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FIDEL CASTRO: "For 15 years we were there fighting apartheid, fighting racism till the very end. They said that we had to be imposed a blockade... because we were fighting the South African racists. South Africa was not prevented from purchasing food and medicines. And the country that was heroically fighting against the racists was not sold one medicine, one aspirin, one cytostatic for a cancer patient. That was the punishment." "There was a moment when the war was practically lost. And then we, the Cubans, we had to solve the problem. It was when the Cuito Cuanavale battle took place. You know how many troops Cuba sent to Angola at that moment? 55,000 troops. And all of them on a voluntary basis." "But at the United Nations, they don't speak about that. They applauded the independence of the African countries... the end of apartheid, as if it was the work and miracle of the United Nations. There was no mention about a single Cuban of the many Cubans who died there. The name of Cuba was not even mentioned. So look how sometimes people intend to write history forgetting reality."

RIP Aggrey Benjamin Irons (18 Oct 1951 – 23 May 2026) #Jamaican psychiatrist, medical leader, public health advocate renowned for his contributions to mental health services in the #Caribbean. Born in #Kingston to Luther Irons, insurance executive, and Laurel Irons, teacher, Irons was educated at Alpha Kindergarten Preparatory School and St. George’s College (graduating in 1967). He earned his M.B., B.S. from the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1974, winning the Aaron Matalon Prize in Psychiatry, and completed postgraduate qualifications (D.P.M. and D.M. Psych) in 1979. Additional training took him to Loughborough University (UK) and Harvard University. Irons served as Senior Medical Officer at Bellevue Hospital, the Caribbean’s largest mental health facility, for over 21 years starting in 1983. He transformed it into a more efficient clinical unit and earlier directed childhood and adolescent psychiatric services. In private practice from 1976, he maintained a consulting role at Medicentre and Health Care Limited. He was a past president of both the Medical Association of Jamaica and the Jamaica Psychiatric Association, a member of the Medical Council of Jamaica, and an International Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He published papers and monographs on psychiatric topics and advised on mental health policy and legal reform. A dedicated public servant, Irons chaired the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control, served on the CHASE Fund board, and supported institutions including the University Hospital of the West Indies and Consie Walters Cancer Care Hospice. He was part of Jamaica’s medical teams for the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and acted as a certified boxing judge and referee. In 2012, he received the Commander of the Order of Distinction (CD) for his psychiatric work. Irons was known for his wit, media appearances on mental health and relationships, and holistic approach to wellness. Married to Jacqueline since 1975, he had two sons and grandchildren. He died at age 74 after a period of illness, leaving a lasting legacy in Jamaican and regional psychiatry.

@ninamonei @Shna81691319 That’s it! Universal blackness is not racial solidarity, it’s a false claim on equal vulnerability. Some people just mad that upward mobility doesn’t protect their own self from the racism poor people suffer.

Anyway, here’s my favorite clip from Joy James talking about the class divide between the Black middle class and poor.

Signal & major VPN providers are warning they will discontinue in Canada if forced to comply with controversial surveillance Bill C-22. C-22 would hugely weaken users’ security & privacy by collecting metadata about their users. Act to stop Bill C-22: action.openmedia.org/page/188754/ac…

Ghana 🇬🇭: At Makola Market, working class women tore down a fence imposed as part of a redevelopment project targeting the market’s own site for foreign capital investment, in rejection of forced eviction attempts that could end their livelihoods.

Day 3 of Bolivia's general strike demanding the resignation of neoliberal President Rodrigo Paz. All major highways blocked by protesters. An indigenous long march is heading to the capital, as it passes through each town and village more people join.

I'm very grateful to Souffles (A new Pan-African Journal and Platform) for translating my "Politics of Hunger in Sudan" piece into French. soufflesmonde.com/posts/la-polit…

I'd rather you didn't, GOJ. You're wasting my money.

@Goffeman And they will use this as an excuse to justify NaRRA’s erasure of rights

If the govt had said the funds would sit there for months, many would have donated instead to churches and charities that were already on the ground.

Under the act everything in NaRRA is considered secret and any employee leaks info is liable for a prison term or fine.

One man. No board. Appointed by the Prime Minister. Answerable to the Prime Minister. Can override NEPA. Can override the planning authority. Can change your zoning. No public notice required. Billions of dollars. No end date. #NaRRA

JUTC benefits us all, even if you have never taken a bus in your life, but it needs sustained public funding and priority to serve the public. In this video, we explore how we can allocate resources to make public transit thrive in Kingston.

@DalveyG Did as many Jamaicans die in these labor camps as digging Panama Canal? Did they want to go home after their contracts were up?

Mekatelyu is a Jamaican language spoken in Costa Rica. Linguists call it Limonese Creole. The people who speak it call it make I tell you. Roughly 100,000 of them live on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, descendants of Jamaicans who arrived in 1872… @cdmjamaica/post/DX-eTgDjAhv?xmt=AQF0qha_ltz68FEBqdBFlLoGdXLplxvsDIl553YnCYg8c3kk1G6Gbu9QTziIghsMbcpKY8PB&slof=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">threads.com/@cdmjamaica/po…

@ji_er684 @PA13Baker The developer that put the razor wire in the water is the government. UDC to be exact.

Since allyuh on the topic of beach access in Jamaica here’s an advocate telling us developers have extended razor wires into the water to bloc wunno. In another section not in this video he tells us of signs elsewhere that say trespassers will be shot twice.

Open Call for two NYC Artists-in-Residence at my climate research org #DarkLab, $1,500. @Gov_Island Theme: Island Dreaming. Deadline: May 22, 2026.

A future with faster, frequent, and efficient public transit is possible, but only if we make it a priority. We explore how allocating more space and prioritizing JUTC improves transit for all, and why public transit is not only about efficiency, but is a matter of democracy.

What's the fuss about NaRRA? Take 3 minutes to understand why it matters and why this legislation has risks Jamaica should not be asked to take

@jesseRoyal20 @dmccaulay youtu.be/TVUmttQOV4M?si…

@dmccaulay Diana do you have data to back up this claim about the public transportation issue, I'm just curious. In regards to the sidewalks and cross that is very evident. Venders alone claim the entire sidewalk leaving commuters to walk in the road

But cities can be designed to need fewer private cars, surely? The demand for low occupancy cars is created by poor public transportation, lack of sidewalks, crosswalks and shade. Car dependency makes cities less livable. There is another way.

@876arsenal @DamienWKing An metaphor that works as illustration and as joke 👏🏽

@DamienWKing Induced demand. Buying a bigger belt won't lead to weight loss.

To suggest that the source of the traffic problem is "too many cars" is akin to blaming the annual water shortage on "too much bathing and drinking of water". Infrastructure and systems must meet demand otherwise it obstructs economic growth.