Generational Poverty among Black Lower Classes in Suriname: Unraveled or Begging for More Questions?

This is the Third post in a Series on Poverty of Blacks in Suriname and the rest of The Caribbean; This post deals with Gender and Black Leadership, and the notion that progress of Blacks is typically impeded by Colonialism, Imperalist Forces and Capitalism. The case of Suriname offers a more nuanced view, demonstrating the [...]

Politicization, Political Leadership and Colonialism in Suriname during the Inter-Bellum and Beyound

Introduction The idea that the onset of democratization gave rise to leadership is a flawed conception grounded in the assumption that during colonization political organization was at best non-existent. The investigation of politicization in Latin America a few years ago revealed surprising details on early politicization and political organization. For example Blanco (1835, Uruguay) and [...]

Support for Afrikaner plight from Dutch Minister Rosenthal, and MPs

Last night, Dutch foreign affairs Minister Rosenthal ‘embraced’ a motion submitted by SGP-party MP Kees van der Staaij to raise their voices in support of the Afrikaners in South Africa. This opens the way for the motion’s acceptance in the Dutch House of Representatives. Mr Van der Staaij pointed out in his motion that there [...]

Fascism revisited: Wilders questions trip of Muslim converts to Egyptian ‘hate camp’

By now it may be generally known that we here in Holland got our share of islamophobia and far right exclusiveness, to put it mildly. Geert Wilders parliamentary group (it is not a party, only a ‘movement’) has 24 seats of the 150 in the lower Chamber and its presence in Dutch society. is quite [...]

Images and perceptions on economic development in Suriname: distorted reality or ignorance?

Introduction In the Dutch broadcast of “Zomergasten”, the Surinamese lawyer and human rights activist Mrs Lilian Goncalves said that in her opinion, Dr Frank Essed, architect of Surinamese economic planning between 1950 -1970, was a visionary and a genius in his own right. Dr Betty Sedoc, seminal Surinamese scholar shares the aforementioned opinion, but stipulates [...]

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