David Cupples has a Ph. D. in psychology from UC Santa Barbara, with emphases on personality, cognition, and consciousness, with experience in hypnosis as a research tool. He has taught psychology at university in California and English as a university professor in Taiwan. David has made seven trips to Jamaica and spent five years writing Stir It Up. His research included interviewing former First Lady Beverley Manley in her Kingston home. David's published articles listed below can be read by clicking the BOB MARLEY option at the top of this website's pages or by accessing the link to the site of publication, as given below.

 

Bob Marley at Seventy: One Love Now More Than Ever, Truthout.org 2/6/15

http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/28968-bob-marley-at-seventy-one-love-now-more-than-ever

 

Jamaica at Fifty: A Call for Equal Rights and Justice, Pambazuka News.net  (note the boxed intro was added by editors and is rather contrary to my main point)
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84057
 
Of Myth and Man: The Legacy of Bob Marley, Pambazuka News.net
 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84193
 
"Rastaman With a Bullet Re-visited - Rolling Stone's Cultural Mash-up of Bob Marley and Jamaica" – Pambazuka News.net
 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91103

 

Heroes and "hero-ization:" A Caution, Pambazuka News.net
 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85849/print
 
Fear and Loathing in the Counter-Revolution, Truthout.org

http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/18043-fear-and-loathing-in-the-counter-revolution

 

Fear and Loathing II: Liberation Theology, Truthout.org

http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/18552-fear-and-loathing-ii-liberation-theology

 

CNN Heroes and Hero-ization, Truthout.org

http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/13163

 

Being Hannibal Lecter, Truthout.org

http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/18867-being-hannibal-lecter

 

Interview with Jamaicans in Solidarity with Cuba - Part One

https://youthandeldersja.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/bob-marley-michael-manley-and-the-reach-of-the-bully-david-cupples/

 

Interview with Jamaicans in Solidarity with Cuba - Part Two

https://youthandeldersja.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/my-other-source-of-inspiration-author-david-cupples/

 

Geoengineering the Climate: A Cautionary Tale for Africa, Asia and Planet Earth, Pambazuka News 5/7/2015

http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category.php/features/94628/print

 

Exploitation and Pollution Aboard: The Hidden Cost of a Cruise, caribbean-events.com, 3/26/2014

http://www.caribbean-events.net/article/exploitation-and-pollution-aboard-hidden-cost-cruise-0

 

The Kissinger-Cuba-Angola-Jamaica Connection, Pambazuka News, Issue 701, 2014-11-05

http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category.php/features/93317/print

 

REPRINTS

 

Of Myth and Man: the Legacy of Bob Marley, Eurasia Review, 9/21/2012

http://www.eurasiareview.com/21092012-of-myth-and-man-the-legacy-of-bob-marley-oped/

 

Africa: Of Myth and Man - the Legacy of Bob Marley, allAfrica.com, 9/20/2012

http://allafrica.com/stories/201209210815.html

 

Geoengineering the Climate: A Cautionary Tale for Africa, Asia and Planet Earth

http://www.eurasiareview.com/12052015-geoengineering-the-climate-cautionary-tale-for-africa-asia-and-planet-earth/

 

Forty Years Ago, the CIA Had Its Eye on Jamaica - and Bob Marley Got Shot

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/forty_years_ago_cia_had_its_eye_on_jamaicaand_bob_marley_got_shot_20161202