- Anatomy of a Copyright Coup: Jamaica's Public Domain Plundered
Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 A bill extending the term of copyright by an additional 45 years -- almost doubling it, in the case of corporate and government works -- sailed through the Jamaican Senate on June 26, after having passed the House of Representatives on June 9.
- Capitalism, Socialism and Technology
A Comparative Study of Cuba and Jamaica Resource Type: Book Does a socialist Third World country tackle technological development and mechanization in different ways from a capitalist country? In this meticulous field study of sugar cane harvesting in two leading producer countries - Cuba and Jamaica - Dr. Edquist finds that the causes and consequences of technical change differ significantly. He advances original ideas as to the relationship between technology and socio-economic conditions.
- Caribbean Experts and Information in the Sources Directory
Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources Resource Type: Website Organizations and experts on Caribbean topics.
- Embassy Row Online
Resource Type: Website Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad.
- Jamaica's Culture of Fear Allows Police to Get Away With Murder
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 In the past decade, the Caribbean island nation's police have killed more than 2,000 people - until recently an average of four people every single week, mostly young men in inner-city, marginalized communities.
- Killing Hope
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Resource Type: Book Published: 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what U.S. foreign policy goals really are. "If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out
invasions
bombings
overthrowing governments
occupations
suppressing movements for social change
assassinating political leaders
perverting elections
manipulating labor unions
manufacturing news
death squads
torture
biological warfare
depleted uranium
drug trafficking
mercenaries
Its not a pretty picture. Its enough to give imperialism a bad name."
- Latest FOCALPoint is out! Focus on the Brazilian presidential elections, crime in Jamaica and youth violence in Central America.
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 The September edition of FOCALPoint focuses on the Brazilian presidential elections, crime in Jamaica, youth violence in Central America and mining in Peru, among other issues.
- Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List
Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War.
- Rasta and Resistance
From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney Resource Type: Book Rasta and Resistance is a study of the Rastafarian Movement in all its aspects, from its evolution in the hills of Jamaica to its present manifestations in the streets of Birmingham and the Shashamane Settlement in Ethiopia. It traces the cultural, political, and spiritual sources of this movement, highlighting the quest for change among an oppressed people. This book serves to break the intellectual traditions which placed the stamp of millenarianism on Rasta.
- Remembering Michael Manley
Resource Type: Article Published: 1997 Manley, who had entered the decade of the Seventies with so much hope for changing Jamaica, departed bitterly at the end of it.
- The Slave Trade
The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440 - 1870 Resource Type: Book Published: 1997 A comprehensive history of the Atlantic slave trade in which approximiately eleven million black slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations, in mines, or as servants in houses.
- Small Garden, Bitter Weed
Struggle and Change in Jamaica Resource Type: Book Published: 1981 This is a social history of the Jamaican people - from the time of the European invasion to the present day. It is a history of struggle and change. Written in the run-up to the 1981 elections which led to the defeat of the Manley government, this revised and extended version now analyzes the consequences of that defeat for the people of Jamaica.
- The Story of English
Resource Type: Book Published: 1992
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