Urban Life

Caribbean islands must join as one

• Darcus Howe
• 28 August 2008

A federation of all Caribbean islands is an absolute necessity

Welcome to the Caribbean: Paradise Lost

• Darcus Howe
• 14 August 2008
• 24 comments

Any withdrawal of enthusiasm for Antigua as a tourist destination will at once reduce the island to a basket case

Obama has angered millions of blacks

• Darcus Howe
• 31 July 2008
• 4 comments

Who says that the white middle-class family is a norm to be aimed at? It is a rickety form against which middle-class white women are in full rebellion

Brutal solutions to knife crime will fail

• Darcus Howe
• 10 July 2008
• 4 comments

The first generation of young blacks to appear en masse in British society turned on each other with blades, in their alienation from the established order

Boris: my part in his first disaster

• Darcus Howe
• 26 June 2008
• 10 comments

A new dawn for the Caribbean?

• Darcus Howe
• 12 June 2008
• 2 comments

The mass movement which has lifted Obama up high was bubbling beneath the surface of American society long before he issued his challenge

When law and order break down

• Darcus Howe
• 29 May 2008
• 8 comments

Blood was seen through the white body bags. Relatives surrounded the back of the hearse, demanding that police open the body bags to let them see the bodies

Our youngsters don't need these saviours

• Darcus Howe
• 15 May 2008
• 5 comments

As inter-necine strife is at its most vicious when it is nearing its end, I am sure we are on the cusp of a new era

Celebrate new immigrants

• Darcus Howe
• 01 May 2008
• 5 comments

On International Workers' Day, we need to extend our hands across nations, instead of greeting the new immigrants with fists and hobnail boots

Was Powell right? Of course not

• Darcus Howe
• 17 April 2008
• 3 comments

When Powell delivered his speech, Europe was awash with revolutionary zeal. Thousands of young Europeans rose in revolt