A Jamaican In Exile

  You can also see my video on this topic here:  https://youtu.be/sZm5eCjwym0 As the above Gleaner graphic shows, Jamaicans believe that their politicians are the most corrupt group in Jamaica. Second to that is the police. Yet, nothing has been done about it. There has been no widescale social upheaval. In this piece, I will deal with how this situation has come about and what we can do about it. There are three areas of state power: 1.     1.   Political power - those who control the government. 2.      2.  Economic power – those who control the land, the banks and businesses. 3.      3.  Social Power – those who control the mainstream media and religion. Recently, Barbados removed the British monarch as their symbolic head of state and replaced the title of monarch with a symbolic Barbadian President. This woke up the Jamaican political leaders who had grappled with this issue before but were unable to co...

Tactics for Crime Fighting in Jamaica When the rot has become endemic and normalized as in Jamaica, fighting crime in Jamaica is easier said than done... Every 4 - 5 years, we have general elections in Jamaica. Parties are changed but nothing else. As the economic hardship increases for the majority of the people, they become more preoccupied with survival than with voting. Also, as 'black dawg is swapped for monkey', the majority becomes disenchanted with the political process altogether. This along with the garrison communities' ethos guarantees that nothing will change substantially when it comes to crime. The crime mostly impacts the poor so the corrupt political and corporate elites don't really care - despite electoral rhetoric to the contrary. Crime will continue to remain at unacceptable levels in Jamaica for the foreseeable future...For most Haitians and Jamaicans it is time to abandon ship - get a visa. Raymond D. Grant