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malaise

(278,792 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:28 PM Dec 10

Michael Manley would have been 100 today

He was a genuine Democratic Socialist - one more victim of US and Western interference

Big Up MM - education and healthcare matter. You were loved

Under Manley, Jamaica established a minimum wage for all workers, including domestic workers. In 1974, the PNP under Manley adopted a political philosophy of Democratic Socialism. In 1974, Manley proposed free education from primary school to university.

https://nlj.gov.jm/project/rt-hon-michael-manley-1924-1997/

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Michael Manley would have been 100 today (Original Post) malaise Dec 10 OP

Good Mr Manley Onthefly Dec 10 #1

Onthefly

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1. Good Mr Manley

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:37 PM

Dec 10

I was in Kingston in 1977. People were optimistic as they were buying homes and wages were increasing. Businesses could also be created with government assistance. He was a great man for Jamaicans.

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