes her achievements will impel women to stamp their class in Jamaica and the world.

As Jamaica celebrates its national heroes and other outstanding achievers today, a top scientist from the island, Dr Patricia Deleon, is urging more women to step forward and be major decision makers in the hallways of power.

PATRICIA DE LEON - ACHIEVER

Saudi Arabia and Egypt gave full cooperation with the allied forces, Turkey cut off the oil flow between Iraq and the Red Sea. In fact, Bush, the elder forgive Egypt’s US$7 billion military debt for its role in the war. The Soviet Union’s Gorbachev and President Bush were in mutual agreement as to what action should be take against Iraq. This lead to the elder Bush declaring that no rouge oil producing country must be allowed to used its resources to threaten the West.

This mark the beginning and end of Saddam Hussain.

Saudi Arabia is easily the most important single oil economy in the Gulf and the US tentacles are evident by its military bases and multinational investments there. The major companies are the Arabian Oil Company(Armaco) owned by a syndicate of American firms namely Standard Oil(Rockefeller), Exxon, Mobil, and Texaco which started through concessions in 1933 circa. The other oil producing Arab countries in the region make up the rest of the world supply along with Venezuela known as OPEC. Saddam has always maintained that the US were the ones dictating prices with friendly Arab oil producing countries by depressing prices. This was a major factor for the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam amongst other disputes in the summer of 1990. In a 14 – 0 voting the UN Security Council condemned the invasion which culminated with the first Gulf war under Bush senior. The then Arab League was very divided over what plan of action should be taken against Saddam then.

the toothless bulldog are certainly after the oil of these countries, mainly Iraq the renegade arab state.

The invasion of Iraq was long decided by the Neo-Con hawks and the prodding of multinationals to raped Iraq of its wealth and dignity. Saddam Hussain was the stupid fall guy all along backed by Israeli deliberate disinformation.

the defining prize pursued with ruthlessness by the United States. Successive United States government policy towards the Gulf were always of self interest.

The Republicans, however always show a more concentrated tenacity in its policies towards the region whenever in power. Back to back war by both Bush governments is self explanatory. The younger Bush seems to think he has divine rights to clean up the entire region of non Christians similar to medieval 15th century crusaders. Bush the dementi and Blair

The same Dick Cheney, US Vice President under Bush, the younger now, while serving as Defense Secretary under Bush, the elder removed General Michael Dugan as Air Force chief of staff after war details were leaked to the press giving details about Operation Fast forward to present day, this same Persian Gulf is Desert Storm. In fact, contingency plans were definite10

Japan also got eastern inner Mongolia with an eye on China. Russia was given northern Manchuria and the balance of inner Mongolia and all its outer territories.

In the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907,Tibet was put under China’s sovereignty. Afghanistan was quasi-independent under the watchful eye of Great Britain.

Persia(Iran) was divided into three zones. Russia had the north zone, Britain the south zone, and a middle neutral zone. The Turkish Straits were under consideration by Britain in collusion with the major stake holders. Britain made itself the protectorate of the Persian Gulf.

This territorial conspiracy was the work of the United States who was emerging then as a global force. This hatchet negotiations with Great Britain, whose cooperation with Japan in 1902 – 1905 was always uppermost in the deviant minds of the Russians. Such a tactical move would give the Russians considerable time to restore prestige and get its war machine gungho for future confrontations with its enemies. A convention with Japan on July 30, 1907 finalised all prevous disputes from the Portmouth’s peace accord of 1905.

This set the stage for an alliance in the years 1910 – 1916 for the annexing of Korea by Japan in 1910 and complete occupation of southern Manchuria.

However, retaliation by Russia after realizing that Japan were backed by Great Britain and the United States previously were put on hold for a while. This was due largely to a more formidable foe in the form of Germany who at the time were pressuring France for Morocco. Russia needed a bit of peace to reassess itself globally. In 1906,Alexander Izvolsky, then foreign minister started overture to the big players on world dominance. The first move was to heal bad blood between them and Japan so as to cement a FrancoRussian alliance which lay aside all disputes with Great Britain, and in the same breath developed an agreement with Austria-Hungary and Germany.

With the defeat of Russia by the Japanese and the disorder of the Russian revolution in 1905, their foreign policy suffered quite immensely on the world stage.

