Frederick Kissoon currently writes the daily "Freddie Kissoon Column" in Kaieteur News, a daily newspaper published in Guyana. Other columnists for Kaieteur News include Stella Ramsaroop and Adam Harris. Kissoon also teaches in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Guyana.
Kissoon initially made his impact in the 1970s as an "anarchist freshman at UG trying to confront the establishment of Forbes Burnham", a former President of Guyana who was considered by many as a dictator. At that time he was a member of the Working People's Alliance led by Walter Rodney. Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion while running for office in 1980.
In 1988, Kissoon became a columnist for an independent Newspaper, the Catholic Standard. At that time, the Catholic Standard was the only independent newspaper in Guyana. The other newspapers were the Guyana Chronicle, a government controlled newspaper, and The Mirror, a newspaper of the then opposition party, the People's Progressive Party led by Cheddi Jagan. In the 1990s, Kissoon began writing for a new independent newspaper, the Stabroek News.
Kissoon and his employers lost an appeal against an interlocutory judgment in a libel case brought by Guyanese President Jagdeo in June 2011.[1] The defendents were ordered not to repeat the allegations in question, and to pay a $40,000 fine.[2] The full hearing will take place on August 19, 2011.[3]