“[…] Domestic Swiss courts would have not offered Mr Wallace or the TTFA any relief either. Fifa is a private association under Swiss law. Swiss law is very clear in that private associations are free to make their own rules as they see fit, and the Fifa Statutes definitively exclude …
Read More »Dr Gloudon: TTFA-Fifa: an inconvenient truth that won’t be deciphered with one-dimensional thinking
“[…] The TTFA has undoubtedly been in a mess for a long time; and so has Fifa. Indeed, we may have learned how to be corrupt in football from Fifa. No one in a local or regional body can carry on sustained defrauding of Fifa without the assistance of someone …
Read More »TTFA members ‘humbly apologise’ to Fifa and Hadad, agree to accept ‘normalisation’
“[…] Based on the meeting, the TTFA must advise that its members have agreed to abide with the conditions of the normalisation committee and will co-operate fully to ensure that the mandate of the committee is realised. “In addition, let me take this opportunity to humbly apologise to you, the …
Read More »Dear editor: There was nothing ‘pyrrhic’ about Wallace and the UTTFA’s fight, history will smile on them
“[…] The UTTFA and supporters of its stand against the mighty Fifa might also be encouraged by the words of a martyr for the cause of Poland’s Solidarity Workers in the 1980s. “Before he was brutally murdered on 19 October 1984, Father ‘Pop’ (Jerzy Popiełuszko) reportedly urged embattled workers with …
Read More »NJAC Rededication: How the ‘March to Caroni’ sent shockwaves through T&T
“[…] From the moment the chief servant [Makandal Daaga] announced the ‘March to Caroni’, it sent shock waves through the corridors of power. This march challenged one of the pillars of domination, control and oppression of our people, which was laid down by our past colonial ‘masters’—the creation and maintenance …
Read More »‘We shall not stand in your way’ Wallace and VPs skip TTFA EGM—but have not resigned
“[…] We remain convinced that the right to make our case, to let our voices be heard, is a basic human right. “[…] We are acutely aware that tomorrow is promised to no one of us and that it is the membership’s right to decide on the tomorrow they desire …
Read More »Dear Editor: Imbert sees unions in disarray, now he’s going for the jugular of the working class
“[…] The media cites Minister of Finance Colm Imbert as saying that public sector trade unions won’t be able to meet with the government around the bargaining table because of the state of the economy. No time frame is given. “This immediately affects those public sector workers who are near …
Read More »Dear Wallace: ‘Why should we keep you as president?’ 19 questions from TTFA board member
“[…] Please explain why the TTFA membership should retain you as president when you admitted freely in the press that you signed multi-million dollar contracts in excess of amounts approved by the board of directors; and you also admitted to signing contracts that you specifically hid from the TTFA Board …
Read More »NJAC Rededication: Daaga goes from student guild to movement leader
“[…] Makandal Daaga placed great emphasis on people and the indispensable need for the participation of the population in the building of any new society. “[…] It was on this premise that he mobilised the nation, not just to change social, political and economic conditions, but above all to enlighten, …
Read More »NJAC: Budget shows Dr Rowley has abdicated responsibility for citizens to ‘rich elites’
“[…] Lacking in creative ideas or solutions, the government has decided to accelerate the process of privatisation and free itself of responsibility for the people’s welfare, wherever it can. “In NJAC’s estimation, what needs to be understood is that with privatisation, there are certain core concepts such as trimming the …
Read More »Dear Editor: Let’s dare to aim high; Wallace’s courage should be applauded
The following Letter to the Editor on the William Wallace-led TTFA administration was submitted to Wired868 by Patrick Raymond: The recently and newly elected Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and his administration, following its removal and the installation of a Fifa ‘normalisation committee’, and its recent …
Read More »Dear Editor: Five reasons Christopher Columbus is no hero
“[…] the way this history is taught and culturally remembered casts a shadow over our collective consciousness, reifying imperialism and white supremacy … the idealisation of Columbus’ so-called discovery means romanticising oppression, corruption, mass murder and rape…” The following is a joint submission from the Warrao Nation, Partners for First …
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