Empire, Racism + Resistance... (Manning Marable)

[brianold]

EMPIRE, RACISM & RESISTANCE: Global Apartheid & Prospects for a Democratic Future

by Dr. MANNING MARABLE
http://www.blackcommentator.com/211/211_...ed_bd.html

The following is a speech given at the Fifth Annual Michael Manley
Lecture sponsored by the Michael Manley Foundation, Sagicor Life of
Jamaica Auditorium, Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, 10 December 2006.

I am deeply honored to have been invited to address you this afternoon,
on behalf of the Michael Manley Foundation. I personally knew and spent
time with former Prime Minister Michael Manley, and I came to understand
why he became beloved by so many millions of people throughout the
world. As a champion of the poor and dispossessed, as a visionary
spokesman for the politics of social justice, Michael Manley continues
to inspire all who struggle for a more democratic, egalitarian social order.

Although Michael Manley