The shift of emphasis to the Far East cause the then government huge embarrasment. The fundamental cause of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904 – 1905 were in relation of Russia’s access to the Pacific and its predominance in Eastern Asia, moreso with China and Korea.

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ly in place for the assassination of Saddam. Ladies and Gentlemen it is déjà vu all over again, CNN, et al will certainly be keeping us all transfixed to our television set for the latest salvo and quagmire for years to come of modern colonization.

The political and social dynamics are similar in the UK to that in the States but on a smaller scale naturally.

Romance online seems to be flourishing. (The Editor)

For guys it is a bit different I think, I am no answer man and I certainly don’t have a special Mack that I lay on the ladies or a rap style, yet some women size you up by your pick up line. If you have the charm to genuinely charm the person enough, most women won’t give the wrong name to begin with. I wonder how many guys with newer BMWs, a good education a decent job along with the cloths and a more suave stance at the club, fare any better in the pickup game, yet are so full of themselves, and think that the world revolves around them only and their accomplishments.

Guys that figure that just by virtue of my new BMW, I should still be able to hit it with no commitments expected, based purely on the fact that “baby I am one of the sought after Alfa-males, I have options. I have a few acquaintances, friends that are exactly like that. Yet I have met females that cheated on their Alfa-males because, the little simpleton was at least more down to earth and had a charm that surpassed the new BMW, tailored suits and academic intellect to only carry on a simple conversation over the dinner table, about themselves and what they have acquired. I think the whole dating game and relationship game have become even more difficult now days, hell even the marriage game is difficult. But it’s a good topic, and relevant, I don’t know much about the social situation in England, but I guess it’s pretty much the same as the US. What’s the ratio of single black eligible men in your area to single black female, who tends to have a job or better yet, a profession or business of their own? The area of Luton, is that a suburb, town or semi city area. I bet the same dynamics are parallel to those here in the U.S. Also in the black community what are the conditions as far as employment over all, for the young people as well as the older crowd.

Amir, NJ (USA)

Some things never change I guess and the meeting game is just that, a game we play that is essential to courtship. I take it most of the Alfa-males are taken well before they finish college or are already married. I just saw a commercial the other day for a singles hook up web site, called www.BlackPeoplemeet.com, a site for us by us. I wondered why finding a date or partner via computer has become a part of the norm now. How times have changed.

Still I have been hearing and reading about a lot of women mainly, getting duped financially as well as emotionally by men even after the so called compatibility profile questionnaire has been checked and verified. Me, I still prefer the old fashioned way. I had some of the nicest encounters that led to romance or dating, by accidental encounters outside of the club. There had been only a few encounters of romance from my work place which can be problematic after the sex is over. However, those women were very up front and open, and we both decided to keep that air of respectability long after.

Hi, Myrna, very interesting story as far as ‘the one dance rule’ goes.

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LETTER RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE ‘REGGAE DANCE RULE IN LAST ISSUE OF BLACKBRIGHT NEWS

Tony Jules

I shall be disciplined in all my thoughts and deeds. From today, the promises I make will be fulfilled

I declare

Discipline is not about punishment. It is linked to the honouring of a promise to Self or to someone else for the delivery of something of Value. So even before we open our mouths to make a promise, lets be careful and be sure in our mind that we can fulfil it and are prepared to move Heaven and Earth to do so.

So what is it? For me it is a mental determination, deeply embedded in the mind to act or pursue a particular course to secure a particular desired outcome. Planning is an aid. And there are others, but staying focused, maintaining control and not loosing sight of the objective even under deflecting pressure comes from the application of Discipline.

Without discipline we set up ourselves to fail.

Even if we had developed elaborate action plans, we can and will fail without the application of mental discipline.

However for some reason you could not and did not fulfil that promise. Of course, upon examination we could point to any number of whys for our failure. But how often do we point to an absence of discipline in how we applied ourselves to the pursuit of our objectives?

Have you ever made resolutions to do something by a certain time and did not do it? You might have made a promise to yourself or to someone and at that time, you were really keen and sure in your heart that it was achievable.

Contributed from Tony Jules (An Extract from Power Words

Discipline.

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Where can I get advice? Worldbridge and its staff cannot give you advice on how to complete your application, or what type of visa you should apply for. If you need help with your application or advice about the UK’s immigration rules and requirements, you should seek advice from a qualified immigration adviser. In the UK these are immigration advisers regulated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC –www.oisc.gov.uk). Wish you luck - you’re gonna need it!

