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		<title>MEDIA RELEASE: Dr. Hume Johnson Launches First Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hume Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<title>Marley and Political Warfare in Jamaica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently doing research for my second book. I do not yet have a name for it but I know it will be a civics book (or some such). With the reintroduction of civics into the school curriculum in Jamaica, it is important to contribute to the writing of our own stories. In my &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/marley-and-political-warfare-in-jamaica-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=382&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Flag Fiasco&#8217; &#8211; Mayor Glendon Harris MUST RESIGN</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hume Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ‘flag fiasco’ at the swearing in ceremony of Montego Bay Mayor Glendon Harris continues to astound me. It is not only incredible but also absolutely revolting that two Mayors (incoming Mayor of Montego Bay Glendon Harris and outgoing Mayor Charles Sinclair) were active participants in a swearing-in ceremony in which a bogus Jamaican flag &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/flag-fiasco-mayor-glendon-harris-must-resign/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=368&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NEW PUBLICATION: Challenges to Civil Society: Popular Protest &amp; Governance in Jamaica in now available!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Caribbean Integration &#8211;  Still Relevant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hume Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read with great interest a March 4, 2012 article in the Jamaica Gleaner by former Assistant Secretary General of the CARICOM Secretariat, where he argues that poor leadership – political, institutional, and business – has failed the Caribbean integration process. In a recent Facebook discussion I was engaged in, a learned colleague questioned the &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/caribbean-integration-still-relevant-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=352&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;The Berlin Freedom of Expression Forum - Censorship and Freedom in Traditional and New Media: The Revolution of Media as a Tool of Freedom of Expression&quot; (Berlin, February 28th - March 2nd, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/330/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hume Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Cultural Diplomacy News: The Cultural Diplomacy News team and the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy are pleased to introduce you to the annual “International Freedom of Expression Forum”.   The Forum is an annual conference on the issue of “Freedom of Expression”. The aim of the conference this year is to reflect on the concepts of “freedom” &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/330/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=330&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Cultural Diplomacy Lift Jamaica&#8217;s Brand Quality?</title>
		<link>http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/re-branding-jamaica-through-cultural-diplomacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hume Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Hume N. Johnson, PhD In her swearing in speech on January 6, 2011, Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller acknowledged, inter alia, that included in her mandate is the imperative to ‘protect the good name of Jamaica at home and in the international community’. Jamaica, she stressed, must remain for all, a quality brand’. &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/re-branding-jamaica-through-cultural-diplomacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=317&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PM should set the tone for peace</title>
		<link>http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/pm-should-set-the-tone-for-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hume Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is my latest assessment of the Jamaican political scene. I was asked what I expected the new Jamaican Prime Minister will discuss at his first Party Conference as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party and in his first broadcast to the nation as Prime Minister. The substantive article was published in the Jamaica &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/pm-should-set-the-tone-for-peace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=197&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personality Politics in Jamaican Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the emergence of P.J. Patterson, personality related slogan seems to have taken over vis a vis the Manley (Better Must Come) and Seaga (&#8220;Deliverance is Near&#8221;). What does this signify about Jamaican contemporary politics? The above was the question posed by a political reporter at the Jamaica Gleaner. I do not particularly support the &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/personality-politics-in-jamaican-elections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=188&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daunting Task for Jamaica&#8217;s New PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which will be tougher for Andrew Holness over the short to medium term &#8211; the task of leading the JLP or his role as Prime Minister? This  was the question posed of me by the Jamaica Gleaner recently. This is my response: &#160; _________ Both tasks are tough. Yet an election must first be prepared &#8230; <a href="http://humejohnson.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/daunting-task-for-jamaicas-new-pm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=humejohnson.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3064348&#038;post=185&#038;subd=humejohnson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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