Ellis Achong Ellis Achong Ellis Edgar "Puss" Achong (16 February 1904 – 29 August 1986) was a sportsman from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. He played cricket for the West Indies and was the first person of known Chinese descent to play in a Test match. Left-arm unorthodox spin (left-arm wrist spin) is sometimes known as "slow left-arm chinaman" (SLC) which is thought to be in his honour. Achong was born in Belmont, Port of Spain. He played football as a left-winger for a local team, Maple, in the 1920s and 1930s, and represented Trinidad and Tobago from 1919 to
The Rise of the Green Left The Rise of the Green Left The Rise of the Green Left: Inside the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement is a 2010 book by British political activist Derek Wall. The book documents the rise of Ecosocialism, from the UK to Latin America. The book is described as documenting 'indigenous protest in the Peruvian Amazon to the green transition in Cuba to the creation of red-green parties in Europe' and noting that 'ecosocialism is defining the future of left and green politics globally' and the support given to ecosocialism by Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez. The author also writes that Karl Marx was