"Story-tellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right to freedom of the human spirit..." -Chinua Achebe Maria: Beyond the Ballot: The Liability of Winning! By Kwame Nkosi Romeo Part 2 of 3: Maria, it belies the fact that the oppression of the Antigua and Barbuda people begins at home, at home in our predatory state that supports the twin deceit of the Antigua Labor Party (ALP) and Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) corruption of democracy Why would the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) publicly condemn Haile 'Bruce' Goodwin, former Ambassador to Cuba and the African Union, a man known for his integrity, without questioning prime minister Gaston Browne's statement after the 2018 election fraud was committed in the St. Johns City East Constituency (SJCE) to secure victory for the ALP incumbent and others? It is important that, before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)...
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Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves! (One- Dimensional Man 1964) Herbert Marcuse Maria: Beyond the Ballot: The Liability of Winning! By Kwame Nkosi Romeo Part 1 of 2 Maria, there is a well-known 1986 calypso song on the Red Light Slane album, produced by the legendary master lyricist Shelly Tobitt: 'Only in Antigua' by Slane. That album offers an in-depth perspective on the political drama of Antigua Labor Party (ALP) politicians in government (PIGS) trading of beads for the swine benefits of investors' kickback! That's why in these cases, the deaths of politicians should never go unnoticed by the public: the debt owed by their acts of economic plunder. Hence, the reason for auditing REPARATIVE JUSTICE, the PIGS are no different in mindset from past enslavers, so they too must pay! This doctrine of Colonialism is basically gluttonous greed and oppression as the new era of neocolonialism dawns, with more misappropriation of Antigua and Ba...
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Antigua and Barbuda Government Ministers Enrichment Plan: Real Estate, WIOC, Climate Change, and Liquefied Natural Gas By Kwame Nkosi Romeo Oh, what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive. Scottish author Sir Walter Scott Pay attention to ALP's all-inclusive corruption related to the 350-acre Corbkinnons Development Project (CDP), along with other companies of former ALP prime minister Lester Bird, assigned to ALP MP Asot Michael, and to the ALP winning the Antigua and Barbuda election on June 12, 2014, after ten years in opposition. Gaston Browne became prime minister, and nothing changed. Michael was still in control of Bird's companies. Consequently, the highly publicized Browne-Michael fallout brought about the expected changes to Michael's portfolio of corrupt companies, now entrusted to Charles Fernandez, with a high-level ALP benefactor as the straw boss. Bird companies emerged from the shadows to continue the old shenanigans of unjust enrichment ...
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The Political Crisis and Social Consequences of Power and Status! By Kwame Nkosi Romeo The political landscape in Antigua and Barbuda's semi-democracy, shaped by its plantation economy, is ready for the April 30, 2026, election, as the incumbent Antigua Labor Party (ALP) and the Opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) await the opening of polling stations at 06:00 (AST). Predictions suggest that Gaston Browne may be deposed due to rising Laborites disapproval, which is gaining widespread support about the composition of the candidates running on the (ALP) ticket: seven of the 17 candidates are ex-UPP members, which has left many supporters upset. This is the era of political disfavor! That disenchantment exists in St. Peter and has not changed since the brutal death on November 5, 2024, of the infamous ex-ALP MP of Tourism, Asot Michael, who underscored the urgency as an Independent MP advocating to overthrow Browne: Everyone wants to see the back of ALP prime mini...
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Human Trafficking: A Day of Reckoning and the Beginning of Resistance! By Kwame Nkosi Romeo "We must practice democracy faithfully even when it hurts." Asot Michael Imagine these are the talking points about Democracy "even when it hurts" coming from the venal agent of disempowerment: economic plunder and vote fraud. Our DEMOCRACY is an executioner; continuing to blindfold the masses with trickey, proclaiming better days are coming, but failing to arrive, as they continue to mislead many to their political abattoir to kill their income of starvation wages and muzzle their cry of murder is the well-known hypocrisy of our dilemma! It is an Antigua Labor Party (ALP) tradition that dangerously prevails over the nation's political future! Its significant meaning is a local term called bobol! Michael's words were useless and were likened to those of former US President Richard Nixon, who famously said, "I am not a crook," and everyone is aware of N...
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Part 3 A Three-Part Vehicle Gate Episode of Corruption-The Fleecing of Antigua and Barbuda Public Treasury! By Kwame Nkosi Romeo Welcome back to the story! A story that extends beyond the vehicle gate and reflects on Antigua and Barbuda's political corruption as today's consequence of crumbling social infrastructure and the political failure of accountability and transparency! It's a nation where politicians sell out people's patrimony for trinkets of pig washings and timepieces from Rolex to Richard Mille; Hermes Birkin or Chanel bags! Maria, Maria, you're not like the characters in West Side Story, as described in a Carlos Santana song that depicts those facing hardships. You were born into privilege, not struggle! So you wouldn't understand the resilience and courage of people confronting life's challenges. Meanwhile, others loot, steal, attack, and silence truth-tellers. In today's Antigua and Barbuda politics, that song echoes among those whose ...