Walton Brown: Understanding Modern Bermuda
Walton Brown is getting set to host a lecture series entitled “Understanding Modern Bermuda,” with a three hour lecture to be held once per week over six weeks.
The topics to be covered include From Settler Colony to Emancipation; The Struggle for Trade Unionism and Racial Desegregation; Universal Suffrage, Party Politics and Nascent Nationalism; From Tourism to International Business; Race, Ideology and Party Politics; and Bermuda, the UK and Self-Determination.
A profile of Mr. Brown said, “Walton Brown holds a BA [Hons] degree in political studies from Queen’s University [!982] and a MA degree in political science from York University [1984], both in Canada. He taught politics at York University [1985-88] and politics and history at Bermuda College [1988-2000].
“Mr Brown was an expert adviser to the UN Decolonisation Committee [1990-2005], a member of the Bermuda Senate [2007-2010], and currently serves as a Member of the Bermuda House of Assembly.
“Between 2009 and 2011 he was an advisor to the Bermuda Government on European Union affairs and successfully lobbied the EU for inclusion of Bermuda and other British Overseas Territories on the list of countries that have visa-free access to the Schengen member states.
“Mr Brown has published a number of articles in scholarly journals and mainstream media; presented numerous papers at conferences in North America, Europe, and the Caribbean; and is the author of Bermuda and the Struggle for Reform: Race, Politics and Ideology, 1944-1998, winner of the 2013 Bermuda Literary Award for Non-fiction.”
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Congratulation Mr. Brown; now show us (all) what it is you’re truly about. Here’s an opportunity to rekindle your honest desire/s towards the facts and not the one sided version…Accepting and clarifying it’s values to everyone.
Is he seeking understanding, or giving his interpretation ?
Here, I want you to see things my way.
From Settler Colony to Emancipation
This sounds like a history rewrite in the making.
It’s no secret what Mr. Walton Brown’s biggest goal is. This will undoubtedly be an 18-hour of lecture on why he thinks Bermuda should become independent. Yesterday, the PLP offered dinner at Alaska Hall to come “meet the candidates” all ready to roll out for an snap election. And now we are being invited to hear a version of Bermuda’s history that will end with the final lecture about how we need to “Understand Modern Bermuda” and go independent. Pleeeez. Mr. Brown, look around you and make note of how many Bermudians and going to university in the UK and only have to pay the same low rate as UK students. It is by far the cheapest option for a university degree. Then look at how many of Bermuda’s unemployed have migrated to the UK and get UK Government assistance, National Health, etc. There is a long list of benefits we currently enjoy as an Overseas Dependent Territory. We are the size of a small town, for Pete’s sake, plus we are saddled with $2B in debt. Independence? Become a mighty nation? Yeah, right.