Articles by: Gerald A Perreira

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger at the forefront of the African Revolution

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger at the forefront of the African Revolution

“You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen.[Read More…]

by 25/08/2023 Comments are Disabled World
Leaders of the Americas and the Caribbean Miss Historical Opportunity to Deal Blow to US Imperialism

Leaders of the Americas and the Caribbean Miss Historical Opportunity to Deal Blow to US Imperialism

And so it was that another historical opportunity was missed by the countries of the Caribbean, Central and South America, with the exception of a few who had the courage to take a stand. The majority of leaders from the region, those who Maurice Bishop so aptly called “yard fowls”, and those who should have known better, traipsed up to[Read More…]

by 15/06/2022 Comments are Disabled World
Guyana Defense Force soldiers in training exercise with US army personnel, Tradewinds, June, 2021

In Nobody’s Backyard: Rejecting Geo-Political and Historical Fatalism

Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this region-wide military exercise with army personnel from the United[Read More…]

by 29/07/2021 Comments are Disabled Imperialism
An Axis of Hope, Dignity and Defiance stands up to the Triumvirate of Evil

An Axis of Hope, Dignity and Defiance stands up to the Triumvirate of Evil

We will never accept the Mark of the Beast In these times, many in the Americas and the Caribbean are giving in to geo-political fatalism. Their argument is that because we are locatedin the so-called “backyard” of the Empire, we must inevitably accept the mark of the beast.  We have survived centuries of enslavement and colonialism no thanks to such[Read More…]

by 21/08/2019 Comments are Disabled World
A Break from Double Speak – Trump Tells It Like It Is

A Break from Double Speak – Trump Tells It Like It Is

President Donald Trump’s comments regarding the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, aptly reflect the true nature of the power brokers that he represents. Instead of the usual ‘Empire-speak’statements, hypocritically condemning Khashoggi’s murder, followed by a pep talk on the values of ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom of speech’, Trump is basically saying, as the leader of one rogue state, to another,[Read More…]

by 26/10/2018 Comments are Disabled World
CNN Breaks Story On Slave Trade In Libya; French Government Voices Concern For African Migrants

CNN Breaks Story On Slave Trade In Libya; French Government Voices Concern For African Migrants

The world we find ourselves in is complex and full of contradictions. It is easy to fall for rudimentary textbook propaganda based on simplistic dichotomies, such as ‘the good guys versus the bad guys’. If we are not aware of the complexities and nuances facing us, we can fall for this type of propaganda, whose sole aim is to keep[Read More…]

by 25/11/2017 4 comments Uncategorized
Remembering Muammar Qaddafi And The Great Libyan Jamahiriya

Remembering Muammar Qaddafi And The Great Libyan Jamahiriya

  October 20th, 2017, marks the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of Muammar  Qaddafi, revolutionary Pan-Africanist and champion of the Global South. This day also marks the sixth anniversary of the historic battle of Sirte, where Qaddafi, along with an heroic army, including his son Mutassim Billal Qaddafi, and veteran freedom fighter,  Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, fought until their convoy was[Read More…]

by 20/10/2017 3 comments World
Venezuelan opposition activists clash with the police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro on April 6, 2017 in Caracas.
Violence erupted for a third straight day at protests against the government, escalating tension over moves to keep the leftist leader in power. / AFP PHOTO / JUAN BARRETO

CARICOM Deals A Blow To US Plans For Regime Change In Venezuela

  Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, Delcy Rodriguez, recently tweeted that the“US State Department deployed its ambassadors in the region to attack Venezuela. We come with renewed vigor to defeat them at the OAS.” So said, so done. Last week, the US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, spewed the US false narrative regarding Venezuela in our local newspapers. US ambassadors in a[Read More…]

by 25/06/2017 2 comments Imperialism
Salute To A Great Freedom Fighter: The Indomitable Spirit Of Fidel Castro Will  Live Forever

Salute To A Great Freedom Fighter: The Indomitable Spirit Of Fidel Castro Will  Live Forever

Fidel Castro can never die.  Today he departed the physical plane but he will live on forever. His intellectual prowess and wisdom were extraordinary among mortals. His legacy and influence is global and monumental. This humble man, from a smallCaribbean country, can truly be said to have changed the world.  One of his greatest contributions to humanity is the example[Read More…]

by 29/11/2016 1 comment World
Indeed, Western Civilization Is In A War

Indeed, Western Civilization Is In A War

Republican, Newt Gingrich, long known for his fascistic views, recently declared that “Western Civilization is in a war”.  Truth be told, he is on solid ground.  Indeed, Western Civilization is in a war, a war that has been raging since its inception.  It has been at war with itself and with the entire non-European world for centuries. Long before anyone[Read More…]

by 22/07/2016 3 comments Imperialism
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