 Joseph
H. Lake, Jr. is a leading advocate of independence for
the Caribbean island of St. Martin, a colony of The Netherlands
and France. From 1973 to 1976 he edited the Windward Islands Opinion
newspaper. In 1990, his essay "Slavery and Independence"
appeared in The Independence Papers - Readings on a New Political
Status for St. Maarten/St. Martin, Vol. 1. He is the publisher
and editor of St. Martin Newsday (founded as the Windward
Islands Newsday in 1976). In 1994, Lake became the founding
president of the Independence for St. Martin Foundation, the first
organization dedicated to the island's political independence. In
1997, Lake received the award for achievement in journalism from
the student government of the University of St. Martin and Teen
Times. He appears regularly on radio and television discussing
media, political, and constitutional issues.
Lake is the author of The Republic
of St. Martin (2000) and Friendly Anger - The Rise of the
Labor Movement in St. Martin (2004). |
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Friendly
Anger - The Rise of the Labor Movement in St. Martin
by Joseph H. Lake, Jr.
Hardcover, labor history, politics, sociology, 313 pp., 5.25”
x 8”
ISBN:
0-913441-41-4
Friendly
Anger is a very important work not only because it chronicles
and describes the events and roles played by key actors that
are required for an understanding of any historical period,
but also because it gives us a social history of St. Martin.
Lake has made a difficult task appear quite simple as he uses
his obviously good grasp of the detail to paint for us the wider
picture.
- David Abdulah, Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union, Trinidad
and Tobago
$30 Book
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