BARBADOS, ARISE LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (JANUARY 10, 2022)
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.” – Psalm 46:1-2 To follow on from last week’s new…
STABILIZING OUR MINDS: LOVE AND BELONGING – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (DECEMBER 13, 2021)
By Basil Springer Love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 22:39This third article about our love and belonging needs comes after physiological and safety and security needs.Our basic premise is that disharmony in the minds among our 7.9 billion fellow humans is…
Get smart about partnerships– BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (MARCH 7, 2022)
“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” – 2 Corinthians 6 Malcolm X is credited with the following quote: “Education is the passport to the future, for…
Putin: Beware the Ides of March, warns Peter Polack
March has historically been a bad time for despots, the world over. In the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March shortly before he was stabbed to death by a group of conspirators…
Opinion: Putin is a War Criminal!
By Nathan J Green Vladimir Putin is a fascist thug of the same class as any low-class without morals or humanity Nazi. In 1994, Russia signed a treaty with Ukraine promising its sovereignty and protection from war and nuclear attack…
If High Gas Prices Are So Painful, Shouldn’t We Move Away From Fossil Fuels?
Not only is it possible to switch to renewables, but it’s also cheaper and would make economies less vulnerable. Yet, bizarrely, politicians and the fossil fuel industry, who are using the war on Ukraine to justify high gas prices, are…
Training of the Trainers – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (FEBRUARY 28, 2022)
“Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 Our children are our greatest asset, we must develop them to the fullest. Teach them well…
Why don’t we treat all refugees as though they were Ukrainian?
Masses of refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and elsewhere have faced racially motivated hostility in Europe. Now, Ukraine’s refugee crisis is revealing Western double standards. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute It was inevitable that when brown-skinned…
“War is unacceptable!” | Gerald Häfner: Neutrality and overcoming the bloc – a perspective for Ukraine and Europe
Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, 25 February 2022 Gerald Häfner, Head of the Social Sciences Section at the Goetheanum, expressed extreme shock at the “Russian invasion” of Ukraine. If the armed conflicts that have now begun are not immediately stopped, millions of…
OPINION: Should we ban the Russians or ban the Comrade?
By Nathan Green, St Vincent and the Grenadines With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have to instruct our Government that we want nothing more to do with Russia. But unfortunately, for many years, the state of Saint Vincent and…











