Occupy Jamaica - heard on the news this morning that the Marcus Garvey People's Political Party

[malaise]

will be demonstrating later today about the cost of living, the role of the IMF and several other anti-people policies as they launch Occupy Jamaica.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/-Occupy-Jamaica-
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Of course our own country Jamaica would not be left out despite the popular view that we are the most docile people in the hemisphere. I was heartened to see that one Jamaican man had linked into the global “Occupy Together” movement, calling for an “Occupy Half-Way-Tree” for Thursday, October 20, at 2:00 pm.

Prior to seeing that link, University of the West Indies lecturer, talk-show host and cofounder of Jamaicans United for Sustainable Development, Dickie Crawford, had discussed with me the significance of the expanding global movement and the striking similarities here in Jamaica. In solidarity with what is now a worldwide struggle for justice and equality, “Occupy Jamaica” has been placed on the global map. Crawford has outlined some of the key tenets of the Jamaican experience as he sees it, and I concur:

• Forty-nine years in the wilderness: poverty, no jobs, crime, corruption, waste and mis-management, political violence, division, tribalism, victimisation.

• Sale of our assets: land, sugar-cane properties, bauxite, beaches, hotels, airline, airports, coffee, Appleton rum, Captain Morgan rum, Tia Maria coffee liqueur, Red Stripe beer, Buckingham ice cream.

• Neglect of the people: squatting, poor housing, poor schooling, poor health care, poor roads, poor transportation, poor water.

• We want a new Jamaica: equal rights and justice, peace, safety in our homes and on the streets, our children to be loved and protected, schools and training for our young people, health care available for all, equality for our women.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/-Occupy-Jamaica-#ixzz1bK8HTo3y
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I hope to go and have a look

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[KoKo]

1. interesting...thanks. K&R

[marmar]

2. Cool......

Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh. Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: gonna get burn. (catch a fire) Wo, now!

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very souls.
Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty.
Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
It's only a machine that makes money.
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all. Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.

[malaise]

3. Big tune dat

:hi:

[MoonRiver]

4. Keep us updated malaise!

:hi:

[piratefish08]

5. Bob Marley is smiling right now.........

[xchrom]

6. recommend

[G_j]

7. K&R