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Social Fora Fatigue

22-Jan-08

The World Social Forum is coming, and already I’ve had to politely decline Facebook invitations to participate and/or care in some way. There. I’ve said it. I don’t care about the World Social Forum, which purports to be: an open meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange of [...]

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On being the change I wish to see (and freaking out about it)

20-Jan-08

When I first left home, six years ago, I was resolved not to come back. Why should I? Trinidad, I declared, held nothing but bacchanal and botheration. I felt stifled there, and bored. I didn’t fit in. I needed to leave. So I left, and like so many other West Indians abroad, discovered that I [...]

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Whooahooooohhhhhh ooohhhhhh ohhh

28-Feb-07

I am a Soca Warrior I say win or loose I am a fighter! I am a Soca Warrior I come tuh shine meh nationality brighter. Maximus Dan – Soca Warrior Up until this point. Up until we football make ah move, we had only one true national philosophy. This self-same ‘Carnival mentality’ we had [...]

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