Do I have to pay? Website and email information is free of charge but there is a charge for using the telephone service.

Anyway, you can find out what kind of visa you need and how to apply through the Worldbridge website: www.visainfoservices.com. Please note that residents of the Caribbean who require a UK Visa must contact the British Consulate.

But guess what? There is also no guarantee after you have paid for your visa and you have bought your ticket, that you will be allowed in the UK/USA. Do you know how many have reached Gatwick/JFK/Miami only to be turned back on an unexplained technicality! How do they get away with it? - By citing terrorism!

The UK Border Agency and the British High Commission, Kingston, work in partnership with a commercial organisation, Worldbridge, should be able to point you the right way.

Where can I get information to check if I can travel from Jamaica? - If I were you, I wouldn’t bother, but since you asked...

Jamaicans, specifically, are now not allowed to visit the UK for a vacation! Britons hosting Jamaicans have to disclose their income and have ‘sufficient’ income in their bank account to sponsor the visitor for up to six months - now if that is not a deterrent, I don’t know what is!!

Strange how now cannot travel to the States/UK and you cannot leave the Caribbean if you have a criminal record! If you have been apprehended under the suss law; checked out to aid enquiries; found innocent of the crime you did not commit but were arrested, your DNA and fingerprints are still taken so technically you have a criminal record. Which race is most likely to be victimised under this law? You tell me.

They are criminalising to prevent travelling!

Terrorism Law, a device to victimise & control?

30 March 2006

An Act to make provision for and about offences relating to conduct carried out, or capable of being carried out, for purposes connected with terrorism; to amend enactments relating to terrorism; to amend the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and for connected purposes.

The ANC plaque is the first of several Green Plaques Islington Council will be unveiling to commemorate significant people and sites in the borough. Research and development of the 14

28 Penton Street was the former UK headquarters of the ANC from 1978 to 1994, the year Nelson Mandela was elected president. During this time the office was the central base for coordinating anti-apartheid activity in the UK, and for bringing to the attention of the international community some of the atrocities that were occurring in the country. After South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, the antiapartheid movement was succeeded by the charity Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) who resided at the address up until 2006. Since its inception ACTSA has campaigned with the people of southern Africa and with them continues to build a future of justice, human rights, development and democracy for the region.

The unveiling is part of a 20th anniversary celebration to honour the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the borough of Islington, and the role some of its members played in helping to bring freedom and democracy to South Africa.

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4. Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North said: ‘Our local history is global history.’

3. Dr Zola Skweyiya, said,: ‘This plaque is a signficant step in the lasting commemoration of the ANC in London, etc .’

prison, and just a few months before the world cup in South Africa, is a timely reminder of those whose commitment to freedom, justice and democracy, has contributed to a new South Africa of hope and fulfilled potential.

2. Jak Beula, Chair of the Nubian Jak Community Trust said: ‘The ANC Plaque, coming on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from

“More community plaques will follow and we’ll be letting residents know how they can get involved. It’s another way the council is listening to local people in building a stronger community and celebrating our history.”

“We want history to record this fact. The ANC’s time in Islington is part of the rich diversity that gives our borough and its people their unique spirit and character.

1. Islington Councillor Leader Terry Stacy said: “It’s hard to believe that these modest offices in an Islington back street were the ANC’s nerve centre in the UK and the momentum behind the most important political change in Africa.

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The ANC’s building on Penton Street was the scene of a bombing on 14 March 1982 when there was assassination attempt on ANC President Oliver Tambo, an attack for which Peter Caselton and eight others applied for amnesty from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Coming hard on the heels of the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela, Islington Council in partnership with the Nubian Jak Community Trust installed a Green Plaque on the former headquarters of the ANC at 28 Penton Street, Islington, London N1.

The commemorative plaque was unveiled on Monday 22nd February at 2pm by His Excellency Dr Zola Skweyiya, High Commissioner for South Africa, Councillor Terry Stacy JP - Leader of Islington Council, and Jak Beula, Chair of the Nubian Jak Community Trust.

project was done in conjunction with the educational heritage organisation Nubian Jak Community Trust, which is also the UK’s largest independent plaque scheme.

NELSON MANDELA AND THE ANTIAPARTHEID MOVEMENT HONOURED WITH AN ANC PLAQUE