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  Part 6 Antigua and Barbuda Crisis: Social and Economic Dilemma By Kwame Nkosi Romeo We must be prepared to stand together and Defend our Country.  Arthur Nibbs -1981 What Next? In the continuation of Part V, the lingering question dawns: What next? Never allow the Antigua  Labour Party (ALP) to control the Barbuda Council again! Barbuda is under the committed leadership of MP Trevor Walker of the Barbuda People's Movement (BPM). Despite that, Antigua and Barbuda's central government, the ALP, seizes enormous power that keeps the citizenry pauperized. The twin-island nation is not a democratic state. Do not allow the ALP government to quash your constitutional rights, so consider all possibilities as a plan to counter ALP terrorist politicians, suppress fundamental rights, and steal land. Be prepared to end this growing unchecked discrimination and Citizen by Investment Program (CIP) system before Apartheid becomes a reality.  Or is it?  This Jim Crowism references Barbuda, m
Part 5 Antigua and Barbuda Crisis: Social and Economic Dilemma By Kwame Nkosi Romeo We live in a world where power is very unbalanced. Power imbalances are at the root of most social problems. Correcting power imbalances will go a long way toward solving many problems at once.  We'd be wise to attend to this no matter what issues we work on. - Democracy: A Social Power Analysis -Dr. John S. Atlee, with Tom Atlee CCI - No Enforceable Rights In response to Laurus Master Fund Notice Of Default (NOD), CCI filed a counterclaim for injunctive relief and compensatory damages of US$20m in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), Claim No. ANUHCV 2006/0656. That action is described in the Current report Cci Group Inc 8-K - Current report  on December 20, 2006 . Subsequently, the ECSC Justice of Appeal Denys Barrow, SC, discharged the CCI injunction, declaring "...that Beach and CCI have no enforceable rights."  CCI lost the case; the Beach House foreclosed, and PriceWaterhouseC
Part 4 Antigua and Barbuda Crisis: Social and Economic Dilemma By Kwame Nkosi Romeo Control over land and the behavior of governments are naturally a matter of national sovereignty, but the account must be taken of the people who use the land that is sold or leased. Have those who depend on the land been able to influence developments, or are they losing their sources of livelihood?  Magnus Kindbom, Chair of the Swedish FAO Committee  -Foreign Land Investments in Developing Countries -– Contribution or Threat to Sustainable Development? Part IV COVID-19 Economic and Social Consequences The facts are known, but it is worth mentioning that Antigua & Barbuda's unequal society was as clear as daylight before COVID-19. COVID-19 exposed the Gini coefficient skewed income distribution. What is the Gini coefficient? The Gini coefficient measures the distribution of incomes across income percentiles. The coefficient ranges from 0 (0%) to 1 (100%), with 0 representing perfect equality an