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My highlights: History, Education, and Policing
The week of 18 February 2013 offered many opportunities for reminiscing, reflection, critical analysis and for planning collective action on a number of fronts, history, education and race and policing and community security among them. On Wednesday 20 February, Global Hands and DeMontfort University, Leicester, hosted a one day symposium on Police Reform and Developing
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The Grenada massacre: Lest We Forget!
Another anniversary, another series of events to mark the brutal execution of the Prime Minister of the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada, Maurice Bishop, several members of government and of his Party, another year of not knowing where the bodies of Maurice Bishop and his comrades were buried. In Grenada, as in previous years, representatives
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Gus John pays tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers
On September 8th, Gus John attended the Bob Marley & The Wailers Heritage Blue Plaque Commemorative Unveiling Ceremony at 15, The Circle, Neasden and paid his tribute to the reggae legends with the following feature address: It gives me great pleasure to be able to make a contribution to this historic event today and I want to congratulate
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Bob Marley & the Wailers: Blue Plaque unveiled in London
I was happy to be able to accept an invitation from the Federation of Reggae Music (FORM) UK and Brent Council to attend the Bob Marley & The Wailers Heritage Blue Plaque Commemorative Unveiling Ceremony at 15, The Circle, Neasden NW2 7QR on Saturday 8 September 2012, and to open the proceedings by pouring Libation
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Gus John criticises Wildman’s assertions about Jamaican judges
Hugh Wildman, a former senior prosecutor who has served across the Caribbean, asserted earlier this month that judges in Jamaica and the rest of the region are not capable of delivering judgements that are on par with their British counterparts. Professor Gus John reacted to his remarks, saying: Hugh Wildman is not only making some very backward
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