RSS FeedEmily Perkins: There was something wussy about it
24th September 2009 by AlexT 6 CommentsNew Zealand writer Emily Perkins recalls her childhood thoughts on the Commonwealth.
Posts Tagged ‘Empire’
Co-founder of the New Zealand Republican Movement says: “Queen Elizabeth should abdicate her position as Head of the Commonwealth”
20th August 2009 by AlexT 97 CommentsSavage, a co-founder of the New Zealand Republican Movement has written the following contribution to the Commonwealth Conversation:
There is a belief perpetuated in Britain and other Commonwealth countries that the British Empire was of benefit to the world. The greed and racism are forgotten. The invasions, wars, political oppression and genocide are downplayed. The poverty and inequality it created are conveniently ignored.
Getting it right about the headship of the Commonwealth
17th August 2009 by AlexT 29 CommentsThe possibility of a rotating Head has been floated. The opinion polls showed most people in India as many as 50 per cent – favoured that solution. But rotation could create real problems because it would politicise the position. Occasionally a Mandela figure might be available, but such people are a rarity.
Leone Ross: What does it mean to me? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
7th August 2009 by ZoeWare 1 CommentRead Jamaican novelist Leone Ross’s talk about how little the Commonwealth means to her.
A Ghostly Memory of a Master Race
19th July 2009 by ZoeWare 2 CommentsRead Australian Richard Flanagan, winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize 2002, talk about his impressions of the Commonwealth.
